"Sanbou BAR" Lands in Hokkaido for the First Time! Business and Individuals to Speak Frankly at a Traveling Collaborative Event in Sapporo on May 1st

Keiei Sanbou Inc. (Head Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kenji Shintani), which operates the management community "Sanbou," in collaboration with the regional revitalization project team "ENDO," will hold a traveling "Sanbou BAR" in Sapporo, Hokkaido, as an "ENDO" collaboration event. It will take place on Friday, May 1, 2026, at ODORiBA/Oodori Bar's "Odori Bar Seating" on the first basement floor of 4PLA in Sapporo, Hokkaido. "Sanbou BAR," a community bar in the Tokyo metropolitan area where business owners and professionals gather, is making its first landing in Hokkaido, bringing with it companies aiming to expand into the region. Through diverse forms of engagement, including full-time employment, side jobs, part-time work, and contract work, the event provides a platform where businesses and individuals can speak frankly in the casual atmosphere unique to a "BAR."

Background of the Event

Currently, many players with pioneering spirits, striving to create new businesses and values, are focusing their attention on Hokkaido, the northern land. However, there is a challenge: limited opportunities for companies considering expansion into rural areas to meet individuals seeking new careers or ways of engagement in those regions.

Against this backdrop, the community bar "Sanbou BAR," bustling daily in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and the project team "ENDO," which creates meeting opportunities across Japan, have teamed up to hold a traveling event in Sapporo, Hokkaido. This is a new form of matching event, not a rigid job fair, but one that emphasizes building relationships where people can feel, "I genuinely like them as a colleague and as a person."

Event Features and Highlights

・Casual atmosphere unique to a BAR: A place where you can converse frankly with a drink in hand, rather than in a stiff interview room.
・Proposing diverse forms of engagement: Not limited to full-time employment, but also suggesting various gradations of involvement such as side jobs, part-time work, and contract work.
・Achieving three types of connections: Creating new encounters and synergies along three axes: "Company x Individual," "Individual x Individual," and "Company x Company."
・Three-turn system with Vision Pitch x Socializing Time: A total of three sets, each consisting of self-introductions by companies and individuals, and networking time among participants, to promote deep dialogue.
・Participating companies seriously aiming for Hokkaido expansion: Many enthusiastic companies are participating, including favy Inc., Keiei Sanbou Inc., and Ramai Inc. (operator of Soup Curry RAMAI).

Event Outline

Date: Friday, May 1, 2026, 17:00-20:00 (End time may vary)
Venue: 4PLA ODORiBA/Oodori Bar "Odori Bar Seating" (B1F, directly connected to Sapporo Subway Odori Station Hall Town)
Participation Fee: Individuals 3,000 yen (tax included) / Companies 5,999 yen (tax included)
*To make it easier for individuals to participate, companies are sponsoring part of the venue fee.
Target: Those who want to be involved with companies or projects in Hokkaido (20 years or older)
Application URL: Apply Here

Participating Companies (as of April 1st, only confirmed participants)

・favy Inc. (Tokyo → Sapporo expansion) ... For those involved in the restaurant business.
・Keiei Sanbou Inc. (Tokyo → planned Sapporo expansion) ... For those who want to create a business owner community.
・Ramai Inc. [Operator of Soup Curry RAMAI] (Sapporo, Asahikawa) ... For those involved in the restaurant business.
・Primavera Inc. Management Support Division (Gunma, Ota) ... For those who want to do management consulting for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Organizer Profiles

・Kenji Araya, Representative Director, Keiei Sanbou Inc.
Representative of the company operating Sanbou BAR. Engaged in consulting for small and medium-sized enterprises at Deloitte Tohmatsu Group for 10 years, participating in the launch of five businesses. Subsequently became independent and established Keiei Sanbou Inc. While providing extensive management support, he also serves as the representative of Craft Tea Inc., which operates the Japanese tea brand "CRAFT TEA." Based on his own management experience, he is dedicated to operating a community that supports the solitude of business owners.

・Dai Nakai, Organizer of ENDO
A planner promoting regional revitalization and new businesses. Involved in regional revitalization for nearly 10 years, he launched "ENDO" after the "Regional Revitalization BAR" held at "Sanbou BAR Hamamatsucho" at the end of 2025. As its name suggests, combining "Enishi" (縁), which creates connections between people, and "Do" (道) from Hokkaido, he is working on projects to create new "paths" with the pioneering spirit of Hokkaido.

・Venue Provider: favy Inc. (Operator of "Odori Bar Seating" within 4PLA B1F Oodori Bar)

About Sanbou BAR

A community bar where business owners and leaders gather with "business" as their common language. It operates three stores in Tokyo: Shinjuku, Hamamatsucho, and Shiodome, providing a place for high-quality encounters and information exchange through a variety of events held daily.

＜Event List＞

https://luma.com/sanbou.bar

・Sanbou BAR Shinjuku

5F Redine Shinjuku, Ad Hoc Shinjuku, 3-15-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022

https://maps.app.goo.gl/rFq9gjPxPQ2WpMDW8

・Sanbou BAR Hamamatsucho

B1F Hamamatsucho Neo Yokocho, Shiodome Shiba-Rikyu Building, 1-2-3 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0022

https://maps.app.goo.gl/z9G2tYQpqRw5oSMY6

・Sanbou BAR Shiodome

B2F Shiodome Yokocho, Caretta Shiodome, 1-8-2 Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7090

https://maps.app.goo.gl/TiRrEMsgZMxiYmFo7

Operating Company of this Event

Keiei Sanbou Inc.

Representative Director: Kenji Araya

Established: November 2015

Business Activities: Management consulting, operation of the business owner community "Sanbou," operation of Sanbou BAR

URL: https://www.ksanbou.co.jp/