2600 Meeting

The Tokyo chapter of 2600 holds its monthly meeting at beemars, a bar in Kabukicho, Shinjuku. 2600 meetings are an open, long-running format run by the hacker community worldwide, with no agenda, no registration desk, and no talks scheduled in advance. People turn up, sit down, and talk about hacking, security research, hardware, and whatever else is on their minds. This is the only active 2600 meeting in Japan. The organizers reserve the entire bar for the duration, so the room belongs to the group and conversation can range freely. Background knowledge is welcome but not required, and newcomers who are simply curious about the scene are as welcome as people who have been attending for years. The group publishes a short video guide to finding the venue, which is worth watching before a first visit since the building sits in a dense block of Kabukicho. General information about the 2600 meeting format is available at 2600.com/meetings.