8/20 - Osaka | Start Your Day with New Connections ☕
About the event
New to Osaka? Traveling solo? Looking to make international friends? BLEND OSAKA is a warm and welcoming international community where locals, expats, travelers, and students come together over coffee, conversations, and cultural exchange. Many participants join on their own, so don't worry if it's your first time. Our friendly bilingual organizers will help you feel at home. ☕ Meet people from around the world at a beautiful riverside café in Osaka and discover new friendships, perspectives, and cultures. Come as you are, and leave with connections that make Osaka feel a little more like home. Please visit our Instagram to get a feel for the atmosphere and concept of BLEND ☺︎ @blend.osaka [https://www.instagram.com/blend.osaka/](https://www.instagram.com/blend.osaka/) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☕ About the Venue Art Beat Cafe Nakanoshima is a stylish riverside café operated by a Japanese TV network, offering a creative space inspired by art and music. Enjoy meaningful conversations with beautiful riverside views in one of Osaka's hidden gems. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📅 Date & Time Every Thursday 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ※ The café normally opens at 11:00 AM, but they kindly open earlier especially for BLEND guests ☺︎ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Location Art Beat Cafe Nakanoshima [https://maps.app.goo.gl/vKMe9wUPXRGFnCZ56](https://maps.app.goo.gl/vKMe9wUPXRGFnCZ56) • 5 min walk from Fukushima Station (JR Osaka Loop Line) • 5 min walk from Shin-Fukushima Station (JR Tozai Line) • 5 min walk from Fukushima Station (Hanshin Main Line) • 5 min walk from Nakanoshima Station (Keihan Nakanoshima Line) • 10 min walk from Yodoyabashi Station (Osaka Metro Midosuji Line) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💳 Participation Fee ¥600 (cashless payment only) + one drink order at the café. 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 occasionally shuffle groups while considering participants' language levels and preferences, creating opportunities to meet a variety of people. Depending on the number of participants and seating arrangements, one-on-one conversations may also be included. Whether you're fluent, a beginner, or simply curious about different cultures, everyone is welcome. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍴 Lunch Together Want to continue the conversations? Many participants stay for lunch after the event. Since you've already ordered a drink, you'll receive a ¥250 discount on the lunch menu. [https://art-beat-cafe.asahi.co.jp/cafe](https://art-beat-cafe.asahi.co.jp/cafe) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ Who Is This For? • People who want to make friends in Osaka • Travelers looking for authentic local experiences • Expats and international residents seeking community • Japanese people interested in meeting people from around the world • Anyone curious about language and cultural exchange Whether you've just arrived in Osaka or have been living here for years, BLEND is a place where strangers become friends. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 Policies To ensure everyone feels comfortable and safe, please refrain from business activities, solicitation, or flirting 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==](https://www.instagram.com/p/DOe97AtD7W2/?igsh=MWJzdGM0aWhsazhjNA==)
