Homecoming Thursday Gathering #400: One Community, More to come!
Venture Café Tokyo's 400th Thursday Gathering returns to Toranomon Hills Mori Tower with sessions, Open Mic, and Demo Tables.
- When
- Thu, October 15, 2026 · 16:00–21:00 JST
- Where
- OVAL CAFE (formerly Toranomon Hills Cafe), Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 2F, 1 Chome-23-3 Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo · In person
- Region
- Kanto (Tokyo)
- Organizer
- Venture Café Tokyo
- Language
- JA/EN
- Source
- gather.us
Summary
Venture Café Tokyo marks its 400th Thursday Gathering with a Homecoming edition. Since the series began on March 22, 2018, more than 120,000 people have attended, and this milestone evening returns to Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, where the gathering was held before CIC Tokyo opened. The venue is OVAL CAFE (formerly Toranomon Hills Cafe) on the 2nd floor, not CIC Tokyo.
The program looks back on the community's challenges and connections while discussing what comes next for Tokyo's startup ecosystem, including growth and wider global links. Alongside sessions, attendees can take part in Open Mic slots and Demo Tables. Long-time regulars, recent participants, and first-timers are all welcome. Registration is through the event page.
About the community
A long-running weekly gathering for Tokyo's innovation community, mixing short sessions and talks with free-form networking. Topics span startups, deep tech, corporate innovation, research, and policy, and the crowd is a mix of Japanese and international attendees. It recurs every Thursday evening in Toranomon and is open to anyone curious about the ecosystem, with no prior connection needed.
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