JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED COWORKING SPACES168 spaces
Coworking with an English website in Japan
168 coworking spaces in Japan whose operators publish an English website — or, in a few cases, state English-speaking staff. Areas include Shibuya, Marunouchi, Nihonbashi, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Meguro. Each page has photos, prices, hours, how to get in and the Japanese address for your taxi.
Floors 15–16 of Toranomon Hills — about 6,000 m², one of the largest in Japan
A 5th-floor shared office one minute from Ikebukuro Station
One minute from the central gate of Akihabara Station
Inside a station-front shopping complex, with company registration available
White marble, oak and leather on floors 20–21
British and Japanese interiors on floors 12–14, overlooking Yoyogi Park
A second site, 2 minutes from Kinshicho Station's South Exit, open weekends
Shin-Marunouchi Building 10F — a “360° Innovation Place” for founders
No fixed desks — a space built around meeting people
Meeting rooms and a lounge on the 5th floor of Nihonbashi Muromachi Mitsui Tower, linked to Mitsukoshimae and Shin-Nihombashi stations
Meeting rooms and a lounge on the 10th floor of the Nihonbashi Takashimaya Mitsui Building, linked to Nihombashi Station
Single rooms usable at weekends, four minutes from Kashiwanoha-Campus Station
Single rooms and a café space, one minute from Seijogakuen-mae Station
Single rooms and a café space, one minute from Shin-Yurigaoka Station
Single rooms and a café space, two minutes from Tama Plaza Station
Single rooms usable at weekends, one minute from Center-Kita Station
Single rooms and a café space, three minutes from Tsurumi Station
Single rooms and a café space, three minutes from Ofuna Station
Single rooms and a café space, four minutes from Fujisawa Station
Single rooms and an open space, one minute from Nagoya Station
A lounge lined with books and a terrace, one minute from Yutenji Station
Nomura Real Estate's service office, with two lounges
A window-side personal lounge, directly linked to Toranomon Station
A lounge of wood and greenery, facing Shiba Park
Partitioned work seats in a 24-hour hot spring in Shinjuku
An open space and single rooms, within walking distance of the West Exit of Omiya Station
Single rooms usable at weekends, four minutes from Urawa Station
An open space and private rooms, three minutes from Tokorozawa Station
A café space with greenery and private rooms, two minutes from Matsudo Station
A café space and single rooms, one minute from Motoyawata Station
Single rooms at a transfer station, one minute from Nishi-Funabashi Station
An orange café space and private rooms, three minutes from Tsudanuma Station
Single rooms behind an entrance with a red ceiling, one minute from Chofu Station
A café space with blue walls and private rooms, two minutes from Noborito Station
Single rooms usable at weekends, one minute from Mizonokuchi Station
Single rooms on the 8th floor of a building, one minute from Takadanobaba Station on the Tokyo Metro
Single rooms on the ground floor of Gate City Osaki, one minute from Osaki Station
Single rooms and a café space, two minutes from Sangenjaya Station
Single rooms open at weekends and holidays too, two minutes from Jiyugaoka Station
Single rooms on the 8th floor of a building, one minute from Nerima Station
Single rooms on the basement floor, zero minutes from a Marunouchi Line gate at Shinjuku Station
Single rooms on the 7th floor of a building, three minutes from Toyocho Station
Single rooms inside the Seaside Deck of LaLaport Toyosu, open at weekends too
Single rooms open 7:00–22:00 on weekdays, three minutes from Mitaka Station
A single-room site with a roomy café space, five minutes from Fuchu Station
Green floors and blue chairs, one minute from Nishi-Umeda Station
In front of Hakata Station, a long counter under hanging greenery
A hotel's 2nd-floor lounge you can use from afternoon into the evening
A plant-filled hotel lounge, one minute from Kokuritsu-Kyogijo Station
A site of single-person rooms, four minutes from Nakano Station
A window counter and single rooms, two minutes from Ogikubo Station
Directly linked to Kinshicho Station, with a café space in green and yellow
24 seats on the 4th floor, one minute from Exit B2 of Shibuya Station, open weekends and holidays
An 8th floor with ten private booths, three minutes from Tameike-sanno Station
A small 13-seat 7th floor, one minute from Ogikubo Station
51 seats on the 17th floor of the JR Tokyu Meguro Building, one minute from Meguro Station
28 seats on the 4th floor, one minute from Nerima Station, open weekends and holidays
18 seats on the 5th floor, two minutes from Kyodo Station on the Odakyu Line
28 seats and 2 meeting rooms on the 4th floor, one minute from the South Exit of Seijogakuen-mae Station
53 seats on the 6th floor, two minutes from the East Exit of Akabane Station
Two minutes from Shin-Takashima Station, with counter seats along the windows
Directly linked to Minatomirai Station, with hexagonal wooden booths
Red sofa seats among plants, two minutes from Shin-Osaka Station
Long table seats with plants, one minute from Yodoyabashi Station
A black-and-red interior, one minute from Honmachi Station
Plywood partitions and pendant lights, one minute from Namba Station
Partitioned seats on a blue carpet, one minute from Sannomiya Station
Yellow-green walls and white sofas, one minute from Sendai Station
A counter looking down over the city, four minutes from Nagoya Station
Colour-blocked carpet and booths, two minutes from Musashikosugi Station
A 4th floor with green sofa seats, two minutes from Omiya Station
An 11th floor looking out over the city, three minutes from Kawaguchi Station
An 8th floor lined with plywood walls, one minute from the East Exit of Kashiwa Station
A 10th floor with yellow walls, directly linked to Keisei Funabashi Station
A high-ceilinged 2nd floor, five minutes from Kaihin-Makuhari Station
An 8th floor with yellow box seats, three minutes from Akabane Station
On the 5th floor of Senju Mildix, two minutes from four-line Kita-Senju Station
A 12th floor of hexagonal booths, one minute from Kawasaki Station
A 21st-floor office of wooden shelves, five minutes from the West Exit of Yokohama Station
On the 6th floor of Sapporo Mitsui JP Building, two minutes from Sapporo subway station
A Surugadai shared office lined with arched walls
On the 4th floor of the Akasaka Nakagawa Building, three minutes from Akasaka Station
On the 2nd basement floor of Shiodome City Center, one minute from Shiodome Station
On the Shibaura side of Tamachi Station, a shared office with blue accents
On the 3rd floor of Shinjuku L Tower, with seats of wood, greenery and concrete
A 9th-floor site one minute from the Keio and Toei Shinjuku Line station
On the 19th floor of Bunkyo Garden Gate Tower, directly linked to Korakuen and Kasuga stations
A 14th floor linked to Ikebukuro Station, with green rings floating over the open space
A 3rd floor in light blue and navy, three minutes from Oimachi Station
Check-patterned sofas and yellow lights, two minutes from Kamata Station
One minute from JR Ueno Station, with seats you can take without booking
Four minutes from both Kojimachi and Yotsuya stations
A 5th floor in a building by the station, one minute from Gotanda Station
One minute from Kanda Station, with meeting rooms for 13 and up
One minute from the station in Tokyo's book town — company registration possible
A bayside base with company registration, 2 minutes from Toyosu Station
Work by the station where you live, no commute needed
Three minutes from Machida Station on JR and Odakyu
Three minutes from the Shinkansen station, for work between trips
One minute from the Hankyu Umeda gates, on the 10th floor
Two minutes from Kyoto Station, before or after the Shinkansen
31 seats on the 7th floor of the Oak Ikebukuro Building, four minutes from the East Exit
Seven private booths and two meeting rooms, a floor made for meetings
Eleven private booths on the 6th floor of the Ichigo Omori Building, three minutes from the station
A small 13-seat site on the 4th floor of the Asahi Life Katsushika Building, five minutes from Aoto Station
Windows facing a park, with a café-bakery on the ground floor
50 seats and 8 private rooms, with incubation managers on site
A members' lounge and a 3D-printer workshop in Osaki, run for Shinagawa City
Natural materials and art, with a professional shared kitchen
Designed by Akihisa Hirata, an office like a green mountain joined to a park
95 seats on the 11th floor of Marunouchi Trust Tower N, one minute from Tokyo Station
Floors 11 and 14 of JP Tower, the former Tokyo Central Post Office, with a barista bar overlooking the station
Light oak and shoji-style meeting rooms on floors 16–17
A quiet 3rd-floor workplace near the National Diet Building
A tea-room-inspired reception and a 15th floor with views of Mt Fuji
A 7th floor finished in wood, overlooking the cherry trees of the Meguro River
The 33rd floor above Shibuya Station — Mt Fuji on clear days
18th floor above NEWoMan, connected to the Miraina Tower gate
11th floor connected to Tokyo Station, about 150 m from the Yaesu South exit
A 26th-floor barista bar overlooking Tokyo Station, connected to Kyobashi Station
7th floor of a 42-storey tower above the Yaesu South exit, one minute from Tokyo Station
Washi lighting, a pine tree and a barista bar inspired by roof tiles
A 17th floor overlooking Tokyo Bay, with a black-marble barista bar, connected to Hamamatsucho Station
JustCo's top-tier brand, on the 9th floor connected to Tokyo Station
93 seats and premium meeting rooms — the flagship of Tokyu's NewWork
40 seats and meeting rooms for six, on the 2nd floor in Ginza 8-chome
39 seats and two meeting rooms, 3 minutes from Ebisu Station's West Exit
A booth-focused 10th floor one minute from Akihabara Station, open weekends and holidays
A 9th floor with 15 private booths, one minute from a subway exit
36 seats and meeting rooms for four, one minute from exit A2 of Daimon Station
A 37-seat 2nd floor, 3 minutes from Ueno Station's Asakusa and Iriya exits
11 private booths and two meeting rooms for eight, 3 minutes from Oimachi Station
A whole building from B1 to 6F — MIDORI.so's flagship
50 furnished offices on one floor of Otemachi Financial City
A hub for space-business collaboration on the 7th floor of Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower
Seven floors of a Showa-era building: café, print studio, gallery and a rooftop garden
Four floors of workspace and a library in Sakuragaoka, 4 minutes from Shibuya Station
Coworking on the 8th floor of Kichijoji PARCO
Work and sleep under the same roof
A hotel lounge where workers from around the world meet
A grown-up hideaway office for both work and play
“ZEN MODERN” on the 12th floor, decorated with traditional Japanese patterns
7th floor of Yaesu Central Tower, connected underground to Tokyo Station
A white space with meeting rooms inspired by artworks from around the world
17th floor of GranTokyo North Tower, directly connected to Tokyo Station
Open 8:00–22:00 on weekends too, on the 2nd floor of Pacific Century Place Marunouchi
“WORKSTYLING LAB” — nine meeting rooms, each with a different theme
9th floor of the Nihonbashi Takashimaya Mitsui Building, directly connected to Nihombashi Station
5th floor of Nihonbashi 1-chome Mitsui Building, with rental offices too
9th floor of Ginza Glasse, one minute from Ginza Station — open until 22:00 at weekends too
“INDUSTRY+FOREST” — a station-like entrance and lots of greenery
2nd floor of Shimbashi M-SQUARE, one minute from Shimbashi Station
3rd floor of ORIX Hamamatsucho Building, 2 minutes from both Hamamatsucho and Daimon
Two floors in Kita-Aoyama, open until 22:30 on weekdays and at weekends too
3rd floor of Shibuya Park Building, 4 minutes from Shibuya Station's East Exit
An open space for up to 108 people, open on weekends and holidays
5th floor of Meguro Hilltop Walk, one minute from Meguro Station
8th floor of Nakameguro GS Daiichi Building, 2 minutes from Nakameguro Station's East Exit
One minute from Ebisu Station (Tokyo Metro), with a conference room for up to 150
“A nest for working, made for superb solo work” in NBF Shinagawa Tower
13th floor of Tamachi Center Building, one minute from Tamachi and Mita stations
“RETRO FUTURE” on the 11th floor, spanning past and future
8th floor, connected to exit B12 of Shinjuku Station (Marunouchi Line), open weekends and holidays
Two floors, the 2nd and the 9th, one minute from JR Iidabashi Station's West Exit
36th floor of the Kasumigaseki Building, with high security
18th floor of Tokyo Midtown Tower, with art added to the mix
Inside Tamagawa Takashimaya Shopping Center, on the ground floor of Keyaki Court
An ivy-covered ruin turned into a two-building shared office
