We're well aware that Tokyo is not the be all and end all of the country, but it's hard to get information useful to the foreign community when we are all so scattered. This is why the following two mails are so welcome. Thanks guys.
Jim in Kansai has news of a specialist cheese importer in Osaka who is "nothing short of superb in terms of range. Once a month. they have a cheese sale at their Tenmabashi store where you can pick up cheese at bargain prices, like marscapone for 300 yen."
Fromage Tenmabashi is at 1-38-3 Mori-kawachi-higashi, Higashi-osaka-shi, Osaka-fu (Phone 06-6781 3451; fax 06-6781 3454).