The 47 Prefecture Challenge

by Gary Bremermann

Feb 22, 2009

Help us have a Beers for Books event happen in every prefecture in Japan in 2009! Do you know people, places, networks that we can reach out to to introduce Beers for Books outside of Tokyo? This is the place to share information and strategies to help fill the Japan map.
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    Gary Bremermann

    Good news! We've filled in the map for Tokyo-to (thanks Paul!) and now we have interest in B4B events from Shimane, Fukushima, Niigata, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Okinawa, Hyogo, Nagano, and Fukui prefectures. I’ve also scheduled the first event in San Diego (March 26th—I’ll be there) and have people in Portland (thanks Kiyoshi), Seattle, and NYC interested.

    The idea virus has been launched and I could really use your support in getting like-minded folks outside of Tokyo to be a pioneer and support a B4B event. I'll keep you posted when things firm up in other prefectures, but let me know if you know a bar owner, organizer, etc. that would enjoy giving it a shot.
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    Mar 3, 2009

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      Charlie Stratton

      There is a large group of young, beer drinking, socially conscious? non-Japanese residents in the JET Programme (full disclosure: alumnus, circa 1990's) Might be a way to tap into this group which is throughout Japan...
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      Jun 27, 2009