Tokyo Hackers

[nittwerp]

Does anyone know of any interesting technical meetups in the Tokyo area? Alternatively, is anyone interested in starting one? I've checked out the local Perl Monger groups, but they don't seem very active. It doesn't have to be anything formal, I'm just interested in meeting any hackers in the Tokyo/Yokohama area to talk about tech related stuff, brainstorm new ideas, etc.

[gcheong]

When I lived there ,the Tokyo PC Users group was about the closest thing I found. I don't know how active they are now but it might be a good place to make some connections to other groups. You may also investigate what Ruby groups exist as the creator of that language is Japanese.

Edit: Here is the link to the group's website: http://www.tokyopc.org/index.php They do seem like they are still quite active since I last attended (over six years ago).

[gcheong]

There are some links to other user groups from the tpc site as well. Notably the Tokyo Linux Users Group and Ringo (mac users group).

[upandbeyond]

Tokyo Linux Users Group (TLUG) has monthly meetings, and is a great way to meet like-minded people. They also have an active mailing list which you can subscribe to. http://www.tlug.jp/

Ninjava has infrequent meetings and is more developer focused than TLUG. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ninjava/

[atarashi]

I'm also in Tokyo, and I'd love to attend one of these.

This is the only one I know about, but its primarily about functional programming. http://www.starling-software.com/en/tsac.html

[mantas]

I'm living in Tokyo area since summer. And in more than 4 months I have been to google engine event only. Havent heard about any english-speaking groups meetups.. There're some Japanese-speaking groups though.

[jbm]

I'm in Tokyo too - would love to meet up with you guys sometime. ideas at jawaad mahmood [!do/t] com

[veritgo]

I'm in the Tokyo area and interested, but am a mere wannabe hacker. jon at kurami dot com

[bargle]

Try starting with IRC. irc.freenode.net channel #metatokyo