Tokyo Global Society

Nagisa, Yamato and I hang out in the sandwitch shop called Sabway in order to talk about this event after the hanami party.
What we discussed was how we could make it funnier and more exciting, which means we thought it was boring that we just went an drank in Shinbashi. We discussed it for about two hours. Inouse-san joined us in the middle of the meeting. Then, we dicided that we take him to Izakaya with dressing him up like a business person, make him go inside alone and see what he would do without us in Izakaya.
花見が終わった後、Kiahから要望を聞き出したナギサ、大和、俺の三人は外苑前のサブウェイにいき、今後の展開について話しました。議題は専らどうやったらただ新橋の古くさい居酒屋にいって酒を飲むだけのイベントをより面白く、馬鹿っぽくできるのかということでした。途中で井上さんも戦線に加わり、いつもにも増して熱い、熱い議論が展開され、その話の馬鹿さ加減のせいかどうかは分からないのですが、俺たちの周りを避けるように他の客たちは腰をかけていました。「居酒屋でそのままバイトさせよう」だの、「上司と部下になりきってロールプレイしよう」だの、いろいろ意見を出して約２時間、最終的にはコスプレして居酒屋まで行き、着いた所でKiahだけを一人店に入らせ、十数分放置プレイするというものでした。

Afterwards, we went to Shinbashi to find Izakaya where Kiah would want to go.
その後、新橋に理想の居酒屋を探すために行き、酒を飲みかわしながら、みなでKiahがいかに驚くかどうかを想像しながら笑いあいました。帰り際、駅の前で俺の「あ〜、クラブ行きたかったなぁ」という不注意な発言のせいで、大和、ナギサと共にクラブに行かざるを得なくなったのは秘密にしておきます。

Thus, when someone want to do something with us, we always focus not on whether it can be realized, but on how it can be realized and stupider.
というように、俺たちは誰かが何かしたいと言い出した時、それが実現可能かどうかを吟味するのではなく、それをいかに実現するか、かついかに面白く、非合理的に達成にするのかということを思考基軸に据え、こうした活動をおこなっています。

Shingo Futami

”Just make it happen!”
B-TGS

This first event for BTGS began for me at the TGS Hanami party.

Yamato and Shingo asked me what I wanted to do in Japan before going back to Hawaii. I love Japanese food and the way Japanese people enjoy savory dishes after work with a cold beer. A personal favorite is “yakitori,” grilled chicken on a stick. I had always wanted to go to a small yakitori restaurant/izakaya, hidden in a small alley way and sit around with other strangers, enjoying the salty, goodness of chicken grilled over charcoal.

To make this first event something different, Yamato came up with the idea to all dress up in suits and to pretend to be salary men going out for a drink after work. Not having a suit, Yamato brought me his extra suit and we all met up at Shimbashi station at 9pm.

After we all dressed up and met at the station, Nagisa, Shingo, Yamato and I wandered down the streets of Shimbashi in search of a restaurant. After walking around for ten minutes, we came up on a funky looking izakaya, specializing in yakitori.

As we approached the entrance to enter the restaurant, Yamato and the others stopped suddenly stopped and told me to enter alone and to start without them.



This sudden change in plans shocked me and made me uncomfortable at first. But by then I realized that this restaurant was picked in advance and that the others had already come here last week and made reservations for tonight. Not being able to see the inside of the restaurant from the outside due to the drapes, I walked into to bar alone and sat down at the counter, not knowing what was really going on.

Right away the old man/chef behind the counter smoking a cigarette asked me what I wanted. Being alone, I ordered a beer and a few different types of yakitori. After sitting there in my suit with other business men and drinkers for twenty minutes, the gang finally came in and joined me.

This event was really neat because it showed me a part of Japan that I could not find alone and it gave me an experience that I will never forget. Panic and surprise turned into a laughs and conversation, and Im really glad that BTGS gave me this opportunity see a different side of Japan.

Kiah Gilbert

今回協力してくださった「鳥藤」さん。どうもありがとうございました。
JR新橋駅から徒歩５分。ちょっと裏通りに入ったところにあります。
焼き鳥だけでなく、新鮮な鳥を使った鳥わさなど、絶品料理をリーズナブルな価格で楽しめます。
焼き鳥を焼いてくれるおやじさんとお兄さんは若干強面ですが、今回の企画に快く協力してくださる温かい方々でした。
今回の企画とは別に個人的に飲みにいきたくなりました（笑）
「鳥藤」：http://www.e-mise-atta.net/minato/torifuji.htm

Yamato

”Just make it happen!”
B-TGS