For communities, meetup organisers, educators & event teams

Your community deserves a venue. Build one in an afternoon.

Claim a plot anywhere in Tokyo, pick a building and a room — a conference hall, a café, a gallery, a pop-up market — brand it, and open the doors. People walk in, sit down, talk and present. Free.

The story

Every Tokyo scene has its rooms: the livehouse in Kōenji, the study café in Jimbōchō, the rooftop in Shibuya where the same thirty people meet every month. The room is half the community — it’s where strangers become regulars.

Online events lost the room. A grid of muted faces, a chat nobody reads, and everyone gone the second it ends. Nobody bumps into anyone; nobody stays for the after-party.

On CollaboTokyo, your event is a building on a real-feeling street. Guests walk in, see who’s there, grab a seat near the stage, slip off to a side table for a private call, and wander out into a district full of people who share the topic.

What Event hosts & community organisers come here to do

What you’re trying to get done, and how the city helps.

You want to

A venue that feels like a place

In CollaboTokyo

Pick a pop-up, tent, container, glass pavilion, dome or machiya, then a room inside: meeting room, conference or lecture hall, café, coworking, gallery or market.

You want to

Get the right people to show up

In CollaboTokyo

Host in the district where your topic lives, so people already exploring it walk past your sign. Share a link that previews beautifully and remind guests before you start.

You want to

Run the show smoothly

In CollaboTokyo

Add your team as admins or staff, put slides on the main stage, run a built-in video call and open side rooms for breakouts.

You want to

Keep the community going after

In CollaboTokyo

Guests become contacts. Your spot’s open chat and forum keep the conversation alive until the next one.

A day in Tokyo for Event hosts & community organisers

What it looks like when the right people share a city.

  1. Mon

    Claim a plot

    You pick a plot in Ueno for Thursday night: a machiya outside, a lecture hall inside, warm wood theme.

  2. Tue

    Share the link

    The event link previews with your poster on X and LINE. Thirty people tap “Remind me”.

  3. Thu

    Doors open

    The building goes up an hour early. Your staff greet guests; your slides are on the big screen.

  4. After

    The after-party

    People linger at the side tables and drift into Ueno Park’s chat. Your community has a home.

Questions

How much does an event cost?

Hosting is free. Book a plot for up to 24 hours, up to 60 days ahead, with up to three upcoming events at once.

Do guests need to install anything?

No. It runs in the browser. Guests can look around without an account and move in when they want to talk.

Can I host as my company or brand?

Yes. Events can be put on by you, an organisation you name, or one of your brands or products, with their logo.

Your community deserves a venue. Build one in an afternoon.

Sign-up takes two minutes. You’ll land in the event builder, to set up your first event.

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