Mechanical Keyboards

メカニカルキーボード

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Presentation at HN Kansai

By Matthew Badeau in Kobe, May 2018:

https://youtu.be/HWNgy1pldtM

Twitter users and Blogs

This Twitter Hashtag has good results: #自作キーボード

Japanese Language

Romly @romly

Translates some blog posts into English

Popular Twitter user

ないん

Also runs an online shop

Shops

Brick & Mortar

Bic Camera

Large selections of keyboards, available in the 高級キーボード (こうきゅうキーボード) section

Online

Communities

Online

Check out the online communities for the best source of English information

One of the more serious communities

Had some drama a few years back and split into Deskthority (DT)

Wonderful wiki

Also has good wiki

Mostly just photos of keyboards

Subreddit for ortholinear keyboards

Mod is creater of QMK Firmware

Japan

Tokyo

Tokyo MK just had its 4th meetup

Kansai

No Kansai meetup yet but users on Twitter are interested