Homecoming Thursday Gathering #400: One Community, More to come!
Thursday Gathering's 400th edition returns to Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, with sessions, Open Mic, Demo Tables, and networking.
- 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
Thursday Gathering, Venture Café Tokyo's weekly innovation night, reaches its 400th edition with a "Homecoming" held at OVAL CAFE (formerly Toranomon Hills Cafe) in Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, the venue the series used before CIC Tokyo opened. The evening runs from 16:00 to 21:00 on October 15. Note that it is not at CIC Tokyo this week.
Since its start on March 22, 2018, the series has drawn more than 120,000 attendees. This milestone edition looks back on the challenges and connections of the past years and forward to the next stage of growth, global reach, and the community's future as the startup landscape shifts.
Alongside sessions, the programme includes Open Mic slots and Demo Tables where attendees can present and connect. Long-time regulars, recent joiners, and first-timers are all welcome. Registration is through the event page's "Register to Event" button.
About the community
A long-running weekly gathering for Tokyo's innovation community, running since 2018, that mixes 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 founders, engineers, investors, and researchers. It recurs every Thursday evening, usually at CIC Tokyo in Toranomon.
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