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The story
A thread titled “Drinking again tonight~” popped up on 5ch (Nijisoku VIP), sparking a live play-by-play of someone’s evening drinks that ran deep into the night. The thread’s creator, sipping whiskey and lemon sours at home, revealed they’ve also been quietly keeping up a solo drinking ritual at Tsurumai Park in Nagoya — “park drinking” — for about 8 years. During the stretch when they posted daily, a crew of regulars formed, but six years back, a stalker reportedly showed up too. Other posters chimed in with their own snacks and drinks, and the thread turned into a rambling, good-natured booze chat.
What people said
Mixing up some whiskey
Cheers!!
What kind of whiskey are you drinking?
I might know it if it's a ¥1000 scotch
Cheers (^q^)
I'm an old-man-whiskey guy, so Torys or Nikka
Got any good snacks?
I like Torys too
Drinking with no snacks tonight~
Just had dinner a bit ago
It's fine
It was only a short while earlier
Glad to hear it
A fellow drinker (^q^) good work out there
What'd you have for dinner?
Pork miso soup and natto rice
Pretty healthy
What about you?
Thanks for always worrying about me~
Since I started drinking early tonight, I'm planning to wrap up early too
Probably lol
That's the best plan
Hope we both get at least a bit of decent sleep
Tofu and natto mixed with mozuku seaweed, plus yaki-udon
Health matters even for drinkers (^q^)
That's healthy, nice
Oh right, I've got edamame as a snack
Though it's the frozen kind lol
Heh, thanks (^q^)
Edamame is amazing
Still drinking?
Still drinking
It was chamame (a type of edamame)
Just microwaved it but it's still mostly frozen lol
I'm off starting tomorrow
Lol that's a lazy heat job, but sounds tasty (^q^)
Nice, a Silver Week break
Going anywhere?
Guess the chamame ended up thawing on its own lol
Yeah, exactly
Wow, it's already this late lol
Better than yesterday, right? lol
I'm working
A day off? What are you gonna do (^q^)
I'm way too curious what happened to that chamame
Wait, you're working? lol
That's rough
I've been eating the chamame bit by bit as it thaws lol
Nah, it's fine v(^q^)
Teasing the beans like that sounds fun
Tease play, lol
Maybe the microwave did the trick, it's thawed out pretty well now
I'm on my 8th glass — how many are you on?
Microwaving really matters lol
Wait (^q^) you've been drinking lemon sours this whole time?
That's pretty strong stuff
Yep, lemon sours the whole time
I load it up with tons of ice, so the first glass is only about half full lol
It's been about 5 hours total
5 hours of lemon sours, what have you been up to (^q^)
If it's fun I want in
About 2 hours in the middle went to moving around, showering, and dinner — the first 2 hours were park drinking
I've been making these "drinking sake in Tsurumai Park" threads since early afternoon
Not sure I can pull it off during Silver Week though
Sounds sketchy, this whole "park drinking" power phrase
Are you one of those open-sky drinking types (^q^)
The last two days were cloudy-to-clear so it was fine
As for park drinking, I've been doing it for about 8 years now and making threads on VIP
There were stretches when I didn't post threads, so it's spotty
Even on rainy days I've done park drinking under an umbrella lol
How do you even read "Shozanten"?
It's read "Shozanten"
That's quite a long history
Why do you even want to drink at a park like that?
Park drinking has that open, freeing feeling
When I post threads day after day, I actually enjoy people going "oh it's you again"
Six years ago a stalker even showed up lol
Also, people looking to hook up tend to show up too
There was a gap in the middle, that's why
The pace tonight isn't slow
Because I want to wrap up early lol
What are you drinking?
Oh, so you're a different person from the one drinking this morning
I'm drinking whiskey
Next time I spot you I might just say "drinking again huh" (^q^)
There might be demand for this, let's cash in
Absolutely
Looking forward to you becoming a regular
Right now Ichinokura-neki is the regular
There are some old-timers too, but they don't show up much
I see, makes sense
That's a good way to drink
For me, my everyday drinking is basically "as long as there's alcohol in it, that's fine" lol
Used to drink shochu (white liquor) mixed with water
What's that? A movie?
Background and Talking Points
On Nijisoku VIP, “drinking threads” pop up now and then, where someone live-posts while drinking and other users jump in. This time, the thread’s creator claims that on top of drinking at home in the evenings, they’ve kept up a solo-drinking habit at Tsurumai Park in Nagoya for close to 8 years. During the period when they posted threads daily, a group of regulars formed, but they also revealed that stalkers and people looking to hook up have shown up as well. Drinking in parks itself isn’t banned under most municipal ordinances, but keeping it up over the long term does carry some safety risks worth keeping in mind. It’s also worth noting that everything in the thread is just self-reported on an anonymous message board — there’s no way to verify the actual details, frequency, or past incidents at Tsurumai Park beyond the poster’s own claims.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nijisoku VIP) thread “Drinking again tonight~.”
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