10/10 - Umeda | Saturday Morning Connections ☕ Grand Opening 🎉

※日本語は英語での説明のあとに記載しています☺︎

BLEND OSAKA shares the atmosphere of our community and our weekly events on Instagram. Take a peek at the smiles and the vibe of the venue ☺︎ 👉 @blend.osaka https://www.instagram.com/blend.osaka/

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ BLEND OSAKA's new venue is now open! Grand Opening 🎉 As autumn arrives, why not start something new with BLEND?

"I want to be able to speak English." "I want to make friends from overseas." "I want to broaden my horizons a little beyond my everyday life." This is an international community in Osaka, perfect for anyone who feels that way.

BLEND OSAKA brings together all kinds of people: locals, of course, as well as travelers visiting Osaka, international students, and international residents living in Japan. You don't need to be fluent in English. If you'd like to chat a little or just listen, you're warmly welcome. Our organizers will support you so that everyone can chat naturally, so please feel free to join us even if it's your first time ☺︎

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📅 Date & Time Saturday, October 10, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Location GiGO Arcade Café KITTE Osaka JP TOWER KITTE Osaka, 6F (about a 2-minute walk from JR Osaka Station) 3-2-2 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0001 https://share.google/Mpr09JYTa9h2DPUDT

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💳 Participation Fee ¥600 (cashless payment only)

• one drink order at the venue. Credit cards and various QR code payment methods are accepted.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💬 What to Expect Guests will be guided to their tables in the order of arrival and enjoy small-group conversations. Our organizers will check language levels and the situation of the day and shuffle the groups, so you'll have the chance to chat with a variety of people. Depending on the number of participants and the seating layout, one-on-one conversations may also be included. Whether you're confident in English, want to challenge yourself, or are simply interested in cultural exchange, everyone is welcome.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍴 After-Party (Optional) After the event, depending on the number of participants, we plan to have lunch or tea at a nearby place, or enjoy a picnic if the weather is nice. Our organizers will guide you based on the number of people and the atmosphere on the day. Let's continue the conversation and get to know each other even better ☺︎ ※Food and drinks are paid for by each guest.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ Who Is This For? • People who want a chance to speak English • People who want to make friends from overseas • People interested in international exchange and cultural experiences • People who want the excitement of traveling abroad in their everyday lives • People looking for a new community or place to belong in Osaka Why not take a small step toward connecting with the world in Osaka? We look forward to meeting you ☺︎

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💬 BLEND Chat Support Got questions? Chat with our BLEND Chat Support anytime! https://blend.chat.artvre.jp/

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 Policies To ensure everyone feels comfortable and safe, please refrain from business activities, solicitation, or flirting toward other participants during the event. Photos and videos may be taken for promotional purposes during the event. If you prefer not to appear on camera, please let the organizers know. No Show Policy (Updated on Sep.12, 2025) https://www.instagram.com/p/DOe97AtD7W2/?igsh=MWJzdGM0aWhsazhjNA== −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

BLEND OSAKAの雰囲気や、 毎週のイベントの様子はInstagramで発信しています。 参加者のみなさんの笑顔や 会場の空気感を、ぜひチェックしてみてください☺︎ 👉 @blend.osaka https://www.instagram.com/blend.osaka/

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ BLEND OSAKAの新拠点が、 グランドオープン🎉 秋の訪れを感じるこの頃、 BLENDと一緒に新しい事をはじめてみませんか。

「英語を話せるようになりたい」 「海外の友達をつくってみたい」 「いつもの日常から少し視野を広げたい」 そんな方にぴったりの、大阪の国際コミュニティです。

BLEND OSAKAには、日本人はもちろん、海外から大阪を訪れている旅行者、留学生、日本で暮らす外国人など、さまざまなバックグラウンドを持つ方が集まります。 英語が流暢でなくても大丈夫。 「少し話してみたい」「聞いてみたい」という気持ちがあれば、どなたでも歓迎です。 オーガナイザーがサポートしながら、その日の参加者同士が自然に会話できるようお手伝いしていますので、初めての方も安心してご参加ください☺︎

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📅 日時 2026年10月10日（土） 11:00〜12:30

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 場所 GiGO Arcade Café…