Flow, Thirdspace Thirdweeks
Flow
In partnership with Tokyo Salone, semi permanent, and teenage engineering, we are co-curating Thirdspace Thirdweeks as a year-round series of intimate gatherings at Soho House Tokyo. Designed for our community, these sessions bring together global cultural practitioners across art, design, technology, gastronomy, and music in conversation. As part of the wider Tokyo Salone platform, they contribute to a growing cultural infrastructure in Japan, shaped through dialogue, exchange, and shared perspective.
A limited number of seats are reserved, only 15 for our global Semi Permanent community, offering access into these otherwise member-only gatherings, along with the opportunity to experience Soho House following the session.
For this morning, we gather with Rev. Takafumi Zenryu Kawakami of Shunkoin, Myoshinji in Kyoto. In Flow, we explore the quiet between moments. A practice of stillness, where silence softens the noise, and clarity begins to surface. Here, pause is not delay, but a way of seeing.
Doors Open, July 18 at 09:30
Start time 10:00–11:30 (includes AMA)
Conversation will be in English
Restaurants & Bar, credit cards accepted.
In Conversation With
Rev. Takafumi Zenryu Kawakami is a Zen Buddhist priest at Shunkoin Temple in Kyoto. He shares teachings on Zen, Eastern philosophy, and well-being through global talks and workshops, with engagements including MIT, Brown University, Microsoft Research, TEDx, and the Mind & Life Institute. His work focuses on self-cultivation, clarity, and living with intention.
Taka's Instagram, and the place of experience, Shunkoin.
Ana Arriola-Kanada / Host, she is a founder, designer, and cultural orchestrator based in Tokyo. As Chairwoman of
「 yes, 」 and steward of Semi Permanent, she builds long-horizon cultural infrastructure through Tokyo Salone and its constellations. Her work convenes designers, technologists, and creatives to shape future generations through shared dialogue. Formerly leading global innovation at Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Sony, and IDEO, she bridges culture, technology, and human systems.
Ana's Instagram, and Not About Us.
After our conversation, we welcome you to explore Soho House Tokyo and its community, and to consider membership as part of this ongoing dialogue.
Venue
Soho House Tokyo
Founded in London in 1995 as a discreet refuge for creative minds, Soho House has grown into a global network grounded in culture and connection. Since April 2026, Soho House Tokyo continues this tradition from its home in Aoyama, one of the city’s most vital design districts.
Designed for connection and discretion, the House offers an environment where dialogue unfolds naturally, and relationships deepen over time.
Not a stage.
A room where velocity becomes conversation.
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Constellation
Thirdspace Thirdweeks is a year-round series of intimate gatherings at Soho House Tokyo, designed as a shared room for dialogue across disciplines. As part of Tokyo Salone, a city-wide cultural platform unfolding across Tokyo, these sessions bring together artists, designers, technologists, chefs, and future generations to exchange ideas, build relationships, and shape what comes next through conversation, community, and care.
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Partnering with Tokyo Salone
Tokyo Salone is designed as a long-term cultural infrastructure rather than a single event, allowing partners to participate in an evolving platform that connects global creative communities with Japan’s cultural ecosystem.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway.