株式会社spacee
3 known investors
Yoyappin is an online service for searching, booking, and paying for rental spaces and meeting rooms by the hour, usable from as little as 15 minutes, via web or app. Offered in partnership with JR West, it features many spaces near and inside train stations for uses such as meetings, seminars, photo shoots, events, and remote work.
Also known as spacee · Yoyappin · ヨヤッピン
Investors · 3
Company profile
researched Aug 2026株式会社spacee operates Yoyappin (ヨヤッピン), an online search, reservation and payment service for time-based rental of spaces in Japan. Users select criteria such as location, date/time and number of people, book through the website or app, and complete payment in the same flow. Bookings can be made from as little as 15 minutes, though minimum booking times vary by space.
The platform lists a broad range of venue types, including rental spaces, rental meeting rooms, private and telework booths, coworking spaces, photo and music studios, training and seminar rooms, event halls, rental salons, party and event spaces, day-use hotels, rental studios, gyms, whole-building rentals, traditional kominka houses, rental kitchens, rooftops/terraces/outdoor areas, workation facilities, theater and board-game rooms, streaming/recording and house studios, galleries, pop-up stores, private-hire cafés and restaurants, sports facilities, karaoke boxes, and glamping/campsites. Search is organised by venue type, intended use (meetings, interviews, training and seminars, telework, satellite office, workshops, studio shoots, dance/yoga, beauty salon, sports viewing, film screening, board games, exhibitions, counselling and others), prefecture and major station, facilities (Wi-Fi, power, whiteboard, projector, kitchen) and hourly price bands, alongside curated features and popularity rankings. As of the site data, 12,225 spaces were listed.
Business model
Marketplace intermediating between space suppliers and users: spaces are listed on the platform, and users search, reserve and pay for hourly use online. Listings include third-party operators' facilities such as Nomura Real Estate's satellite shared offices "H1T", spaces run by "Ii Office", and station-based private booths under STATION WORK.
Users pay for hourly space use through the platform, which handles reservation and payment for listed spaces.
Traction
The site reported 12,225 spaces listed, publishes monthly booking-count rankings, and posted new-space and terms-of-service notices dated between 2026-06 and 2026-07.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Positioned as a JR West partner service for hourly space booking, emphasising a large supply of spaces near and inside railway stations and 15-minute minimum bookings.
Stated differentiators are a simple search-to-payment flow on web and app, a large number of near-station and in-station spaces via the JR West partnership, booking from as short as 15 minutes, and accrual of JR West group "WESTER points" for WESTER members or Yoyappin members who link a WESTER ID.
Technology
Web and mobile app booking flow with condition-based search (location, date/time, capacity, facilities, price), completion of reservation and payment in a few taps, free member registration, and integration with WESTER ID for point accrual.
Go-to-market
Direct online acquisition through search-optimised category, prefecture, station, use-case, facility and price landing pages, seasonal feature collections and booking-count rankings, plus free member registration; distribution is supported by a tie-up with JR West.
Business users needing meeting, seminar, training, interview, telework or satellite-office space, and consumer users booking spaces for parties, meetups, photo shoots, events, hobbies, lessons, film or sports viewing, board games and family gatherings.
Geography
Japan, with search coverage across prefectures nationwide (Hokkaido/Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku/Shikoku, Kyushu/Okinawa) and major stations including Shinjuku, Tokyo, Shibuya, Ikebukuro, Akihabara, Shinagawa, Shinbashi, Ueno, Kanda, Yokohama, Osaka-Umeda, Shinsaibashi, Nagoya and Kyoto.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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primary sources listed
- 株式会社spaceespacee.jp · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does 株式会社spacee do?
- Operator of Yoyappin, a Japanese online marketplace for booking rental spaces and meeting rooms by the hour.
- Who are 株式会社spacee's investors?
- 株式会社spacee's investors include Coral Capital, freebit investment, SX Capital, Inc..