It was winter, 2006 that Second Life became famous in Japan.

Yes certainly.
At October of 2006, Second Life User of japan was aprox. 2000 peoples.
Maybe at that time, Anshe Chung became famous in japan,too.
Moreover, Car maker of japan NISSAN became populor for the japanese by Media.

At first, some big company had an eye that the second life will be the next Internet
and the world of new business.

Particurally, Dentsu which is biggest advertisement company in japan had done.
They bought 100 SIM and is planning to creat 4category groups.
For examples, "The Middle Age" , "Edo-era of japan" , "Street Culture" , "Real World".
It will be contains all of things in the world. I don't know weather it is good or bad ,
weather fun or not-fun. At any rate, they aim at big success in Second Life.

At the 2007, a lot of company has going to Second Life and creat bulding and
broadcast it on TV and Newspaper. Almost everyday I can watch them in papers.


Has the big wave come?


Much Ado about Nothing?

As you know, a number of japanese residents are 2~3% of second life.
A same time residents of In-World is 30,000~40,000.


Thus, almost japanese companies aim to are 600~700 peoples in Second Life.

As real thing and as virtual thing

I often hear it said that the Japanese second lifers are thnking it as the virtual world.
I think that Americans and the person from EU regard second lifer looks second life as a thing same as reality.

I feel the same thing, too.

I borrowed Miami before. Miami is an island called Miami in the second life.
It was called Key West. Ummm. good note...

There is very splendid land. The owner is an American company called Fusion World.
When I lived in Key West of the second life, I felt being really in Miami. Even if the feeling
was a one-50th of real Miami, KeyWest was enough valuable land. This land was very expensive. However, there was value and enough experience for me.

The common Japanese demands non-daily life from second life. However, the person who
began second life feels like comparatively repeating second life with reality recently.

Maybe I thought that The Japanese second lifer is like OTAKU still more,
but thinks that I changed soon or already changed it.

Recently, a lot of big company in japan has entry in Second Life.
Indeed, It is unfortunate thing, I guess. 'cause almost japanese look them as


IT DOESN'T MATTER~~~~ What they do! ( loud like The Rock)

and some peoples had left from Second Beautiful Life...

The main Land for the japanese in Second Life

The ratio of Japanese second lifer is called total 2~3 %.

Because the number of the current total accounts is 9,300,000 people in September, 2007,

the number of the Japanese users is 279,000.

However, a unique number is called 60%.

Even if a lot of number of the Japanese users estimates it, it is watched 170,000 people as follows.

The number of the access is around 40,000 at the maximum at the same time.

According to this, the number of the Japanese simultaneous access comes to have said 800 ~1200 person.

The most famous Japanese land is the land called "AKIBA".

AKIBA is an abbreviated designation of the towns called AKIHABARA of Tokyo.

A company called MAG-SL has the greatest land in Japan. A name of SIM is a station name of a train running in Tokyo. The train of Tokyo draws the circle and runs. 16 SIM draws as circle, and it is put. Land in the yen is land of the companies.

There are two 16 SIM.

A name of Sim is the station and the towns of Tokyo. It is just an individual to administer Mag-SL. He invested aprox. 50,000usd first. He launched soil landowner business very first.

I come over very much, and profit by the advertisement does it than the income of the land now.

Mag-SL grew up till I raised sales of 5,000,000 yen (aprox. 50,000usd) every month.

He is not only to lend the land also, had planed to make a town (widh resident area and companies area) . It means to increased land in mind by the making of town.

Almost japanaese have still not got used to comunicate with a foreigner.

The point of success of Mag-SL would be ah... they set the land for only japanese or a man who can speak japanaese.

When most of Japanese second life users meet a person speaking English, they are surprised very much. And there are very many users who do not appear from Japanese land and is.

One way or the other, this is the characteristic of the Japanese user. But I think that the person who was used to English will begin second life in future. Even if it still takes time.