Venues and Tools for Business Meetings in Japan

Popular apps for storing and scanning business cards in Japan include Eight, CamCard and Wantedly (compared on boxil.jp); these are useful for organizing contacts after networking events and meetings, where exchanging business cards remains standard practice. For business meetings in Tokyo, it is convenient to search for restaurants with private rooms (個室, koshitsu) using queries like 'XXX 個室 レストラン' on Google, or via Tabelog and Hotpepper, which offer good filters by location, price and budget — for example, a Chinese restaurant in Shibuya with semi-private rooms for four to six people, at roughly 4,000 yen per person. In Shinjuku and Shibuya, restaurants on the upper 'restaurant floors' of department stores (depato) are another common choice for business meetings — generally more prestigious than an average restaurant, though usually more expensive; this is an alternative when the venue's status matters more than privacy alone. For genuinely high-status meetings — such as at unmarked sushi counters booked months in advance — some companies use specialized 'butler' or concierge services for business networking (part of the so-called eigyo culture), a private niche typically also accessed through personal connections. Conference rooms for 25-30 people in Tokyo can be booked through municipal offices at a lower cost than commercial venue rental, though the booking request must be submitted by a resident of the relevant municipality. Source: https://boxil.jp/mag/a1746/ — comparison of business-card scanning apps (Eight, CamCard, Wantedly). Source: https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1303/A130301/rstLst/cond07-00-00/RC/ — Tabelog restaurant search with a private-room filter, mentioned for finding business-meeting venues.