Language cafés in Japan
Regular language exchanges, language cafés and conversation groups in Japan – pick a city or browse them all.
Language cafés and meetups
Blending Community language café at Kyoto Laundry Cafe
🗓 Nihongo Meetup Thursdays 6 pm; English meetup Sundays 5 pm
Bridges Okinawa language exchange
🗓 Weekend afternoons from 15:00 (about weekly); also Friday youth cafe meetups
ChoHa Japanese-Korean and Japanese-Chinese exchange (Osaka)
🗓 Weekend afternoons, usually from 12:00 or 14:00
Chuo City International Exchange Salon
🗓 Monthly on a Saturday afternoon (about 2 hours from 14:00), except November
City Chat Lounge Sendai
🗓 Two Saturdays per month, 9:30-11:00; occasional Spanish meetups
Coffee & Conversation Nagoya
🗓 Saturday mornings 9:00-11:00 every two weeks; Sunday morning sessions near Nagoya Station
English Lounge and French Night at Cheers Fukuoka
🗓 English–Japanese lounge Tue–Fri evenings; French night Sundays 7:30 pm
Friends in Nagoya English-Japanese exchange
🗓 Weekend afternoons, usually 13:50 or 14:50
Globality Okinawa language exchange
🗓 Saturdays 17:00-19:00 (about 3 times a month; Japanese-English and Japanese-Chinese)
HAMA-SARU language exchange
🗓 Several sessions a week, typically 1 pm and 6:30 pm, at cafés around Minatomirai and Yokohama Station
Hiroshima Language Exchange (Tomodachi English)
🗓 Sundays 10:10 (about every two weeks)
KOBE ISSHO English Cafe Chats
🗓 Wed & Fri 7:30 pm (Sannomiya); Sat 11:30 am (Harborland); Sun 10 am (Sannomiya)
Kyoto International Party at Cheeky Pub House
🗓 Saturdays and Sundays, 6:30 pm
Kyoto Language Interaction at Senchan Cafe
🗓 Saturdays around 17:00, several times a month (origami exchange or board games with dinner)
Kyoto Nihongo Club (Kyoto Multicultural Meetup)
🗓 Saturdays 10:30 (several times a month)
Language Exchange Lounge Tokyo (Omori)
🗓 Saturdays 14:00-16:00 (one hour English, one hour Japanese, then free chat)
Lex & Co language exchange cafe
🗓 Lunchtime exchanges 12:00-13:00 on several weekdays; Tuesday evening exchange from 18:00; Monday Japanese for beginners
Making New Friends in Tokyo language exchange (Ginza/Akihabara)
🗓 Fridays 19:30 (earlier sessions on Tuesdays)
mixr Sendai international meetup
🗓 Saturday afternoons 13:00-15:00 (about monthly), switching English/Japanese every 15 minutes
Moto3 Eikaiwa language exchange (Motomachi)
🗓 Sundays 11:00, rotating 15-minute English and Japanese segments
Osaka Collective language exchange at Marco Nostalgy
🗓 Bi-weekly on weekends, usually 13:30-17:30 (separate Japanese-English and Japanese-Korean sessions)
TIFE English–Japanese exchange at Sakura Cafe Nippori
🗓 Every Wednesday, 7:15–9 pm
Tokyo Fun Language Exchange at Chuo community halls
🗓 Thursdays 7:20 pm at Shimbabashi; further sessions at Ningyocho (Tue) and Shinkawa (Sun) community halls
Tokyo International Languages (European language exchanges, Shibuya)
🗓 Several events per week; e.g. Italian-, German-, French-, Russian-Japanese exchanges, evenings or Saturday afternoons
Tokyo Language Lovers exchange at UP-T Cafe Harajuku
🗓 Weekday evening sessions 19:30-21:30 (group runs exchanges almost daily at several venues)
Victory Okinawa English-Japanese exchange
🗓 Sundays 10:00-10:45 in Naha; Wednesdays 17:30 at Aeon Mall Rycom (Kitanakagusuku)
Wednesday Latin Dance Night at Event Lounge Warp Shibuya
🗓 Every Wednesday from 7:30 pm
Welcome Tokyo language exchange at Perry's Bar Shibuya
🗓 Several evenings a week, see the event calendar
Will.Osaka Japanese-English exchange at Cafenne Umeda
🗓 Weekly weekend cafe meetups at 12:00 or 15:00, three 40-minute rounds
Yokohama International Club language exchange (Kanagawa Kenmin Center)
🗓 Saturdays 10:00 ('Talk in English and Japanese'); occasional Friday evening beginner sessions
Yokohama International Party at HUB Sakuragicho
🗓 Fridays or Saturdays from 6 pm, most weeks
Yuru Ochaberi Japan-Taiwan exchange in Tokyo
🗓 Most Fridays and Saturdays 18:00-20:20
Zatsudan English-Japanese exchange at Terrasse Nayabashi
🗓 Saturdays 16:00-18:00