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> I do believe that it should be a mandate for the municipality to provide meeting space for local non-profit and special interest groups. Japan has these. The
by Aeolun 2y ago
> I do believe that it should be a mandate for the municipality to provide meeting space for local non-profit and special interest groups.
Japan has these. There’s local community centers basically everywhere which can be used as a meeting space for a token fee (I think it was like $5/hour last I checked). My local center in the middle of Tokyo is just three floors of rooms that people can use for whatever they need.
- valenterry 2y agoI'm interested and I need this. Do you have some additional info for me maybe? Thank you!!!
- Aeolun 2y agoThis is the one near my place. I suspect you can find a similar one nearby: http://sdh-takaido.sakura.ne.jp/kumin.html http://sdh-takaido.sakura.ne.jp/kumin.html (It was a bit more expensive than I remembered, but still extremely reasonable)
- valenterry 2y agoThanks for the link! It's very reasonable, unfortunately a bit limited in terms of time (usual the programming meetups I organized went up until almost midnight). Still good to know that these kind of options exist.
- ghaff 2y agoLooking for places open until midnight really limits your options.
- SenHeng 2y agoYou can generally find one by searching for ‘{town name}公民館’. I used one daily for a couple of months once as the internet in my new place wasn’t ready yet. Sometimes I would just ‘borrow’ the WiFi while staying inside my car. The internet is generally very fast and you’re not competing for traffic with anyone else. A friend also organises painting classes in his local one.
- bboygravity 2y agoIn 2024 Japan you could also just buy a house for 10k USD and call it your club house :p
- Aeolun 2y agoTrue, but you’d have to travel for hours to get there, which makes it kinda inconvenient unless you want to have a permanent club meeting.
- pfannkuchen 2y ago“Permanent club meeting” is a nice euphemism for cult compound.
- rtpg 2y agoNot in Tokyo. The meme is that you basically need to pay somebody if you want to sit down and get some peace and quiet for a bit in the afternoon.