While some bars have live music to bring in customers, newly opened Hackers Bar in Tokyo¡¯s Roppongi district holds live computer coding events to bring in the programmers.
The bar¡¯s owner and founder, Akihiro Nakao, is an entrepreneur who had dabbled in programming since he was a child but graduated from Miyazaki University¡¯s department of medicine and obtained a medical license. Rather than becoming a doctor, Nakao decided to enter the IT world and become a web engineer. At one point he was involved in the development of mixi, Japan¡¯s largest social-networking website. Now 32, Nakao runs a medical-related IT company called Hymena () during the day, and at night he moonlights as a bartender and ¡°hacker.¡±
¡°In a nutshell it¡¯s a bar where you can consult a hacker. We aim to be a bar where you can not only talk about system development, but also how to proceed with your business and manage it,¡± says Nakao. ¡°As a result, I hope it will become a place where managers, engineers and creators can gather, and become a base for software development in Tokyo.¡±
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