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Four more The Terminal - Harajuku (where I'm posting this from ;) http://theterminal.jp/about.html http://theterminal.jp/about.html ii Office - Ueno https://i
by greggman 12y ago
Four more
The Terminal - Harajuku (where I'm posting this from ;)
http://theterminal.jp/about.html http://theterminal.jp/about.html
ii Office - Ueno
https://iioffice.liginc.co.jp/ https://iioffice.liginc.co.jp/
Jelly Jelly Cafe - Shibuya
http://jellyjellycafe.com/ http://jellyjellycafe.com/
Open Source Cafe - Shimokitazawa
http://www.osscafe.net/en/ 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 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 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.
- mrkirkland 12y agoI emailed the terminal, but it bounced! 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...
- shawnps 12y agoDo you know if it's pretty competitive to get the monthly membership at The Terminal? Only the first 10 people who sign up can get it right? ("毎月先着10名様となります。")
- greggman 12y agoI haven't checked. Given it's 1295 yen a day after the 2000yen yearly membership I'd rather pay by the day. The month price is better after 12 days a month but I'd prefer to move around so I come at most probably 9 days a month and visit other places on other days.
- shawnps 12y agoI see, that makes sense. By the way, there's a burrito place 2-3 mins from there that I frequent: https://ja-jp.facebook.com/burritastesgood https://ja-jp.facebook.com/burritastesgood Staff and owner are very nice people, burritos are good, and they have a variety of hot sauces.