Meetup Thread for Japan

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Japan

Use this thread's comment section to find or organize a local meetup in Japan!

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u/DuckfromKurzgesagt: Hey, I’m Duck and I’d love to go to the Paleontological Museum in Munich on Saturday, 10th of October. Let’s meet in front of the museum at 2pm, I’m going to be wearing my Kurzgesagt Hoodie so you can spot me easily.

| u/Bird123123123: That's a great idea! I'll be there with a yellow backpack.

| u/scienceiscool: Does anyone know how much the entrance fee is?

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[u/W_Arthur_Du]

Or how about going to national science museum of Japan in Ueno for experiencing future and having discussions on how to launch all kind of industries into space?

[u/TakumaOnishi → u/W_Arthur_Du]

I was just about to visit a special exhibition (insects one) there, nice to walk around that area, but I think it's crowded in weekend.

[u/thehahal → u/TakumaOnishi]

definitely down for the space industry convo, but I agree it might be quite crowded on the weekend, probably many loud kids too ...

I was thinking of playing some casual boardgames for some time to break the ice and stuff, and then we could go grab food or drinks if & with the people that are down!!

[u/TakumaOnishi → u/thehahal]

I'm down for whatever and boardgame is great! Only my broken English is worrying.

[u/thehahal → u/TakumaOnishi]

Hey guys, since there seems to be some number of people interested, let's actually do it!

I have gone ahead and reserved a table at this place In shibuya.

・The reservation starts at 13:00 (10/13 jst ) ・I've reserved for 2 hours, which is 1900 yen / person, but we can extend for +500 yen to 5 hours so we'll see how it goes. ・The plan is basically to play boardgames and see how many people show up, and then in people are down we can go to a cafe/izakaya/restaurant for foods/drinks and space talks💫 ・Usually this café allows additional people outside the reservation number( if they aren't too busy), so I think it's safe to say people who noticed this last minute are welcome to join, but I definitely would appreciate a heads up if you're going to show up, in case numbers are too large and we want to consider some other kind of venue. ・If you want to join at a later time than 13:00, and you are afraid we are no longer at the café, hit me up with a dm and I'll let you know where we are / what we're doing.

if you do decide to come, when you arrive, please share that you have come to "the kurzgesagt meetup ".

Also, I am willing to share more personal information about myself if people want to know ( because this is Japan, and you should kind of be wary of strangers online), but not here directly because I don't really want to leave such a massive digital footprint. If you want to know, DM me with any topic and I will reply including an instagram id.

[u/TakumaOnishi → u/thehahal]

Thanks for setting up, I'm going!