PyCon Japan has been amazing. It's a very well-run and friendly event. It's a bit rough for non-Japanese speakers, but they've made a dedicated English track, and many of the conference announcements were made in both English and Japanese.
They live-streamed all the talks, and the archived videos are up! http://www.youtube.com/user/PyConJP/videos?flow=grid&view=0 Session info here: http://2012.pycon.jp/en/program/index.html I even met another Seattle Python person, Larry Hastings. He's the release manager for Python 3.4, so we'll have to twist his arm to give a talk at SeaPIG at some point. :) Next year Japan will be hosting PyCon Asia Pacific ( http://apac.pycon.org/2012/), which has been hosted by Singapore for the last three years. They're still working out the details, but I imagine that it will feature a lot more English next year. They've been actively recruiting more English speakers as well. So, if you've been looking for an excuse to visit Japan, this would be a great one! If enough people are interested, maybe we could arrange a group trip of some sort. Start thinking now! Take care, -Brian
