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Join us for our first “Programming night”: a smaller and more casual event. Talk and work together on code in a relaxed environment.

Join us for our first “Programming night”: a smaller and more casual event. Talk and work together on code in a relaxed environment.

For this month’s gathering of webdevs and designers in Kyoto we have 3 short talks and plenty of discussion. Come out to meet fellow professionals and practi...

Our last event this year is just before christmas🥂🎄with lovely presentations!

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Join us for this exciting tech meetup event!

A small bi-weekly gathering for engineers, vibe coders, and the curious, working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small bi-weekly gathering for engineers, vibe coders, and the curious, working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small bi-weekly gathering for engineers, vibe coders, and the curious, working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small bi-weekly gathering for engineers, vibe coders, and the curious, working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small bi-weekly gathering for engineers, vibe coders, and the curious, working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small bi-weekly gathering for engineers, vibe coders, and the curious, working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small bi-weekly gathering for engineers, vibe coders, and the curious, working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small bi-weekly gathering for engineers, vibe coders, and the curious, working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small weekly gathering for engineers working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small weekly gathering for engineers working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small weekly gathering for engineers working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small weekly gathering for engineers working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small weekly gathering for engineers working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small weekly gathering for engineers working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small weekly gathering for engineers working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small weekly gathering for engineers working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

A small weekly gathering for engineers working at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering.

Big buzzwords are on the menu for this Summer where we are happy to invite both techy and non-techy people.

Join us for a get-together with friends from CreatorLabo as we are collaborating in hosting 🚀 AI-Native Coding Night!

Have you heard? Judging from the weather, its a bit hard to to guess, but we already have the end of October! 🍁

Right after the jsconf and wedged around TC39 and TPAC meetings we are having a JavaScript-ey Saturday evening and you are welcome to join us!

Spring is here, the cherry blossom is about to finish blooming and we shall meet again!

IN CASE OF RAIN 🌧️We will pack up our stuff and move it over toRestaurant Arashiyama. If a significant number of people arrive we will need to split into sm...

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Did you know there’s a hidden fifth season hiding in plain sight between Japan’s suffocating summer heat and its beautiful fall folliage? That’s right, it’s ...

Now that complaining-about-the-heat season (a.k.a. summer) is over, and before complaining-about-the-cold season (a.k.a. winter) starts, let’s take a second ...

Location: https://global.rakuten.com/corp/about/map/index__p6.html

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Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Are you a software engineer who enjoys digging into new ideas, practices, and patterns that strengthen your craft? Join us for the next OKTech Study Session,...

Are you a software engineer who enjoys digging into new ideas, practices, and patterns that strengthen your craft? Join us for the next OKTech Study Session,...

We will be very happy to see you at the next Meetup, our first meeting of the year.

Topics: Culture, New Technology, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

The cold days are over, and before we rush into Golden Week we have another nice Meetup in April while the last Cherry trees bloom. I would like to invite yo...

Join us for this February we are coping with the trends of the last year and look at AI through two different lenses.

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Join us at air-conditioned Aiming Inc. to have a refreshing time of learning from each other.

Hello Everyone, this is an unexpected event! Surprise

Hello Friends, its not quite summer yet. Join us for a chill Saturday evening talking about working with other people.

Topics: Data Science using Python, Python, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, Decentralized Systems & Applications, UX Design, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, New Technology, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

The first cool nights have arrived, and typhoons seem to be a distant memory. Kaki-fruits are about to be in season again and we find ourselves in the temper...

Summer is upon us soon and we have a cool early summer night meetup event for all of you aspiring web designers and developers this month.

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: New Technology, Web Design, Web Development, Web Technology. Join us for this tech meetup event!

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Join us for this exciting tech meetup event!

Event-Driven Architecture: From Communication to Reality (3-Part Workshop Series)

Event-Driven Architecture: From Communication to Reality (3-Part Workshop Series)

Event-Driven Architecture: From Communication to Reality (3-Part Workshop Series)

We survived this summer!And this months meeting will be all about speed. 🚀

Summer break - in case you had one - is over and the heat is still on! ☀️😎

Charging right into 2015 we will have our next month web-bashing. We are not sure who will catch next times big

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Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Spring is knocking at the door and before this fiscal year ends we are having a special event.

Grab your laptop and join us to stay cool this August while leveling up your skills! ❄️

Topics: Computer Programming, New Technology, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

What better way to start your Golden Week than with exciting talks about the web.

Topics: Internet Professionals, Open Source, Software Development, User Experience, Web Design. Join us for this tech meetup event!

OK… What? 🙀 Save the date! We celebrate! OK… Tech! 😎

Topics: New Technology, Open Source, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Cherry blossoms are coming to town and so is another special presenter in March.

Summer heat in Osaka, and we meet to escape the blistering sun and talk about web & things. 😎

This year is ending, and as always this means we’re having our end-of-year party. Be prepared to spend an evening talking with people about tech, business & ...

Don’t you have enough of the hot summer? Now you can join us to discuss hot topics on web design and development at a new cool place.

Woohoo, January at C2 Kyoto was awesome, Let’s do that in February again!

Are you thinking about getting into tech? Here is your chance to learn from those who have gone before! OWDDM is kicking off a new series where members of ou...

We want to thank everyone for coming to hang out with us at our last event. It was a hit! This month, join us again for part 2.

Topics: Computer Programming, New Technology, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Escape the summer heat at our August Web Developer and Designer meetup!

Topics: Internet Professionals, Open Source, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

The meetup will be host at GVH#5 on Sunday, Topic will be Web Security and How to make continuous integration of your WebSite.

Topics: Onsen, Technology, Walking Tours. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, DevOps, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Join us for our first JavaScript Hands-on in Kyoto.

While we are waiting on the spring to show up, lets have another meetup in march!

Hello aspiring developers, professional developers and hobbyist developers!

The rainy season is upon us, as the rain grants us brief reprieve from the heat of summer. However, this is not the only gift we are given this month, as we ...

Topics: Computer Programming, New Technology, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

2015 starts and the web prevails and we continue on our journeys! So: Let’s Meetup for nice discussions with peers, new opinions and interesting dissections ...

Beep Boop. Join us for an evening of techy robot topics!

Topics: Hiking, Technology. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Dear all, we hope you are fully enjoying the summer holidays. For those of you who didn’t make any plans for the end of the month, no worries. We booked the ...

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The year is starting through in May and we meet for two community presentations.

The heat is on in June! 😎This month’s event we will be having our first event embracing shorter presentations! 20min limit, and we are planning more of them...

Wow, this summer was hot! We plan to keep it chilled at this months OWDDM by breaking a bit out of our usual format.

We arrange our first get together and make it fun.

Topics: New Technology, Open Source, PHP, Software Development, Web Design. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Join us for this exciting tech meetup event!

Topics: Software Development, UI Design, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Approaching Autumn, we are using September to look into how we can improve the experience of working with the command line.

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Right after the Gion Festival, join us as we tackle one of the greatest problems in software development.

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The new space worked out well last time! As it was providing a big space to escape the summer sun we will be meeting there in August again. 😎

Spring is still in the air, but summer is now just around the corner. We hope that you enjoyed your holidays and had a truly golden week. With a little delay...

Dear all developers, designers and enthusiasts, welcome back for our May’s meetup, the first one after the Golden Week.

Golden Week is behind us, and the weather is heating up, so why not chill out with some cool web talks and meet designers and developers from around the Osak...

April is here and the cherry trees might still be blooming before this event! We hope you still join us for a nice evening.

Topics: Database Backends, HTML5, ReactJS, Typescript, Web Design. Join us for this tech meetup event!

The cold winds creep closer but they will not be able to stop our passion for the web!

Its getting colder and we sure want to take the October opportunity to exchange about what we did these hot summer months.

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Join us for this exciting tech meetup event!

Join us for this exciting tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Save the date! Our monthly meetup is set for 17th October.

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Topics: Community Building, Computer Programming, Logo Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Are you a software engineer who enjoys digging into new ideas, practices, and patterns that strengthen your craft? Join us for the next OKTech Study Session ...

Topics: Design Patterns, Engineering Leadership, Software Architecture, Software Development, Study Group. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Are you a software engineer who enjoys digging into new ideas, practices, and patterns that strengthen your craft? Join us for the next OKTech Study Session,...

Are you a software engineer who enjoys digging into new ideas, practices, and patterns that strengthen your craft? Join us for the next OKTech Study Session,...

Notice: The event time changed. Robert is feeling under the weather and we had to shift the schedule by one event.

Come escape the summer heat with Eduardo & Jake at the MoneyForward office in Kyoto!

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Come join us for games and fun under the cherry blossoms as we kick off spring!

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After the great event last month, we’re back at AmidA (near Honmachi station) again.

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Join us for this exciting tech meetup event!

Join us for this exciting tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Hi everybody! This month, we’re skipping our usual event and instead teaming up with the HN Kansai (http://hnkansai.org) meetup for one giant, awesome end of...

Finally, Spring is here and the warm days are starting! Before the long golden week holiday, we would like to invite you to our April Meetup for two nice tal...

Join us in August for another great meetup with topics on web design and web programming. For those of you who won’t be escaping the summer heat at end of th...

We hope you’re enjoying the summer and are ready for the 46th Osaka Web Designer/Developer Meetup.

Dear Developers and Designers, May the Web be with you.

Ever wondered how we come up with the meetup? Did you enjoy your time and feel like contributing? Do you think we could accommodate you?

Web developers and designers from Kansai: you are welcome to join us for this month’s summer meetup. All you need to bring is an open mind and an interest in...

Dear all, even as I write these lines I realize it’s been quite a while since our last gathering in Osaka. Therefore, I take the opportunity to invite everyo...

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Topics: Injury Prevention, Walking. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Database Backends, HTML5, ReactJS, Typescript, Web Design. Join us for this tech meetup event!

The cicada’s chirp, the typhoons whirl and web developers meet up and talk.

In April, many start their new jobs and we figure its a great time to talk about something a little different.

RSVP ClosedHello friends, RSVP is currently closed as we need to fixate the amount of people joining the Rooftop. If you wish to attend still: please leave a...

Topics: Data Science using Python, Python, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: New Technology, Open Source, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Open Source, ReactJS, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Internet Professionals, Open Source, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

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Hello Osaka (and Kansai) web designers and developers, spring is arriving and we have some exciting speakers for the next Meetup on 19th March. We welcome ne...

We have managed to invite Google Product Manager of Firebase Michael McDonald to give us a talk at our meetup. Unfortunately he has to leave on the 25th, so ...

Topics: HTML & CSS, New Technology, Open Source, Software Development, Web Design. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Are you a software engineer who enjoys digging into new ideas, practices, and patterns that strengthen your craft? Join us for the next Study Session, a gath...

Are you a software engineer who enjoys digging into new ideas, practices, and patterns that strengthen your craft? Join us for the next OKTech Study Session,...

Are you a software engineer who enjoys digging into new ideas, practices, and patterns that strengthen your craft? Join us for the next OKTech Study Session,...

Are you a software engineer who enjoys digging into new ideas, practices, and patterns that strengthen your craft? Join us for the next OKTech Study Session,...

Are you a software engineer who enjoys digging into new ideas, practices, and patterns that strengthen your craft? Join us for the next OKTech Study Session,...

Topics: Dinner. Join us for this tech meetup event!

All are welcome to join our July summer night meetup. It is the middle of summer and night is short. But we’ll have cool talks and the great company of fello...

Welcome Friends in hot, hot Kyoto. This summer we have the awesome opportunity to meet in the 67 diner that will open just for us. 🤩

Topics: New Technology, Surveying, Technology, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Hello there, You may be confused seeing this event. 😅

Summer fun dev-time. What better way to escape the heat than an evening in a beautifully air conditioned room with fine folks talking about web development?

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Topics: AI, Testing. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Culture, Internet Professionals, Team Building, Technology, Workplace. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Calling for all are curious about Web3 and distributed protocols!

Topics: Culture, Open Source, UI Design, Web Design. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

The Live Coding Collective from the UK is visiting Osaka and we are happy to join this social coding jam where we use AI to quickly turn fun ideas into funct...

Topics: Computer Programming, New Technology, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

More React in March, but this time with a twist and more 😱. Join us for this month, for a longer evening with two smaller workshops!

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Summer is here! Eat some ice-cream and then join us for some summer talks!

It is July and Osaka is hot! Both literally and figuratively. So many events and opportunities pop up that it almost feels startup-y here. Come to join us to...

Important Note: The Weather forecast looks like it should hold with a light chance for rain. We will still be at the meeting point but maybe we need to diver...

Hello Everyone!It’s February o’month. Time is flying!

Topics: New Technology, Startup Businesses, Surveying, Technology Startups, Web Design. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Let’s turn over a fresh green leaf! 🥬 In this year of the horse 🐴 we strap in a for a full year of tech-challenges! neigh!

We are back with another OWDDM where Martin has abandoned us (he’s gone to JSCONF in Tokyo, lucky guy) and I, Destiny and friends fill in. We are happy to ha...

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Topics: Computer Programming, Internet Professionals, Software Development, Web Design, Web Development. Join us for this tech meetup event!

Join us for this exciting tech meetup event!

Join us for this exciting tech meetup event!

67 Diner is an American-style restaurant in Kyoto run by Canadian and American owners, located near Kiyomizu-Gojo Station. Opened in November 2020, this indu...

Aiming Inc is a Japanese game development company located on the 18th floor of Grand Front Osaka Tower B. Known for developing online and mobile games, Aimin...

C2 Kyoto is a unique game studio and creative space that combines elements of a café, hackerspace, and retro gaming lounge. Located a 14-minute walk north fr...

C7 Coworking is a coworking space located in Osaka’s vibrant Fukushima district, an area known for its concentration of creative businesses and tech startups...

Co-ba Nakanoshima is a charming coworking space housed in the historic Riverside Building, a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property on the banks of t...

Cybozu is a leading Japanese software company specializing in groupware and collaboration tools. Their Osaka office, located on the 35th floor of the Umeda H...

Galleria Pizza is a stylish Italian restaurant located just a two-minute walk from Umeda Sky Building in Fukushima, Osaka. Specializing in authentic Neapolit...

GVH#5 (Global Venture Habitat #5), also known as “The Hive,” was a startup-focused coworking space located in the Hankyu Five Annex Building near Osaka-Umeda...

Hyssop is a modern vegan and vegetarian-friendly restaurant located on the 4th floor of GOOD NATURE STATION in Kyoto’s bustling Shijo-Kawaramachi district. N...

Juso Coworking holds the distinction of being Japan’s third coworking space and Osaka’s first, established in December 2010. Run by a husband-and-wife team i...

Kai Share Office Shin-Osaka is a cozy share office and meeting space located in a retro building in the Nishinakajima area, just a 1-minute walk from Nishina...

Knowledge Salon is a premium membership-based coworking and event space located on the 7th floor of Grand Front Osaka’s North Building. As part of the Knowle...

KOKOPLAZA (officially Osaka City Youth Center) is a versatile community facility located just 4 minutes from Shin-Osaka Station in Higashiyodogawa Ward. Esta...

Laugh Rough Laugh is a unique parent-child café (Oyako Café) near Shitennoji Mae Yuhigaoka Station in Osaka. While primarily designed as a family-friendly sp...

R3 Institute Ltd. is located in the Grand Front Osaka Tower C on the 16th floor. This modern coworking space offers a professional environment for tech meetu...

Synergy Marketing is a leading digital marketing technology company headquartered on the 21st floor of Dojima Avanza in Osaka. As pioneers in cloud CRM solut...

AmidA Corporation is a digital marketing and IT consulting company headquartered in Osaka’s Utsubohonmachi business district. Located in the Shinanobashi Mit...

Helpfeel is a tech company in Kyoto that regularly hosts developer meetups and community events. Located in Kamigyo Ward, their office provides a welcoming s...

IDC Frontier is a leading data center and cloud services provider in Japan, part of the SoftBank Group. Their Osaka office, located in the Nomura Real Estate...

IDC Frontier is a leading data center and cloud services provider in Japan, part of the SoftBank Group. Their Osaka office, located in the Nomura Real Estate...