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Ask HN: Where can I meet entrepreneurs in Japan?

• jason_tko 17y ago
  There are a few of us around. Perhaps we should organise a Japan HN get-together. Patio11 is out in Nagoya though I think, which might make things a bit difficult. If anyone in Japan is interested in this, please contact me through my email address, and I'll organise a small event.
  • po 17y ago
    Sounds like a good idea, I would go to this as well.
  • Xixi 17y ago
    Sounds very good. I'm in Kobe, but I go to Tokyo every now and then...
  • patio11 17y ago
    If it has food, soft drinks, and good conversation, I'm totally up to taking a train out to Osaka/Tokyo/etc once in a while. I just have to ask my boss if I can... oh, wait, no I don't. :) P.S. If you like iPhone development I'd be happy to introduce y'all to the local iPhone club at my ex-employer. (30 minutes + short bus ride from Nagoya.)
  • nourishingvoid 17y ago
    I'd be interested in something like this as well. I'm living in Osaka right now but usually end up going to Tokyo a few times a year anyway.
• nreece 17y ago
  patio11 (http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11 http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11), who's a regular HN user, is based in Japan. You can touch base with him.
  • JacobAldridge 17y ago
    As is, I believe, jrockway (http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jrockway http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jrockway)?
• pwim 17y ago
  You should investigate some of the events that go on. Here are some more internationally minded ones: Tokyo2point0 - web related: http://www.tokyo2point0.net/ http://www.tokyo2point0.net/ Business In Japan - general: http://businessinjapan.jp/ http://businessinjapan.jp/ TLUG - Linux related: http://tlug.jp/ http://tlug.jp/ MobileMonday - mobile related: http://www.mobilemonday.jp/ http://www.mobilemonday.jp/ Ninjava - General Technical - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ninjava/ http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ninjava/ (presentation tomorrow!) For Japanese technical events, check out this calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fvijvohm91uifvd9hratehf65k@group.calendar.google.com&gsessionid=fwpJ5wUhMyq2oYYgKmpbow https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fvijvohm91uifvd9hr... You could also check out Tokyo Hacker Space: http://www.tokyohackerspace.org/ http://www.tokyohackerspace.org/ Once you start participating in the community, you'll find more and more ways to meet other like-minded people.
  • Xixi 17y ago
    Thanks for the list! I'll check these carefully...
• delackner 17y ago
  Check out the next Pechakucha night in Tokyo maybe? The few entrepreneurs that I know usually attend.
  • Xixi 17y ago
    There is a Pechakucha in Kansai too, I'll definitely give it a try.
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