| Four more The Terminal - Harajuku (where I'm posting this from ;)
http://theterminal.jp/about.html ii Office - Ueno
https://iioffice.liginc.co.jp/ Jelly Jelly Cafe - Shibuya
http://jellyjellycafe.com/ Open Source Cafe - Shimokitazawa
http://www.osscafe.net/en/ The Terminal is around ~$13 a day if you pay ~$20 for a year membership. Includes free soft drinks. Yea, just $20. Or you can get a monthly pass for ~$160 II Office is around ~$10 a day also including free soft drinks Jelly Jelly is really tiny and the one time I went it was 100% full so I haven't actually used it. Open Source Cafe is also pretty tiny. It's 2 small rooms, both hold maybe 7 people though I've seen them cram in 15+ for a meeting. I've been to a few on the list co-ba I signed up for a year ago. Plus, if you become a member they give you a security card and it's open 24 hours.
Minus, it's pretty minimal, especially the 2nd floor. Feels like I sitting in an elementary school class. kokemasaz feels like someone decorated their garage. Nice DIY vibe. The guy making Voxatron (http://voxatron.com) who goes by Zeb online says he sometimes hangs out there. I guess I should mention he runs the picopico cafe (http://picopicocafe.com) in Kichijoji. It's only open 3pm to 10pm Saturday and Sunday and even then only if they haven't rented the place out (check their calendar) but, possibly because he's an indie game dev a lot of other mostly non Japanese indie game devs hang out there. What kind of shocks me is how much more expensive co-working spaces are in SF and LA. They claim you'll get networking but they're usually > $500 a month for just an unassigned seat at an open table. |
Also emailed opensource cafe, but no reply. We do mention them on a previous article though.
Jellyjelly either their contact form is broken or they didn't want to respond.
(all messages were sent in Japanese)
I'll see if I can get in touch with iioffice...