Famous Japanese People Japan Blog Matsuri

The January 2010 edition of the Japan Blog Matsuri was recently published. The theme was Famous Japanese People and contributors were asked to tell us about their favourite Japanese celebrity, public figure or historical figure.

This edition introduced a special twist, a matsuri cash giveaway where I offered the submitters of the two best articles to this matsuri some cold hard cash – ¥5,000 each (roughly US$50) paid via PayPal. The winners were to be determined by having the most number of socs (votes) on JapanSoc.com for their article.

It is time to announce the winners!

With the help of Nick Ramsay from JapanSoc.com the votes were counted as at midnight Sunday 31st January 2010 (Tokyo time). It was a neck-and-neck race where out of the 18 fantastic articles submitted to the January 2010 Japan Blog Matsuri 3 submissions surpassed 20 votes on JapanSoc.com.

Unfortunately there can only be two winners and it is with pleasure that I announce them here.

Gakuranman's Blood Red Demon SamuraiMazikeen's Kobo Daishi

Don’t forget to check out all of the submissions to the January 2010 Japan Blog Matsuri and stay tuned for a bumper February edition over at Muza-chan’s Gate to Japan.

Thanks again to everyone who participated and to Nick Ramsay for making the Matsuri Cash Giveaway logistically possible.

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