Hacker spaces are community-operated physical places, where people can meet and work on their projects.

Tokyo HackerSpace is an open community lab, studio, workbench, sewing circle, machine shop+, where people with common interests in technology, building things, gardening, cooking, science, sewing, digital art, gaming+, can find the space, the like-minded people, and the infrastructure needed for these activities.

They are not just project studios, but places where people can get together and make interesting projects, cook, hang out, have barbecues, and watch anime.