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Space Cafe Tokyo, September 2026

Name: Space Cafe Tokyo, September 2026
Start: 2026-09-17T20:00:00+09:00
End: 2026-09-17T21:30:00+09:00
Location: Good Heavens British Bar Tokyo, 2f 5-32-5 Daizawa, Setagaya, Tokyo 155-0032

A planetary scientist on Enceladus geysers and the hidden ocean they come from, over drinks at a Shimokitazawa bar.

When: Thu, September 17, 2026 · 20:00–21:30 JST
Where: Good Heavens British Bar Tokyo, 2f 5-32-5 Daizawa, Setagaya, Tokyo 155-0032·In person
Region: Kanto (Tokyo)
Organizer: Tokyo STEAM
Language: EN
Source: Meetup

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Summary

Space Cafe Tokyo is a monthly evening talk that puts a working scientist in front of a general audience at a bar in Shimokitazawa. The September 2026 edition is titled "Eruptions on Enceladus: Whispers of an Unseen Ocean" and looks at Saturn's small icy moon, where geyser-like plumes carry material from a subsurface ocean out into space. Dr. Lucas Fifer, a postdoctoral research scientist at the Earth-Life Science Institute at Institute of Science Tokyo, will explain how spacecraft measurements of those eruptions let researchers work out the chemistry of the hidden ocean and judge whether it could host life. He holds a PhD in planetary science and astrobiology from the University of Washington, Seattle. The venue is Good Heavens British Bar in Shimokitazawa. Doors open at 19:30 and the talk starts at 20:00. Tickets are 1,500 yen in cash at the door and include the first drink.

About the community

A monthly public talk series in Tokyo that brings live science, technology, arts, and math sessions to an informal bar setting. Each evening features one researcher or practitioner speaking to a mixed crowd of curious adults rather than specialists, with drinks and open conversation around the talk. Sessions run in English and are open to anyone who turns up.

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