Matsuri Cash Giveaway – Winners Announced

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!

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Famous Japanese People

Welcome to the January 2010 edition of the Japan Blog Matsuri. The theme for this issue is “Famous Japanese People” and willing contributors were asked to tell us about their favourite Japanese celebrity, public figure or historical figure. The theme was extended to include 2D Japanese anime, manga and game characters.

This month’s edition also introduced a special twist, a matsuri cash giveaway where the submitters of the two best articles to this matsuri, as deemed by the readers, will be awarded a donation of ¥5,000 each (roughly US$50) paid via PayPal.

For now, sit back and relax as I present to you eighteen fantastic submissions to this month’s Japan Blog Matsuri. Don’t forget to soc (vote) for your favourite submissions.

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Japan Blog Matsuri – The January 2010 Theme

UPDATE: This edition of the Japan Blog Matsuri has now been published. All of the fantastic submissions can be viewed on the Famous Japanese People post.

Welcome to the theme announcement for the January 2010 edition of the Japan Blog Matsuri! This month’s edition introduces a special matsuri twist, a whopping ¥10,000 (roughly US$100) is up for grabs in a ‘matsuri cash giveaway’ and will be awarded to the two best submissions of this month’s matsuri. That’s ¥5,000 (roughly US$50) for each winner! And the best thing is, everyone is invited to participate.

How will the two best submissions be judged, I hear you ask? All is revealed right here in this post so keep reading to learn more.

Before we get into the specifics of the instructions and guidelines of this month’s matsuri, a big up to Dumb Otaku for hosting the previous Japan Blog Matsuri on Technology.

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