500+
2024–25 · Roatán
Vitalia City Pop-Ups
Builders in a regulatory sandbox. Two popups converted into a permanent hub.
未来
Japan’s Premier Longevity Biomedical PopUp City
Build thefutureof health —in 4 weeks
One month of co-building at KBIC, Japan’s largest biomedical cluster. Three tracks that move you from “working on it” to “in patients,” culminating in the Frontier Human Fashion Show.
- 4
- Weeks
- 300
- Residents
- 30
- Residency Companies
- 5
- Summit Days
The format
One island. One month.
One loop, on repeat.
A popup city is a temporary village: a curated community that lives, works, and builds together in one place for one month. Housing, labs, programming, and social life share the same few blocks on Port Island — so a single day looks like this.
Why Kobe
What takes years elsewhere
takes months here.
Japan's regulatory framework for regenerative medicine and medical devices is the fastest legal path from clinical evidence to patients. KBIC is its front door.
Life on Port Island
Wellness
HP120
湯
Onsen Culture
湯Mineral Soak
Restore 40 HP. Remove all status conditions.
湯Rotenburo
If played at night, draw 2 cards.
1300+Years
30minTransit
2Springs
Cuisine
HP160
食
Kobe Wagyu & Beyond
食A5 Cut
Deal 80 damage. Discard 1 energy.
食Omakase
Look at the top 3 cards of your deck.
A5Grade
1.5MPop.
∞Umami
Movement
HP100
動
Mountain & Sea
動Morning Run
+20 speed until end of turn.
動Port Island Circuit
Move to any bench position.
931mSummit
20minTo Trail
365Days/Yr
Culture
HP140
遊
Osaka · Kyoto · Nara
遊Shrine Visit
Flip a coin. Heads: gain 1 blessing token.
遊Night Market
Search your deck for any item card.
40mOsaka
90mKyoto
3hTokyo
One Evening · October 2026
You live here for a month.
Port Island
Meet the playground.
Select a location
Click any point on the map to explore the area.
Choose Your Starter
Three ways in — pick the one that matches where you are.
Medical Devices
Devices Residency
Lab infrastructure for first-in-human prototypes.
Medical Devices · Residency
Devices Residency
Lab infrastructure ready on Port Island. Bring your exoskeletons, BCIs, prosthetics, biosensors, and wearables onto the PMDA device pathway — and walk the Frontier Human Fashion Show runway.
Lab AccessFull
PMDA TrackDevice
Demo DayRunway
Therapeutics
Therapies Residency
Connect directly with PMDA for conditional approval.
Therapeutics · Residency
Therapies Residency
For therapeutics past Phase 1b: work directly with PMDA and regulatory specialists on Japan's accelerated pathways. Culminates in a PMDA pre-submission and go-to-market roadmap.
RegulatoryPMDA
Stage> Ph1b
OutcomeRoadmap
Community
Builder Pass
Full access to everything. Build, connect, explore.
Community · Pass
Builder Pass
Open to entrepreneurs, operators, investors, and anyone drawn to the community. Full access to theme week programming, community events, meetups, the Fashion Show, and popup city life.
AccessFull
NetworkGlobal
Vibes∞
The month
壱
EP.01
Open Weeks
Oct 01 – 16
Co-building begins. Arrivals and tours, then Welcome Day on Oct 4, residency benches open, and two weeks to settle into Kobe and explore Japan alongside your cohort.
弐
EP.02
Summit I: The Science & Tech Augmenting Life
Oct 17 – 18
Part of the Longevity Biomedical Summit: why longevity biomedicine's next decade runs through Japan.
参
EP.03
Summit II: From East to West — Bridging the Longevity Gap
Oct 24 – 25
Bottlenecks and solutions to accelerate longevity biomedicine — and what the world looks like once we cure all diseases.
肆
EP.04
Fashion Show & Close
Oct 26 – 31
Runway prep, rehearsals, press day. The Frontier Human Fashion Show & Demo Day on Oct 26 — where devices become couture.
全四章
Four chapters.
Select a chapter to explore the arc.
The weekly rhythm between the marquee moments — running all month.
夜
Vibe Coding Nights
Ship together after dark
研
The Residency
Benches, labs, deep work
学
Learning Layer Labs
Hands-on skill sessions
実
Biohackers Workshops
Self-experiments & protocols
宴
Socials
Dinners, drinks, connection
休
Me-Time by CHANGE
Recovery & reset
Stills: Hideyuki Kamon (CC BY-SA) · Art Comments (CC BY) · NIH NCATS
The Runway
The Frontier Human
Fashion Show
A live demo day reimagined as a runway show. Device residents showcase their medical technology prototypes on models, blending cutting-edge science with high fashion. Think CES meets Tokyo Fashion Week — but everyone's wearing exoskeletons and neural interfaces.
ExoskeletonsNeural InterfacesSmart ProstheticsBiosensorsHaptic SuitsAR/VR Medical
Explore the show Select Your Fighter
Speakers & Residents
★ Top Billing ★
AubreySpeakerLEV Foundation
JoséSpeakerThe Death of Death
AdamSpeakerAnnouncement soon
YukiSpeakerCellular Agriculture
Also in the arena
Rodney KellyRob ClaarMasa NakatsuZoeCassoxDevinder SodhiPedro HenrichNatalie ColesKeita MasuiSumit JamuarNelson Milla
+ 2 challengers approaching · September 2026
15/24Fighters confirmed
Ecosystem
The communities behind it
Our supporters▸ credit 00
01 · Viva City
02 · KBIC
03 · Learning Layer Labs
04 · Biopunk
05 · Aevitas
06 · Broken Symmetry Capital
07 · Vibe Coding NightsLEV Foundation08 · LEV Foundation
09 · Asagi Labs Ventures
10 · ZuCity JapanCHANGE11 · CHANGE
12 · HekaBio
13 · Augmentation Lab
14 · Vitalist Bay
15 · The MuYour logo here16 · Continue?▮Track Record
We’ve done this before.
Four times at scale, on three coasts.
400+
2025 · San Francisco
Viva Frontier Tower Pop-Up
A 6-week vertical village — biomarkers, daily programming, Demo Day. Peter Diamandis, Aubrey de Grey, Emmett Shear, Patri Friedman.
40M+
2025–26 · Roatán & SF
Meet the Drapers
TV viewers across two shows with Tim & Adam Draper. Thousands of applicants; Muse.Bio won the $1M finale.
MIT
2025 · Media Lab
Human Augmentation Summit
~300 people on BCIs and bioengineering. Prof. Stephen Wolfram, Life Biosciences, MIT, Harvard.
Next · 2026 · Kobe — Mirai Tech PopUp City · You are here
On the Ground
Landing is handled.
Stay
A partner hotel and a constellation of hacker houses, all minutes from the labs.
Community
Community guideGuidelines, resources, and everything you need before you land.
Side events calendarResidents host their own workshops, dinners, and salons throughout the month. Browse the calendar or propose your own — every side event is screened and approved by the team.
October 2026 · 300 curated residents
The future is built here.
Pick your track. Apply. Join us on Port Island.
5-min application · No commitment
Doors open
The city is already talking.
The first residents are already in — one group chat, one calendar, zero forms. Pick a door.
01 · The group chat
Come say hi
The Telegram is where early residents and organizers already trade intros, questions, and plans. Jump in mid-conversation.
02 · The calendar
Never miss a night
Follow us on Luma and every demo night, dinner, and rooftop session lands on your calendar by itself.
03 · The build server
Where the building happens
Discord holds the track channels and project threads — the building starts before October does.
Frequently asked questions
A temporary village where a curated community lives, works, and builds together in one place for one month. Housing, labs, programming, and social life share the same few blocks on Port Island, so the people you meet at breakfast are the ones you build with by night.
Biotech builders with working prototypes (Devices), post-Phase 1b therapeutic companies (Therapies), and entrepreneurs, operators, and investors who want to be part of the community (Builder).
Port Island, home to KBIC (Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster). A purpose-built biomedical district with lab infrastructure, connected to central Kobe via the Port Liner monorail.
Four weeks: October 1–31, 2026. You can attend the full month or specific theme weeks, depending on your track.
Full access to all theme week programming, community events, meetups, the Frontier Human Fashion Show, and popup city lifestyle. Lab access and PMDA regulatory support require applying through a residency track.
A live demo day reimagined as a runway show. Device residents showcase their prototypes on models, blending medical technology with fashion. Think CES meets Tokyo Fashion Week.
Builder passes are available directly through our ticketing page. Residency tracks are application-only — we review on a rolling basis, and accepted teams receive next steps by email.
Two options: our partner hotel, the Portopia, a short walk from KBIC, or one of the community hacker houses — The Sanctuary, Biopunk House, Aevitas, and ZuCity Japan. Housing details arrive with your acceptance.
See you on Port Island
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