Third Place Japan Journal — English
Places to simply
be.
Third Place Japan certifies spaces across Japan where you can step out of your daily roles and simply exist. Cafés, hotels, spas, coworking spaces — evaluated through 7 original axes.
Certified Venues
View all →Green Beans Coffee
渋谷, 東京都, Japan
Green Beans Coffee, a specialty coffee shop in Shibuya, Tokyo, holds Third Place Japan Flagship certification — recognized for exceptional comfort and silence, making it the city's premier destination for solo time, focused work, and quiet reading.
Maruaki Roastery Matsudai
渋谷, 東京都, Japan
Maruaki Roastery Matsudai, a roastery café set within an 80-year-old converted townhouse in Shibuya's upscale Matsudai district, holds Third Place Japan Platinum certification for an experience that is genuinely unlike anywhere else in the city.
Shinsen Coffeehouse
渋谷, 東京都, Japan
Shinsen Coffeehouse, a self-roasting café tucked into a residential street near Shinsen Station, holds Third Place Japan Gold certification for its outstanding silence and privacy — a rare quiet pocket in the heart of Shibuya.
What is a Third Place?
A third place is neither home nor work — it is the space in between, where you are free from roles and obligations.
Third Place Japan certifies spaces that embody this quality across Japan, using 7 original evaluation axes: Comfort, Silence, Special Experience, Revisit Value, Inbound Accessibility, Shareable Moments, and Story.