rye flour?

i'm thinking about getting a bread maker so I can stop complaining about lack of rye bread etc. I live outside of tokyo in saitama, and if the trek to get rye flour is too much, i know i'll never use the machine.

so, can i find it in any store? what about bread flour?

alternatively, anyone know where there are pumpernickel bagels in tokyo??

If you're not in too much of a hurry you can order it here:

http://www.fbcusa.com

Adum,

As far as I know, rye flour (rai-mugi) is sold at a lot of major supermarkets, most department store basements and natural food (organic food) shops.

But your initial problem seems to be the lack of rye "bread." I wonder if that can be solved by visiting one of the many Seijo Ishii Supermarket branches in Saitama-ken, because it has been for me.
http://www.seijoishii.co.jp/stor_index.html