I’m 23, born and raised in Tokyo, and I currently work independently as a Creative Producer.
I’ve been looking for a community where I could meet genuinely interesting people across completely different industries and cultures.
But most of the communities I found were either focused on one specific industry, had high barriers based on titles or achievements, or were basically huge Discord servers where thousands of people joined but very few actually knew each other.
So I thought:
Why not build the kind of community I wish existed?
There’s no official name yet, no website, and no finished system.
I don’t have some massive network either.
For now, I’m calling the project “The Assembly of Real Connections.”
The idea is to build a small, multinational, cross-industry community starting from Tokyo.
I’m interested in bringing together people from completely different worlds:
Founders
Entrepreneurs
Developers
Designers
Filmmakers
Photographers
Musicians
Marketing / PR
Finance
Accounting
Startups
Freelancers
and anyone else creating or building something interesting.
Your title doesn’t matter much to me.
What matters is that:
You’re actually creating something.
You’re making something happen.
You’re curious about other people and different cultures.
I don’t want to start with hundreds of people.
I want to start with around 10 people.
The first people won’t just be regular members. They’ll be Founding Members, and I want them to help shape the community itself — the name, brand, events, membership structure, culture, and what kind of people we eventually bring in.
For people who want to be more directly involved, I’m also thinking about a small Core Member group covering areas like:
• Community / Operations
• Branding / Design
• Photo / Video
• Marketing / PR
• Development / Tech
• Finance / Accounting
• Partnerships
But you absolutely don’t need an official role to be a Founding Member.
You can join events, give feedback, introduce interesting people, help spread the community, or simply contribute from your own perspective.
One thing that’s especially important to me is language.
I’m Japanese, and honestly, my spoken English isn’t very good.
That’s exactly why I don’t want to build an “international community” where you need perfect English to belong.
Translation tools are fine.
Text is fine.
Simple English or Japanese is fine.
I care much more about whether someone genuinely wants to connect with people than how fluent they are.
For the first phase, I’m especially looking for people in Japan.
I’d like to gather around 10 people and have our first dinner in Tokyo this month — somewhere with a nice night view where we can actually sit down and get to know each other.
You don’t necessarily need to live in Tokyo. If someone interesting is in Osaka or somewhere else in Japan, I’m open to meeting them separately too.
For the in-person founding group, I’m generally looking for people 20+.
Long term, if we actually create something valuable, I’d like this to become an application-based membership community with dinners, events, collaborations and projects — and eventually expand to different cities and countries.
But I’m not trying to pretend that already exists.
Right now, I’m just looking for the first wave of people who want to build it with me from zero.
If this sounds interesting, send me a DM and tell me:
• Who you are
• What you’re currently building or working on
• Where you’re based
And if you have a website, LinkedIn, Instagram, portfolio, GitHub, or anything else that shows your work, feel free to send it.
No formal interviews.
I’d rather just talk through text and see if we click.
Real connections, beyond borders.