J∙Festa – 2011 Special Edition
Call For Submissions
Welcome to the 2011 Special Edition of J∙Festa, a blogging festival showcasing the best of Japan. In this special edition of J∙Festa we are seeking the most popular Japan-related article from your site in 2011.
It is that easy! All you need to do is dig up your most popular article from 2011 and submit it to this carnival. Most popular can mean the post with the most hits or with the most comments. You decide.
Rules and Guidelines
Following are four very simple rules that need to be observed:
- The submitted article must have been published in 2011.
- The submitted article must be related to Japan.
- The submitted article must be the most popular article on your site either by page view count or comment count.
- The submitted article must contain a link back to this page.
How to Submit
Following are the ways to submit an article:
- Leave a comment on this post with a link to the article being submitted.
- Submit the article using the contact form.
When making a submission please briefly explain why the article was the most popular.
Publication
When this special edition of J∙Festa is published the order of posts in the carnival publication will be in the order of receipt of submissions. So get in early!
Deadline
The deadline for submissions to this special edition of J∙Festa is midnight Monday 16th January 2012 (Tokyo time).
Gambatte!
Trackbacks & Pingbacks
- Okara Burgers, Two Ways « I'll Make It Myself!
- Tonami Tulip Fair 2011 « The Lobster Dance
- Kanzanji: A big Buddha, a beautiful lake, and a lot of walking! « Haikugirl's Japan
- Tokyo Motor Show 2011 « tokyotravels
- I Am One of the Ugliest Women on Earth | Whoa...I'm in Japan?
- Why I Came to Japan (…and Why You Should, Too!) | MMM-FRUIT!
- Traditional Kaiseki Cuisine at a Japanese Ryokan | A Modern Girl / モダンガール
- Wild Black Man Savagely Assaults Elderly Koreans On A Bus | Loco in Yokohama
- J∙Festa – Best of 2011 | japingu
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A great idea Reesan. Here is my submission – Is it Safe to Travel to Japan, which is the most popular article on Japan Australia by comment count.
http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/2011/05/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-japan.html
cool stuff! thanks JA.
Hey yo!! here’s the link to mine! This was a kick-ass idea!
http://www.locoinyokohama.com/2011/09/01/black-man-accosts-koreans-on-a-bus/
Peace and prosperity in the new year yo!
muchas gracias loco! would you be so kind to update your post with a linkback (even an obscurely placed one) to share the love?
Ok, I’m cheating a little as my most popular post in views is the usual post-tsunami “Should I cancel my trip to Japan?” and I’m tired of people asking this (yes, some still do 10 months later) and my most popular in comment is a past J-Festa submission.
So, I’m submitting my second most popular in views: “Japan in Paris”
http://ogijima.com/japan-in-paris/
My most popular post on Lobster Dance: “Tonami Tulip Fair 2011″
http://odorunara.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/tonami-tulip-fair-2011/
and on I’ll Make It Myself!: “Okara Burgers, Two Ways”
http://illmakeitmyself.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/okara-burgers-two-ways/
Great idea Reesan !
I would like to submit The Tokyo Motor Show 2011 for this special edition
http://tokyotravels.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/tokyo-motor-show-2011/
Thanks and Cheers !!
Great idea, Reesan! I’m submitting: Kanzanji: A big Buddha, a beautiful lake, and a lot of walking! (http://haikugirl.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/kanzanji-a-big-buddha-a-beautiful-lake-and-a-lot-of-walking/) as my most commented on post of 2011. It received 85 comments. I think it would have been quite a popular post because it contained a lot of photos, but it was given an extra push by being selected as ‘Freshly Pressed’ on WordPress.com. That means it was ontheir homepage for a day or so, so it attracted a lot of extra attention.
The most popular post on my blog in 2011 (in terms of page views) was “Steve Jobs — Japanese-style manager?” http://www.japanintercultural.com/en/blogs/default.aspx?blogid=151
Here’s my most popular post in terms of comments
http://whoa-im-in-japan.com/2011/05/i-am-one-of-the-ugliest-women-on-earth/
‘My first earthquake’ was by far the most popular post on my blog last year.
http://thejapans.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/my-first-earthquake/
I wrote about what it felt like to experience an earthquake for the first time in my life. It was just a small quake but it was still pretty scary.
The post was featured on ‘Fresly Pressed’ and a lof of people commented on it. The description of my first earthquake seemed to trigger a lot of memories of the big Tohoku quake in March.
Cool article Haruko-chan! Can you update your post with a back link (even an obscurely placed one) to share the love?
Sorry, I forgot. By now the post is updated with a link.
My most popular one related to Japan was my Kit Kat anniversary post that I submitted before.
So the one right after that was a look back to my first trip to Japan and my first time visiting Harajuku. The trip was in 2008 but the post is from May 2011 and still works today because people still dress up in lolita and visual kei and more and hang out there.
http://blukats.blogspot.com/2011/05/sunday-at-harajuku_06.html
This worked out quite well last time. So well in fact that my most popular post was the christmas one in the last festa (I’m new round here, ok?).
A close second (and still first for comments) was this one, in which I take issue with one of the more popular descriptions of Japan. Short and sweet. Kind of.
http://fightstart.blogspot.com/2011/12/importance-of-context.html
Here’s my most popular post of 2011 based on comment count.
Why I Came to Japan (…and Why You Should, Too!)
http://mmm-fruit.com/2011/09/why-i-came-to-japan-and-why-you-should-too
My submission for the November edition of J-Festa was actually my most-viewed post of 2011, with about 7,336 hits. In addition to being featured on J-Festa, this post was featured on a Japanese-language news site, which helped to generate a lot of traffic.
http://amoderngirl.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/traditional-kaiseki-cuisine-at-a-japanese-ryokan/
Thanks for organizing!