I had a little experience last Nov/Dec coding at/from 2 coworking spaces in Tokyo One, co-ba (http://tsukuruba.com/co-ba/ http://tsukuruba.com/co-ba/) I picked

I had a little experience last Nov/Dec coding at/from 2 coworking spaces in Tokyo One, co-ba (http://tsukuruba.com/co-ba/ http://tsukuruba.com/co-ba/) I picked mostly because it was closest to where I was staying. They have 2 floors, one of which is open 24 hours. When you sign up full time they give you an RFID card that lets you into the 24hr floor anytime. On the non-24hr floor they often organize events that start at 7pm. They also organize many social outings which I find a huge plus. Also, as a programmer they invited me to be part of the "programming section". I'm not sure what all their activities are but one I enjoyed more than I thought I would. That was, every Friday at 4:30pm, if you wanted to you could participate in a coding exercise. Someone would propose a very simple programming problem like "write code to draw a multiplication table", something that could be done in a few minutes. Their goal was 30 mins or less. We'd then go over everyone's solutions. I got exposure to languages I hadn't had experience with. I got exposure to solutions that hadn't occurred to me. They'd even ask style questions like "why you name your variables like that" which brought up interesting discussion as well. Now that has me wondering if USA based co-working spaces are similar. I also helped at some friends who worked from one of the http://co-lab.jp/ http://co-lab.jp/ Both of them had rented permanent desks. I just sat at an open table when helping them out. I don't really know what that place was like other than it exists. It was much bigger than co-ba. Not a co-working space but there's also the Pico Pico Cafe in Kichijoji (http://www.picopicocafe.com/ http://www.picopicocafe.com/). It's run by the guy making Voxatron (http://www.lexaloffle.com/voxatron.php http://www.lexaloffle.com/voxatron.php). It's effectively his office. He opens it 3 days a week as a cafe and works on his projects those days as well.