# Space Cafe Tokyo, Dec 2026 "One week to go!"

> Space talk and drinks in Shimokitazawa: JAXA researcher Dr. Yudai Suzuki on Mercury, a week before the Mio probe begins exploring.

- When: Thu, December 3, 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 — https://www.meetup.com/tokyo_steam/events/317295258
- Page: https://japantech.info/events/meetup-317295258/

## Summary

Space Cafe Tokyo brings a space talk and drinks to Good Heavens British Bar in Shimokitazawa. This edition is timed one week before Japan's Mio spacecraft begins exploring Mercury after an eight-year cruise.

Dr. Yudai "Rye" Suzuki, a researcher at ISAS/JAXA who studies surface-exosphere interactions of Mercury and comets, will introduce the open questions about Mercury, what the mission hopes to learn, and his view as a young researcher on the front lines. Doors open at 19:30 and the talk starts at 20:00. Tickets are 1,500 yen at the door, cash only, including a first drink.

## About the community

A Tokyo group running live talks on science, technology, arts and math, usually in bars and cafes, where researchers present their work to a general audience in English.

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