Ringo MUG

Ringo (林檎) is Japanese for “Apple”.

Just In case you wondered about the name.

What is Ringo?

Ringo is a community of English-speaking Mac users in the greater Tokyo area. Our Members like to learn and share ideas, thoughts and technical advice mainly through our online forum. Being an Apple User Group our focus goes beyond technology alone. Members of Ringo in Japan are a diverse group of people with a wide range of professional backgrounds. Our members are designers, developers, artists, educators, students, business people, translators from all around the world with one thing in common. We really love our Macs and want to use them to their fullest potential. And we like to share what we’ve learned.

Our monthly meetings are held in English the topics are of a wide range—from Mac related news through tips & tricks, products tests, to professional advice and “howtos” for any thinkable software or hardware for the Mac. Everybody is welcome.

Our Community

Essentially Ringo is here to connect Mac users living in the Kanto area (or elsewhere in Japan) to have a safe, fun and diverse place to share ideas, questions and help each other out.

Membership with Ringo is free.

Ringo Meetings

We meet once a month, usually on the 3rd Friday of the month, at the Apple Store theatre (3rd floor) in Ginza (Tokyo).
Meeting time is unless otherwise specified from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

Our meeting topics are a diverse mix, but usually consist of Mac/Ringo related news and one or several featured presentations. The meetings are completely open to the public and anyone is welcome to drop by. Meetings are held in English, since our members are people from all around the world, but don’t worry if you’re not that fluent in English, we are happy to help you out. Many of us do speak Japanese and some also speak several other languages.

After the meeting some of us usually have a chat at a nearby pub—again everyone is invited to join us for a drink and a chat.

I don’t have a Mac, can I still attend meetings?

Absolutely! As long as you’re not bored of people talking about computers and systems you’re not using. If you’re considering buying a Mac, you’re more than welcome to see what you can (and can’t) do with this computer and most of our members would also be happy to help you with your buying decision if you need advice.

Many thanks to the people at Apple Store Ginza, for letting us use their wonderful theatre for no charge. We really do appreciate the great support!