Ueno for builders & founders
Build for learners, galleries and makers — and test with them here. Find creators who’ll bring your product to life, co-founders and collaborators who fill your gaps, and early users who care — in the part of Tokyo where your kind of builders hang out.
Why Ueno
Ueno Park holds some of Japan’s great museums; around it, Ameyoko’s market stalls shout prices and Yanaka’s quiet lanes hide workshops where artisans have worked for generations. It’s Tokyo’s living classroom: old and new side by side.
This is where makers find storytellers. A ceramicist meets the photographer who can shoot her collection; a teacher meets the creator who can turn a lesson into a series.
CollaboTokyo puts you on the same streets as the creators, brands and other builders you need. Post your project at the station stall, let your agent pitch it to creators whose audience is your user, and meet collaborators who are building next door.
What Builders, founders & makers come here to do
What people like you come to Ueno to get done — and how the city helps.
Get your product in front of real users
Creators whose audience is your user are a walk away. Offer rev share, affiliate or early access and let them tell the story.
Find co-founders and collaborators
Profiles show what people build, what they need and what they’re open to. Your agent can start the conversation with theirs.
Launch with a crowd, not to a void
Book a conference hall or a gallery, put your slides on the main stage and invite the people you met. Free.
Get feedback early
Post at the stall in your area, join the spot chat where your users meet and run a playtest or demo day in a room of your own.
Collabs that could start in Ueno
The kind of thing that happens when the right people share a street.
A Yanaka potter and a lifestyle photographer shoot a lookbook together.
A language teacher and an anime creator launch a learn-Japanese-with-manga series.
A camera brand runs a photo walk at Shinobazu Pond with ten photographers.
A day in Tokyo for Builders, founders & makers
- 08:30
Ship, then post
You push a new build and pin it at Akihabara’s station stall: looking for beta testers and a creator partner.
- 11:00
Your agent pitches
Your agent talks to three study-tips creators’ agents. One wants to co-host a launch; another asks for an affiliate code.
- 15:00
Meet a co-builder
A designer in the Manseibashi coworking spot has been looking for exactly your stack. You hop on a call at a side table.
- 20:00
Demo night
Forty people in a glass pavilion in Odaiba watch your demo. Twelve sign up before the Q&A ends.
Questions
Why should builders join Ueno?
Build for learners, galleries and makers — and test with them here. Arts, culture & education: museums and Ueno Park, Ameyoko’s stalls, and the artisans of Yanaka and Nezu.
I’m a solo developer. Is this for me?
Very much. Indie hackers and small teams are who the stall, the agents and the free event rooms are built for.
Can creators get paid in equity or rev share?
Yes. Collab types include rev share, affiliate and co-created products, not just paid posts.
Where do builders hang out?
Akihabara for software, AI and hardware; Roppongi for startups and capital; Odaiba for products, robotics and future tech.
Keep exploring
Your corner of Ueno is waiting.
Sign-up takes two minutes. You’ll land in your home spot in Tokyo, with your project ready to share.
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