Kobe City: Opening of Asutepu Coworking Rokko Island 2025

Press Release (January 20, 2025)
Gender Equality Division, Regional Collaboration Bureau
In order to support a variety of work styles that suit women’s lifestyles, Kobe City has established “Asutepu Coworking,” a free coworking space for women in two locations in the city (Chuo-ku and Nishi Ward) to support women in finding work, finding new employment and The third location in the city has been opened.
The third AsuTempu Coworking Rokko Island will open on the 1st floor of Kobe Fashion Mart, offering Wi-fi, a kids’ space, and free temporary childcare services so that you can leave your children at home and concentrate on your work.
On the first day of the opening, an opening ceremony and opening event will be held.

Facility Overview

1. Opening date Monday, February 3, 2025
2. Location Kobe Fashion Mart 1F, 6-9 Naka, Koyo-cho, Higashinada-ku, Kobe
3. Hours: Monday – Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. *Temporary childcare Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 13:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (From April 2025, temporary childcare will also be available on Saturdays)
4. Closed: Sundays, national holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays (December 28 – January 4)
5. Eligible persons Women who live or work in the city (men with children are also welcome)
6. Free of charge
7. Number of seats: 20
8. Facilities Wi-fi, power supply (all seats), private work booths, children’s space, nursing room (*shared within the building), etc.

How to use:

Advance reservations are required after registering as a member on the Astep Coworking reservation site ( https://reserva.be/astep0928).
Reservations start from 12:00 pm on Tuesday, January 21 (for use from February 3 to 21), and from 9:00 am one month prior to the date of use for use after February 22.
*Members must be 18 years of age or older (excluding high school students) to register. Children of elementary school age and younger may also use the facility when accompanied by a user.

Opening Ceremony

1. Date and Time Monday, February 3, 2025, 10:00 – 10:30
2. Place: Asutepu Coworking Rokko Island
3. Details: Greetings from related parties, ribbon-cutting ceremony, etc.

Opening Event

Date and Time

Monday, February 3, 2025, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Location:

Asstep Coworking Rokko Island

Content:

Talk session “Work in Your Own Way” – Designing a Way of Working that Spreads from Kobe”
“Balancing work and childcare,” “Experiences as an entrepreneur,” “The importance of community support,” etc. Talk sessions will be held by a variety of speakers on themes such as “Balancing work and childcare,” “Experiences as an entrepreneur,” and “The importance of local community support.

• Scheduled speakers

Shinobu Ohno (Coach, INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Ai Otsu (President, Compass Inc.) and others

• Coordinator

Ms. Shihori Nishiyama (Representative Director, 078 Co., Ltd.)

Opening Event Information (PDF: 2,525KB)

Reservations

required *Temporary childcare service available, capacity of 6, first-come-first-served basis

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If you would like temporary childcare, you will need to make a reservation for temporary childcare separately from the event reservation. (You can also join the event with your child inside the coworking room.
Reservation start date and time: Tuesday, January 21, 12:00 p.m. –
Reservation site URL https://event.city.kobe.lg.jp/event/sRVY2QDv8ODrCsFlipPu

Others

Live streaming will be available on YouTube

For viewing

URL: https: //youtube.com/live/RJmr0b5-clI?feature=share

Contact

Astep KOBE (Kobe Gender Equality Center)
Tel: 078-361-6977 Fax: 078-361-6477
Mail: danjyo@city .kobe.lg.jp

Reference

Astep co-working homepage
https://astep.city.kobe.lg.jp/coworking/