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Ask HN: Where can I meet entrepreneurs in Japan?

10 pointsXixi11 comments

I'm an entrepreneur living in Japan (my company and my co-founders are in France), and so far I'm having a hard time finding other entrepreneurs living there.

Are there things like the OpenCoffee Club in Japan ? Tokyo or Kansai area ?

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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.

Sounds very good. I'm in Kobe, but I go to Tokyo every now and then...

Sounds like a good idea, I would go to this as well.

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.)

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.

You should investigate some of the events that go on.

Here are some more internationally minded ones:

Tokyo2point0 - web related: http://www.tokyo2point0.net/

Business In Japan - general: http://businessinjapan.jp/

TLUG - Linux related: http://tlug.jp/

MobileMonday - mobile related: http://www.mobilemonday.jp/

Ninjava - General Technical - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ninjava/ (presentation tomorrow!)

For Japanese technical events, check out this calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fvijvohm91uifvd9hr...

You could also check out Tokyo Hacker Space: http://www.tokyohackerspace.org/

Once you start participating in the community, you'll find more and more ways to meet other like-minded people.

Thanks for the list! I'll check these carefully...

patio11 (http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11), who's a regular HN user, is based in Japan. You can touch base with him.

As is, I believe, jrockway (http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jrockway)?

Check out the next Pechakucha night in Tokyo maybe? The few entrepreneurs that I know usually attend.

There is a Pechakucha in Kansai too, I'll definitely give it a try.

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