Mixi

Mixi (supposedly the ingenious amazing and original result of "mix" + "i") is a Japanese MySpace type thing. Or Facebook (which > MySpace, you know it's true).
Or infact any one of the hundreds of social community sites out there you're prolly a part of.
Yeah, I know you're a member of at least half a dozen. Don't deny it.

The main difference is, well... it's Japanese, and for the most part,the members are largely based in Japan.

Not a bad way to meet Japanese people if you're into the kind of thing for whatever reason, but the catch is you need to be fairly fluent in the language if you want any chance of navigating the site.

You can get a taste of what you're up against from this screenshot of the site navigation.


I think I'll stick with Facebook for now, at least until I'm less crap at reading Jap.

If you've stumbled upon this blog post and you're feeling up the challenge then I guess you can leave a comment for an invite (it's like Orkut in that you can't sign up without a current member invite).
There're a few english guides floating around if you get terribly stuck.

Edit:
Completely unrelated but the chorus of Claymore's ED by Kosaka Riyu is catchy.