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Search traffic to a community site does not come only from Google. When Miyako de IT measured GA4 on July 24, 2026, Bing organic search produced 68 sessions in the prior 90 days—about one tenth of Google for the same period. This report records that observation, AI referrals, and why we publish the numbers without claiming causation.

What should an IT-community site measure with GA4 to inform event operations? Miyako de IT publishes the implementation it uses: clicks to connpass, Discord-entry paths, article views, scroll depth, and completion—down to the component names. This is a practical example from a community with seven years and 163 events.

A first-party operating log from six months of publishing on miyakodeit.com. Search clicks rose from 17 in January 2026 to 183 in June, while impressions grew about 35× from the first measured month. The article also records measurement and causality limitations.

Five public Miyako de IT partnership cases, separated into verified facts, practical implications, and unmeasured outcomes, with a repeatable process and KPIs.

A 2026 catalog of 15 communities for IT engineers—nine nationwide and six regional. Based on 7 years and 165 events of community operations in Kyoto, it covers choosing by learning, networking, speaking, or region; four steps to a first visit; and common questions. The order is not a ranking, and each community's 2025–2026 activity was checked against primary sources such as official sites and connpass.

A hub for Kyoto mokumoku sessions, connecting participation guidance, the effects of repeated attendance, reports from temples and other venues, and practical answers based on 165 Miyako de IT events.

“Will I be out of place?” Almost everyone feels anxious before joining an IT community. Drawing on the experience of operating a Kyoto community with 615 members, this guide explains how students, beginners, and first-time participants can take a comfortable first step. You can find a place regardless of experience or title.

A complete guide for people who want to try a lightning talk at a study group. Learn how to choose a five-minute topic, structure slides, prepare for the day, and handle nerves, based on a Kyoto community's experience supporting many first-time speakers across 165 events.

A guide for organizers choosing among four repeatable study-group formats and turning one into a monthly series, based on seven years and more than 165 events in Kyoto.

An objective comparison of three ways to learn programming in Kyoto: self-study, programming schools, and study groups. It explains who each route suits, likely costs, and how to combine them using services available to Kyoto residents.

An objective, purpose-based guide to IT engineer communities active in Kyoto, covering five perspectives: learning, deepening specific technologies, academia–industry–government collaboration, students, and international exchange.

A guide for professionals, IT engineers, and students looking for Kyoto study groups. It covers connpass and TechPlay, the differences among mokumoku, lightning-talk, hands-on, and networking formats, choosing by purpose, distinctive Kyoto venues, and active local communities.

More companies are sponsoring IT communities for recruiting branding and technical communications. Based on operating a Kyoto community of 615 members for 7 years and 165 events, this guide covers benefits, partnership options, process, and failure patterns.

Tomohiro Iida contributed the fourth article in ThinkIT's Events and Seminars 2026 series, explaining retention, trust through repetition, and sustainable formats for regional IT communities.

“I want the Miyako de IT community to be like Pokémon.” This thought experiment asks what makes people want to participate repeatedly by reimagining catching, trading, and battling as community design.

Why owning a domain and publishing base matters when generative AI makes writing abundant, how WordPress fits AI workflows, and how to take the first step.

Remote-engineer loneliness is often structural. Five countermeasures drawn from seven years and 165 Miyako de IT events show how recurring relationships can help.

A single visit cannot show everything a community can offer. Drawing on 163 events, Miyako de IT explains how relationships, collaboration, and career opportunities change from a third visit onward.

Six elements for starting and sustaining an IT-engineer community outside Tokyo: theme, venue, attendance, collaborators, and local partnerships.

What is an IT community? Drawing on 7 years, 165 events, and 615 members of operating experience in Kyoto, this 2026 guide explains the types of IT engineer communities, how to choose one, practical steps to a first visit, the value of regional communities, Kyoto's local context, and collaboration with companies and local governments.

Many study groups and mokumoku sessions disappear within a year. Miyako de IT distills seven recurring failures from 165 events over seven years.

External communities fill gaps that internal training cannot. Drawing on experience with 615 members, this guide explains the value of joining study groups and mokumoku sessions from the first year of an engineering career.

A complete 2026 manual for first-time attendees of IT study groups and co-working study sessions. Drawing on more than 165 events in Kyoto, it covers five formats, how to choose, what to bring, etiquette, attending alone, and common concerns.

Why meet in person when remote work is normal? Drawing on seven years and 165 events, this article identifies five forms of value that online contact alone does not reproduce.

A practical comparison of three event platforms based on 165 event announcements, covering reach, audiences, interface, pricing, payments, and how both organizers and participants can choose.

A practical guide from creating a connpass group to operating monthly, based on experience with 615 members and 165 events. It covers first-event recruitment, venue selection, and common mistakes when starting locally with three people.

Why attending study groups alone does not grow a network, and seven actions observed while operating a 615-member community.

Going alone to a room full of strangers can feel intimidating. Drawing on 165 events, this guide explains common first-time worries, what actually happens, practical tips for the day, and participant experiences.

Offline communities can reduce the isolation that accompanies long-term remote work. Drawing on seven years and 165 Kyoto events, this article explains three forms of value: serendipity, embodied trust, and a sustainable rhythm of life.

Mokumoku sessions can improve focus, professional relationships, and learning rhythm at the same time. Drawing on 165 events and 615 members, this guide explains those mechanisms, why the format can feel pointless, and how to participate effectively.

A mokumoku-kai is an event where IT engineers gather in one space and quietly work on their own tasks. Joining takes only three steps: find one on connpass, press the registration button, and bring your laptop on the day. Beginners and solo participants are welcome; bring a laptop and charger, and expect a fee from free to ¥1,000. Drawing on 165 events, Kyoto IT community Miyako de IT explains registration, what to bring and wear, the day's flow, and common first-time concerns.

This guide is for people looking for IT engineer study groups and communities in Kansai—Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. Drawing on 7 years and 165 events of community operations in Kyoto, it explains each city's character, how to choose a city, how to participate across cities, and how to take the first step.

A practical guide for Kyoto SMEs and public bodies choosing among freelance advisors, fractional CTOs, development firms, local providers, and community referrals. It also explains the distinct roles of Miyako de IT and its operator, Netsujo Inc.

A guide to working, changing jobs, and learning as an IT engineer in Kyoto. Drawing on more than seven years of operating an IT engineer community in Kyoto, this page organizes the whole local IT landscape: major company categories, salary levels, the job market, career paths, communities, work environments, and places to live.

A fact-based guide, current as of May 2026, to changing jobs as an engineer in Kyoto. It covers the Kyoto reach of major recruitment agents, five application routes, routes for people without experience, and U/I-turn support, based on public statistics and official company information. Separate specialist articles cover salary ranges by role and lists of Kyoto IT companies; this article focuses on the practical job-change process. It draws on the perspective gained from seven years, 165 events, and more than 615 members in the Kyoto IT engineer community Miyako de IT.

A guide to the actual salaries of IT engineers working in Kyoto, organized by years of experience, role, and company type. It covers comparisons with Tokyo, strategies for maintaining your salary through fully remote work, and five ways to increase your salary, drawing on the perspective gained from operating an IT engineer community in Kyoto for 7 years and more than 165 events.

We interviewed Ash about what prompted their participation and their impressions of Miyako de IT events.

Tokyo-level income, Kyoto's lower costs, and a rich cultural setting. This article explains why freelance IT engineers choose Kyoto in the remote-work era and how they use the community.

A place where digital nomads visiting Kyoto meet Japanese IT engineers. This article describes our joint events with Digital Nomad Kyoto and three benefits of international exchange.

A guide to Kyoto work spots for remote and focused work, including KOIN, UNKNOWN KYOTO, .andwork kyoto, SHARE LOUNGE Kyoto Tsutaya Books, and distinctive Miyako de IT venues such as Butsugenji temple and the Kokando townhouse.

A fact-based list of 20 companies with headquarters or major offices in Kyoto, from Nintendo, Kyocera, Murata Manufacturing, Nidec, OMRON, ROHM, and other global manufacturers to Hatena, LY Corporation, Money Forward, HACARUS, Baseconnect, and Netsujo. Includes business fields, approximate scale, official URLs, and four criteria for choosing an employer.

An operator's perspective on Kyoto's technology industry and culture, and on why an IT engineering community matters outside Tokyo. This article focuses on the value of engineers gathering in Kyoto rather than comparing companies or salaries.

An interview with ogurabread about what led them to join a Miyako de IT event and their impressions afterward. The full interview is published externally on Zenn.

An interview with taipy about what led them to join Miyako de IT and their impressions of the event. The full interview is published externally on Zenn.

An interview with yamasaw about discovering Miyako de IT, participating in its events, and the value of returning to a local engineering community.

Seven practical routes for researchers seeking IT engineers before an industry collaboration or proof of concept, based on seven years and 165 Miyako de IT events.

Academia–industry work often stalls before formal systems begin. Miyako de IT explains how researchers and IT engineers can meet naturally, test an early PoC, and turn research into an implementable conversation.

A hub for Miyako de IT's temple-based study sessions: why temples work as technology venues, reports from Butsugenji and Daikoji, and how a venue becomes part of a community's identity.

A practical guide to partnership models, implementation steps, and common failure patterns, based on Miyako de IT's work with Kyoto Prefecture's IT Industry Promotion Working Group, Taisho University Kyoto Academia, and Kyoto Chiesangyo Sozonomori.

Fushimi Ward is emerging as a new Kyoto IT hub. Miyako de IT reports on mokumoku sessions at Daikoji, development events at the Kanata Konata townhouse coworking space, and community activity around Fushimi-Momoyama Station.

Local-government collaboration is broader than contract development. Drawing on a Kyoto IT-engineer community's practice, this article explains how to connect technology to administrative and regional contexts, start small, and produce results.

Five practical strategies for engineers choosing among Tokyo-based remote work, local employment, freelancing, and a two-base career while living outside the capital.

Writing code in a temple has continued for years at Butsugenji in Kyoto. This first-party account explains how the events began, what they feel like, and why a temple can be effective for focused technical work.

Opening laptops and writing code on tatami in Butsugenji's main hall: a first-party report on temple-based mokumoku sessions and why an unusual setting can help IT engineers focus.

Five patterns for applying blockchain to regional problems, grounded in Kyoto IT community operations and the HACK+2023 Web3 hackathon.

The TEMPLE model was systematized through 7 years, 165 events, and 615 community members in Kyoto. This definitive guide brings its six pillars—Theme, Environment, Members, Persistence, Local, and Evolution—together with five steps for launching an internal community and practical knowledge for venue design, turning participants into supporters, continuity, external collaboration, and evolution.

A regional IT community's continuity depends on theme design. Drawing on seven years, 165 Kyoto events, and 615 members, this guide explains how to implement the Theme dimension of the TEMPLE model.

Seven years of Miyako de IT operations show how repeated use of temples, townhouses, coworking spaces, and universities can turn a venue into a community asset.

Practical lessons from growing a regional IT community over seven years to 165 events and 615 members. The six-part TEMPLE model covers launch, recruitment, differentiation, partnerships, continuity, and institutional development.

On July 27, 2026, the third session in Miyako de IT's quantum-computing series compared four hardware approaches and sent Qiskit circuits to an IBM Quantum system.

On July 25, 2026, Miyako de IT and Digital Nomad Kyoto held Mokumoku Meetup #59 at Butsugenji. About 10 people, from a middle school student to participants in their 50s, worked and talked together in the temple hall.

Miyako de IT joined Impact Kyoto Hackathon 2026 as a sponsor and presented its Sponsor Award to team YARIGAI. In support of the project’s focus on preserving purpose and human value in the generative-AI era, the team received invitations to attend Miyako de IT events free of charge for one year.

A guide to learning AI video generation from Text-to-Video and Image-to-Video fundamentals through practical corporate PR use. It links introductory prompt work with reports from Miyako de IT study sessions in Kyoto.

A guide to Miyako de IT's three-session quantum-computing series: foundations, quantum circuits and Shor's algorithm, implementation methods, IBM hardware, noise, and Grover's algorithm.

Miyako de IT held a practical course on using AI short videos for corporate PR. About 20 participants learned subject selection, prompt design, iterative improvement, editing, and the production process for a company-introduction video.

Miyako de IT's second quantum-computing session covered qubits, quantum circuits, interference, and Shor's factoring algorithm, with short yoga breaks between technical sections.

Six participants reviewed vectors, complex numbers, matrices, inner products, qubits, the Bloch sphere, and common quantum gates in an online preparation session.

On May 30, 2026, Miyako de IT held its AI Agent Practice Lightning Talks at the Former Kyoto Prefectural Assembly Hall. Around 30 participants, including Kyoto Prefectural Government staff, shared practical examples using Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, local LLMs, multi-agent workflows, and AI design tools.

On May 29, 2026, Miyako de IT held a two-part event at Fushigi na Yado in Kyoto: a seven-person afternoon mokumoku session in the lobby and a 17-person rooftop BBQ for engineers, designers, communications professionals, and creators.

On May 28, 2026, Kyoto-based IT engineer community Miyako de IT held the online event “Introduction to Creating Video with AI.” With Kyoto freelance web designer maki as instructor, 18 participants learned AI-video basics, differences among major tools, prompt design, and commercial-use considerations.

On May 25, 2026, Miyako de IT held the first of a three-part quantum-computing series at Kokando. Physicist Tetsuya Onogi introduced why quantum computing matters, with yoga breaks led by Yuka Onogi.

On May 23, 2026, Miyako de IT and Digital Nomad Kyoto held Mokumoku Session #57 at Daikoji in Fushimi Ward. Engineers, creators, and digital nomads combined focused work and informal exchange inside a temple founded in 1260.

On May 18, 2026, Miyako de IT hosted a participant report on Protocol Camp, a blockchain bootcamp in Korea supported by Hashed. A member of the winning hackathon team shared a first-hand example of connecting Kyoto with the international Web3 ecosystem.

On May 6, 2026, Miyako de IT held a three-person pilot mokumoku session at CODE BASE OKINAWA in Ginowan. This first-party report examines a small experiment connecting regional technology communities in Kyoto and Okinawa.

On April 20, 2026, Miyako de IT held a Claude Code / OpenClaw hands-on session at Taisho University Kyoto Academia. Twelve people set up and tried both tools, comparing terminal-centered Claude Code with open-source OpenClaw, discussing use cases, setup obstacles, and how to introduce them into work.

A first-party report from Miyako Mokumoku Session #56 at Butsugenji on April 18, 2026. Alongside focused work and conversation, the program included yoga, an introduction to quantum mechanics, and craft beer provided by Tenshoku Draft.

Using the planning and design of UNKNOWN QUEST as a practical example, this guide organizes the operational knowledge a community needs to launch a hackathon itself, from theme and participant design to support, rights, and venue selection.

A report on a large networking event jointly organized with Kyoto Chiesangyo Sozonomori that drew more than 50 people, featuring five lightning talks, themed free networking, and the expanding network of IT engineers in Kansai.

A project born from the Miyako de IT community won the HACK+2023 Grand Prize. This article introduces the development story behind a blood-donation support DApp built with the Symbol blockchain and the chemistry that a community can create.