On Saturday (that’s Sunday, Japan time though), eduFire hosted a J-blogger meetup for Japan-related bloggers located all over the world. Of course, eduFire is not a website that puts together virtual conferences. There was an educational aspect to this meetup as well (I swear!), and everyone (from J-bloggers, to non-bloggers, to wannabe bloggers) could attend and learn.

Although the conference was organized beforehand, had a presentation (on great Wordpress plugins for your blog), and had an agenda, the best part were all the spontaneous discussions. Someone would ask a question about blogging, J-blogging, Japan, etc., and there were always a few people that had a good answer. Everyone came away knowing more than they did three hours earlier (that’s right, it went on for three hours!), and I know several participants were inspired to start their own blogs up as well.

Here is a list of the Bloggers that joined us. I highly recommend you check out their blogs / websites!

• • Koichi (Tofugu)
  • Deas (Rocking in Hakata)
  • Carlie (GoddessCarlie)
  • Louis (Xorsyst)
  • Brett (Rainbowhill’s Language Lab)
  • Nick (JapanSoc)
  • Chris (NihongoNotes)
  • Michael (MichaelDowney)
  • Shane (Nihon Sun)
  • Jason (Jason’s Advs in Rural Japan)
  • Tae Kim (Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese)
  • Dave (The Ramen Blues)
  • Jonas (Yonasu.com)
  • Kirk (Jamaipanese)

Thank you everyone for attending, it was great to have you!

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