By the way, we've been having a hard time attracting Japanese audiences to the past meetups, in part because I'm not very familiar with the Japanese tech ecosystem yet (and not speaking Japanese doesn't help…).
So if any of you Japan HNers have any suggestions to reach more locals (blogs to contact, people to follow on Twitter, etc.) they'd be very welcome!
One thing you could do is try to support some local events. Some ideas:
* Give a presentation at a local event (English is fine; I can introduce you to event organizers in the design / Ruby community)
* Serve as a mentor for a startup weekend - http://startupweekend.jp/
* Participate in this event for event organizers: http://devlove-kansai.doorkeeper.jp/events/2338 (I'll be presenting in [broken] Japanese)
Feel free to follow up with me if you have any more specific questions.
So if any of you Japan HNers have any suggestions to reach more locals (blogs to contact, people to follow on Twitter, etc.) they'd be very welcome!