What we’re about
In this group you will find events for these activities, and more…
Table tennis
Bowling
Billiards
Day trips
Festivals
Theme Parks
Anyone can join. Just be friendly, with the aim of making new friends.
One thing we do require is that you have a proper Meetup profile name. Please use your GIVEN NAME + your FAMILY NAME, or your GIVEN NAME + your FAMILY NAME INITIAL. We will allow you at least 30 minutes after joining to update it. Why is it necessary? This helps event organisers identify you a little more easily. Thank you for understanding.
By joining the group, it will be assumed you have read, understood, and accepted these conditions.
Please join us!
Mark
Please note that this is a limited-participation event. Once we have reached the maximum number of participants, we will close registration.
参加者限定イベントとなりますのでご注意ください。定員に達した時点で受付終了となります。
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Let’s have some fun making new friends while playing indoor sports in SHIBUYA.
Participation fee is ¥500 per person, and other costs will be shared.
We will play billiards for 90 minutes, and maybe darts afterwards if there is enough interest from participants.
Since the drink bar requires everybody or nobody to purchase, we won't. You can bring your own soft drinks, or buy something from one of the many vending machines.
Please join us!
Please message me on LINE after you have signed up for the event.
MARK's LINE ACCOUNT
NOTE: no late cancellations please. Cancellations after 6 hours before events commence require payment of the event fee (¥500) via PayPay within 24 hours.
Please note that it is essential you arrive punctually, and participate until the end of the billiards event.
Please understand we will probably have to wait before we can start playing.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Fun billiards/pool 🎱 and darts (optional) 🎯 in SHIBUYA - beginners welcome😀Shibuya EST, Tokyo
Please note that this is a limited-participation event. Once we have reached the maximum number of participants, we will close registration.
参加者限定イベントとなりますのでご注意ください。定員に達した時点で受付終了となります。==========================
Let’s have some fun making new friends while playing indoor sports in SHIBUYA.
Participation fee is ¥500 per person, and other costs will be shared.
We will play billiards for 90 minutes, and maybe darts afterwards if there is enough interest from participants.
Since the drink bar requires everybody or nobody to purchase, we won't. You can bring your own soft drinks, or buy something from one of the many vending machines.
Please join us!
Please message me on LINE after you have signed up for the event.
MARK's LINE ACCOUNTNOTE: no late cancellations please. Cancellations after 6 hours before events commence require payment of the event fee (¥500) via PayPay within 24 hours.
Please note that it is essential you arrive punctually, and participate until the end of the billiards event.
Please understand we will probably have to wait before we can start playing.
- BOWLING & TABLE TENNIS at Tokyo Dome City 🏓 🎳Tokyo Dome City, Suidobashi, Tokyo
Please note that this is a limited-participation event. Once we have reached the maximum number of participants, we will close registration.
参加者限定イベントとなりますのでご注意ください。定員に達した時点で受付終了となります。==========================
Let’s have some fun making new friends while playing table tennis, bowling at Tokyo Dome City.
Participation fee is ¥500 per person, and other costs will be shared.
We will play 3 rounds of bowling, and play table tennis for 1 hour.
You can bring your own soft drinks, or buy something from one of the many vending machines.
Please join us!
Please message me on LINE after you have signed up for the event.
MARK's LINE ACCOUNTNOTE: no late cancellations please. Cancellations after 6 hours before events commence require full payment of the event fee via PayPay within 24 hours.
Please note that it is essential you arrive punctually, and participate in both the bowling and table tennis events.
- Billiards 🎱 table tennis 🏓 and darts 🎯 at SHIBUYA EST - beginners are welcomeShibuya EST, Tokyo
Please note that this is a limited-participation event. Once we have reached the maximum number of participants, we will close registration.
参加者限定イベントとなりますのでご注意ください。定員に達した時点で受付終了となります。==========================
Let’s have some fun making new friends while playing indoor sports in SHIBUYA.
Participation fee is ¥500 per person, and other costs will be shared.
We will play billiards for 90 minutes, and table tennis for 60 minutes. Optional darts afterwards.
Since the drink bar requires everybody or nobody to purchase, we won't. You can bring your own soft drinks, or buy something from one of the many vending machines.
Please join us!
Please message me on LINE after you have signed up for the event.
MARK's LINE ACCOUNTNOTE: no late cancellations please. Cancellations after 6 hours before events commence require full payment of the event fee via PayPay within 24 hours.
Please note that it is essential you arrive punctually, and participate in both the billiards and table tennis events.
- 🌲🏞️Okutama Mukashi Michi trail trek "A wonderful walk through time" 🥾奥多摩むかし道Oku-Tama Station, Tokyo
Starting from the center of Okutama Town, this excellent walk stretches for almost 10 kilometers, passing by many pastoral villages before ending at Lake Okutama. Whilst this walk takes about four hours to complete, most of the trail traverses along a flat asphalt road and boasts many impressive sights including an abandoned railway line, two scary looking suspension bridges, and of course... many breathtaking views!
*If we have time once we've finished* let's visit Hikawa International Trout Fishing Spot.
◾️After you have applied to join this event, please contact Mark Sensei via the Line application quoting your FULL NAME and this message: [Okutama - 29th June] MARK’s LINE ACCOUNT
If you would like to bring a guest, please ask me via Line.
◾️参加されるイベントの名前(フルネーム)と日付を付けてマーク先生にLINEしてください。
例:[Okutama - 29th June] MARK’s LINE ACCOUNT
定員の都合上、お連れ様がいる時は事前にLINEでご相談ください。
Please bring your own lunch or buy it at Okutama station before the agreed meeting time.Event fee:
¥750 - early discount if you pay by 21st June evening (PayPay, or in cash at an earlier event).
¥1000 on/after 22nd June.
Please understand that the event host is not a qualified tour guide.HISTORY
Originally built as a community road in 1899, the Mukashi Michi played a major role in enabling the movement of vital provisions for local residents. During its heyday, this 10 kilometer stretch of mountainous road became a major transportation hub where several tea houses and lodges were opened to accommodate tired travelers along with water vassals to feed their thirsty horses.Unfortunately, the construction of a new road in 1945 signaled the demise of the Mukashi-Michi, resulting in the closure of these once bustling tea houses along with everything else along this stretch of mountainous road.
Although now consigned to the history books the Mukashi-Michi still retains many of its original structures, providing a great insight into Japanese rural life at the turn of the 20th century.
THE HIKE
Once outside the station turn right and follow the main road, crossing over a large bridge before a large map (the trail head), will appear on your right several meters later.Following the Mukashi-Michi signs (むかしみち), the trail will now ascend up a steep slope before entering a forest. Almost immediately, you will come across some disused rail tracks along with a defunct tunnel. Although it is possible to enter this tunnel, be aware of dripping water!
A few meters away from here is another disused tunnel along with a railway bridge overgrown with vegetation. This defunct railway line runs parallel to the walking trail for the first couple of kilometers making an interesting sight when observing the abandoned structures scattered across the valleys above and below.
Close to this point you will also see some small religious monuments, former tea houses, and several dilapidated staircases. As the road twists around the valleys like a curling snake, you will encounter the odd residential area before the road winds around and disappears into more dense forest once again.
THE HALFWAY POINT
Just when it feels like civilization is a distant memory, the forest will suddenly open up, revealing a long road below which runs parallel to the mighty Tama River.After admiring the best of Mother Nature, the road will enter another stretch of forest which will pass the impressive Shirahige Shrine whose symbol of worship is a huge 30 meter rock.
For the next few hours the trail will continue along a leaf covered road passing by Shidakura and Dodokoro suspension bridges. Standing at over 30 meters in height these bridges provide a stunning, if somewhat scary view over the Tama River.
LAKE OKUTAMA
During the last hour of this walk the trail will leave this road and ascend up a narrow mountain pass offering several glimpses of your ultimate target; Lake Okutama. As this trail begins to descend down a forest path, you will see some small religious statues before reaching a large clearing with a main road running by. Lake Okutama is now only a few minutes away!You will finally reach Oguchi Dam - the giant man-made structure that is responsible for creating Lake Okutama.
Having accomplished this long but rewarding walk, we’ll wait outside the Mizu-no-Midori no Furikan (water museum), for the bus back to Okutama Station.
For anyone who visits the Mukashi Michi, this is one place guaranteed to stay in your memory for years to come!
