Tokyo Humanities Café 24 will take place on Friday, 9 January 2026, from 19:30 to around 21:15 at Ryozan Park Lounge (just 2 minutes from Sugamo Station, 5 minutes from Komagome Station). Join us for a series of engaging, 15-minute accessible talks from top experts on topics including Indian food in Tokyo, otaku, transculturalism, and graphic novels. Richard Evanoff – “Transculturalism: Connecting Worlds in Philosophy and Art” Patrick Galbraith – “Reimagining the Otaku: Jap

Thanks to our wonderful speakers - Ian Haywood, Mayu Koike, Taylor Mignon, and  Mariko Nagai  - for their wonderful presentations at Tokyo Humanities Cafe 23. We will be back in a few months!

Tokyo Humanities Café 23 will take place on Friday, 24 October 2025, from 19:30 to around 21:15 at  RYOZAN PARK  Lounge (just 2 minutes...

Thanks to our wonderful speakers Yuiko Asaba, Ashok Malhotra, Wing Tek Lum and Yuri Tanaka for their fabulous talks on Tango and Emotion,...

I will be giving a paper "The Value of Public Humanities Event Organizations for Literary Studies: Tokyo Humanities Café” at Liberlit 12...

Tokyo Humanities Café 22 will take place on Friday 11th July 2025 19:30-21:25(ish) at Ryozan Park Lounge and feature a Tango violin duo...

Thanks to our wonderful speakers  Derek Attridge ,  Xinqi He , Mary A. Knighton and  Eric Margolis  for their fabulous talks on A. A....

“The humanities are what it means to be human”. Thanks to Japan Times for a wonderful article on Tokyo Humanities Café! Tokyo Humanities...

​ Our next cafe will take place on Friday, April 25th, 2025 (19:30 - 21:15) at Ryozan Park Lounge , near Sugamo Station on the JR...

Tokyo Humanities Café will celebrate our TWENTIETH EVENT on Friday 31st January 2025 19:30-21:25(ish) at Ryozan Park Lounge (2 minutes...

Thanks so much to our fantastic speakers at Tokyo Humanites Café last night – Anne-Gaëlle Saliot, Heidi Lee, Gabriel Richard and  Anna...

Tokyo Humanities Café 19 will take place Monday 16 December 2024 19:30-21:25(ish) at Ryozan Park Lounge (2 minutes from Sugamo Station,...

Tokyo Humanities Cafe is featured on Asahi Shimbun (November 6, 2024). Online version is available on Asahi Shimbun Digital . The full...

Tokyo Humanities Café 18 will take place Monday 21 October 2024 19:30-21:25(ish) at Ryozan Park Lounge (2 minutes from Sugamo Station, 5...

Next Tokyo Humanities Café is on Friday 26 July (19:30 - 21:30). This free event takes place at Ryozan Park Lounge, 2 minutes' walk from...

Join us for our free event on Thursday, 16 May (19:30 - 21:30). Our new venue is Ryozan Park Lounge, 2 minutes' walk from Sugamo Station...

Join us for our free* event on Friday, 19 January (19:30 - 21:15). Our new venue is Ryozan Park Lounge, 2 minutes' walk from Sugamo...

Join us for our free* Halloween event on Thursday, 26 October (19:30 - 21:15). Our new venue is Ryozan Park Lounge, 2 minutes' walk from...

Many thanks to our four speakers - Catherine Harrington, Graham Law, Alex MacFarlane, and Hanabi Ryusuitei - at Tokyo Humanities Cafe 13...

Join us for our free summer event on Thursday, 24th August (19:30 - 21:15). Our new venue is Ryozan Park Lounge, 2 minutes' walk from...