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The Tokyo Blueprint: Scaling Coworking with Culture, Density, and Design

How the world’s most organised city quietly cracks the code for flexible workspace growth

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John Preece
Jul 21, 2025
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red tower in the middle of city during daytime
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Editor’s Note:
This article begins as a personal travel reflection on Tokyo, but don’t be fooled, it soon unfolds into one of the sharpest metaphors for scaling coworking we’ve published. From dense-but-delightful design to infrastructure that “just works,” John Preece distills essential lessons for operators and inves…

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