So, how many CAGs are living near Tokyo? Gauging interest for Tokyo CAG Meetup

[CheapyD]

If you are interested in attending a CAG 5 year celebration in Tokyo, please post here.

[Jeoff]

Fly me out to Tokyo and I'll meet you :)

[dayglo]

I'm in Nagoya, but I need to go back up to Tokyo in March sometime around the 23rd. Count me in if it's around then.

[mtdeeley]

if you're still checking this, I'm in the Tokyo area.

[megabadd]

I should be in Tokyo around August 4th.

[Biopsy]

Hey Cheapy,

I just moved into the Tokyo region last month. Im living down in Yokohama but its just a short train ride into Tokyo proper. Id love to hook up and have you show me the sites and where to get real burgers and pizza.

btw where can I find some decent deals on 360 stuff? Most places have little or nothing in terms of xbox goods on their shelves...

[Gameboy415]

I live out in the sticks of Mie-ken, but I get out to Tokyo about once a month.

[spookymuffin]

I live about a 2 hour train ride from Tokyo, in Hachioji.

[SumDum_Guy]

.... to Fussa (Tokyo 'burbs) in late June/July. Still planning this?

[spookymuffin]

Fussa, as in "Yokota" Fussa? That's where I am.

[megabadd]

I'll be in tokyo from Aug. 4th-7th for JET orientation. Then, I'm off to Miyagi-ken, whoo.

[jabrams007]

Hi, I'm up in Fukushima-ken, but it's only about an hour and a half shink ride down to Tokyo.

[CheapyD]

Lets make this happen!
Who is still interested?

[megabadd]

I am! It'll be about $100 each way to and from Miyagi-ken and will take 2 hours, but I'd be there dammit!

[anubaph]

I'm in Ota ward, near Gotanda on the JR Yamanote line. I'm definately up for a CAG-Tokyo get together.

[Sepher40]

Im In, around what station is good?

[SumDum_Guy]

Still interested ... just say when

[anubaph]

Maybe if you plug this meeting in the show we'll get some more cags in tokyo to come out of the woodwork. Otherwise we'll have fun with the 4 or so of us here.

[coltyhuxx]

I'll be there in the end of March, Cheapy.

Hopefully meet up for some sake-karaoke.

[spacemonkey795]

Im out in Hachoji as well but up until the end of Feb. Where would be a good central place for everyone to meet?

[Gshocker]

I would love to get together. I will be in Tokyo from June 14th thru July 1. If you have a meetup during this time I am in.

[ShinAkumA21]

i'll be there Naked and Nude!

[coltyhuxx]

Lets meet up in a Karaoke bar???


Im totally down, as I said, March 20-Apr 5th ....

[Cagfreak]

Interested in this meet up.
I live in Tokyo(setagaya ward)

[tywrenok]

sure why not?

[drone8888]

I'm up at the top, in Aomori. It's a $300 train ride.... so if this is gonna happen, let me know so I can put that cash aside :) Also, dates would be nice, so I can request some leave.

This'll be awesome :)

[coltyhuxx]

why doesn't cheapy field some dates.... i'm traveling, not residing, so my open slot is mar 20-apr 5.


a poll maybe??

[drone8888]

If anyone coming needs a place to stay, I have 2 spare bedrooms and a nice big couch. It'll be an expensive ride to Tokyo, but you'll have a free room that may negate any other expenses.

[Amerijapoxicano]

Hey Drone, I might take you up on that. The only problem is I'm in Hiroshima-ken. It's pretty damn expensive for me to get to Tokyo. A 12 hour bus ride costs me over 10,000 yen. That's also a 12 hour ride back. Yikes. Shink is over 35,000 yen. Expensive weekend right off the back. Maybe I'll still go, though.

[CheapyD]

Maybe we should plan on having this in early May to coincide with CAG's 5 year anniversary.

[Amerijapoxicano]

Maybe we should plan on having this in early May to coincide with CAG's 5 year anniversary.

Not sure if you realize or not, but the first week of May is "Golden Week". Not sure if that's better or worse. I know it'll make travelling to Tokyo more expensive for me, but if I can crash with someone (cough, for a couple days, cough) it'd make me going a much easier decision since I could spend some of my days off over there. This could either be really great timing for me or not so good. In other words, it's a definite maybe for me. I'll know in a couple weeks.

[CheapyD]

Yeah, we can do it before or after Golden Week.

[anubaph]

Looks like we arn't getting anyone else in the area, since the plug in the show didn't seem to bring people to the thread. Where do we want to meet up?

[anubaph]

Anything on the JR Yamanote line is good for me. That puts most of Tokyo in reach. I've only been here a few weeks, so I don't know any good spots to meet up.

[SumDum_Guy]

ANywhere in Tokyo's good. Maybe to increase visibility, make/suggest a post @ Kotaku - lots of posters there live in the greater Tokyo area.

[Amerijapoxicano]

I thought about it earlier today and if some very generous soul will let me crash at their place, I'll spend the couple Man-en to get down there. Hotel costs would just make this not worth it for me, though. :(

[anubaph]

Doesn't look like we're going to get any other interested people, since if the plug on the show didn't get their attention, then they probably don't live in Japan.
Does anyone have any ideas for a good place to meet up and spend an afternood/evening?

[anubaph]

Oops, missed my last post, so I repeated myself, my bad. I'm good for anytime before late April, when my finals begin and then I go back to the states.

[anubaph]

No one has posted in a while. Is this still going to happen?

[Amerijapoxicano]

No one has posted in a while. Is this still going to happen?

I was thinking the same thing last night. I'd really be down for this. It'd be great to hang out with some of the people on here in Tokyo.


By the way, I'll be in Tokyo for 3-4 days March 20-23. If someone wants to meet up then, too, I'd be interested.

[anubaph]

Still no comments in here. CheapyD, use some of that charisma we all admire to whip these Tokyo CAGs into a frenzy about the meet up!

How about meeting up in Akihabura. That's a great geek meeting place. Any place for a group to get together around there?

[Cagfreak]

how bout cosplay(costume play) cafe`s. They got tons of them in akihabara.

[mox2]

Well I'll be in the Shibuya area this weekend, hitting club Womb, Atom, and the rest with some buddies. Might go to Roppongi as well, if any CAGs are interested in hitting the clubs and meeting my buddies then come along.

[Amerijapoxicano]

Well I'll be in the Shibuya area this weekend, hitting club Womb, Atom, and the rest with some buddies. Might go to Roppongi as well, if any CAGs are interested in hitting the clubs and meeting my buddies then come along.

Damn, I just read this right now. I was in Shibuya AND Roppongi on Friday night. My friend wimped out at 10 p.m. and went home. I ended up partying with some random guys I met at a bar. Still had fun but it would have been good to have met a fellow CAG member. The 24 hours and $200 worth of bus rides wasn't very nice either.

[mox2]

Well if you were in Roppongi or Shibuya, you could of went to an internet cafe, they have a private room with cushions, internet, ps2, tv, magazines, comics. The night pack they call it is a flat rate of about 16 bucks for 6 hours for late night...... hence, instead of taking a taxi back sometimes the cheapest place to sleep is actually the internet cafe.

[anubaph]

Ok, I'm making an executive decision. Let's meet at Hachiko at Shibuya Station on Saturday, April 19 and then eat dinner somewhere in Shubuya.

[CheapyD]

Ok, I'm making an executive decision. Let's meet at Hachiko at Shibuya Station on Saturday, April 19 and then eat dinner somewhere in Shubuya.

Sounds good to me, although Shibuya is not ideal if im bringing the kid.
How many people are we thinking? If we know how many people to expect, I can suggest a different location and restaurant.

[Bloodborne]

Hey Cheapy, I just sent you that email. I`ll be in Japan through August. Anytime would be good until then, especially weekends I think.

Is that April 19th date for sure? If so then count me waaaay in.

[boozi]

Hopefully... Gonna study abroad at Aoyama Gakuin (Shibuya) in September. Hope some of you will still be around :)

[anubaph]

Obviously I'm game for the 19th. Where would you suggest meeting Cheapy? Something on the JR Yamanote line or the Asakusa ling would be great for me, but I don't know about the rest of you.

[CheapyD]

It doesn't seem like too many people are interested in a free dinner and drinks. I'll mention it on this week's CAGcast and see if we can get some more takers.

[Fuzi0n]

I'll be in Tokyo next month, I'm just so excited to even be going. :D

[mox2]

I have a great idea, we should all go to Pakutch tower burger and see if we can get our picture taken after finishing the burger.

[exswoo]

Wait, I'm interested!

...wait, that's today :(

Oh well...I work in Tokyo so I'm sure
I can make it the next time :) Hope you're adjusting to Japan well, CheapyD!

[defiance_17]

I'll be in Tokyo the first two weeks of July, and I'd definitely be up for something.

[Amerijapoxicano]

I'm personally going to be busy the weekend of May 23. If we could do it Saturday May 31, I'd be down. It takes me 12 hours and almost $200 USD to get there, like I mentioned before. I might be willing to pay that much just to hang out with you crazy guys if this comes together. Put me down as a definite maybe.

By the way, if we do this, any chance of a video game exchange or something? I have a copy of Warhawk, Skate, Gundam Musou, Resistance, and maybe even Unreal Tournament III or Call of Duty 4. I could potentially sell/trade(all for the PS3). I also have books, including Japanese language textbooks, I can give in case anyone is interested. Anyway, holler.

[Gameboy415]

I'm planning a trip out to Tokyo at the end of this month/early June so I'm potentially in for the meet-up!

[rawr90]

If the party is in late August or beyond, count me in.

[narean]

can you make it this Saturday? I am in Shinjuku till next wednesday!

[mortalfloater]

I'll be in Shinjuku from June 20-30. I can do something then if anyone will be around. :bouncy:

[evazerone]

I'll be in Japan May 19 - June 19... so anytime in there, I'll be sure to make a special trip out to Tokyo for Cheapy!

[mox2]

Tried to set something in Shibuya several months back but it was a no go. Even the most enthusiastic gamer needs a bite to eat too! The only conclusion is that all the gaijin in Japan have full time jobs/schedules with their new found popularity/ and meeting with CAGers seems to be a secondary thing.

Regardless we should try something again and lets take CHEAPY out to lunch for all the work he's put into this site as a kind word of thanks!

BTW, I think if we march into the Pakutch Burger joint they'll HAVE to stick our picture on the wall, its called the "Gaijin smash". Hows THAT for a CAG 5th anniversary, we'll all hold signs of CAG while we take the picture and everyone that eats at that joint might be new CAGers due to the free publicity.
Funny that you could even get away talking on the subway if its in English. (funny article thats not written by me listed below:
http://www.gaijinsmash.net/archives/gaijin_smash.phtml

[y2kenjination]

I got a job offer from AEON, so it looks like I should be in Tokyo by September/October this year. Let's plan a meet up then!

[Amerijapoxicano]

I'm going to be in Tokyo from July 8th through July 13th. My sister is visiting Japan for a couple weeks and I wanted to show her around somewhere more exciting than my crappy part of these islands.
My sister is actually a gamer, too. Not like Petz or Animal Crossing. She likes FPS like COD4 and UT3. So she'd be up for meeting some fellow gamers. Wish we could have a get together to go to.

[Amerijapoxicano]

I don't expect to get a reply to this, but I'm I'll give it one more try. I'm leaving for Tokyo tomorrow night and getting there Wednesday morning. It'd be good to meet a fellow CAG frequenter. I'll be there at least until Sunday. e-mail my keitai at el_lobo1981@ezweb.ne.jp if you are bored and want to meet up.

[mox2]

Written several months ago with so much hope of everyone meeting up but a no go! c'mon fellow gaijin, there's a time for brotherhood that Americans can share, apart from all the other distractions going on. Maybe we can try again during a national holiday, Sept seems to have 2 coming up, 15th and 23rd..... We still have to get the 1 day tour led by Cheapy D that was offered on April 1st!

[Sutenas]

i'm interested, but no roppongi. absolutely, positively, defiantly not that hell hole.

[boozi]

i'm interested, but no roppongi. absolutely, positively, defiantly not that hell hole.

Too many 外人 O_O My school's in Shibuya and after I was done with classes, I decided to wonder around Tokyo yesterday... I ended up in Roppongi >_< I mean.... Don Quijote is cool and all, but... Too many foreigners >_<