Mechanical Keyboards
メカニカルキーボード
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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
ゆかり@eucalyn_
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
Yushakobo
Communities
Online
Check out the online communities for the best source of English information
Geekhack
One of the more serious communities
Had some drama a few years back and split into Deskthority (DT)
Deskthority
Wonderful wiki
reddit/r/mk
Also has good wiki
Mostly just photos of keyboards
reddit/r/olkb
Subreddit for ortholinear keyboards
Mod is creater of QMK Firmware
Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo MK just had its 4th meetup
Pictures from the event
Kansai
No Kansai meetup yet but users on Twitter are interested
#hobbies #knowledge