Hey Hive account@yoshiko. Nice glass.

I live in Japan. You know as well as I that once people in Japan realize how cool SteemIt is, they will come on board quickly. Maybe a bit of cross-platform promotion would help... E.g. we both know YouTube and Facebook are super popular in Japan. And if all of those people posting realized they could not only get great social media (SNS) votes, but actually make a bit of money, they'd be super excited...
Anyway, that's just my crazy opinion.
:)