From our other sites
The story
A thread titled “1pm Ueno Drinking Meetup” popped up on 5ch’s News VIP board, with the original poster calling for people to gather at the Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket counter by Ueno Station’s central gates. 5ch has long had a culture of “offline meetups” (offkai), where strangers who only know each other from anonymous posts end up meeting in person, and this was just the latest one. At first, most comments were skeptical — wondering whether anyone would actually show up — but as time passed, more people joined in, and talk turned to booking a yakiniku restaurant or the Torikizoku outlet near Ueno-Hirokoji. The thread saw back-and-forth over how much to budget, exactly where to meet, and which restaurant to pick, and it eventually wrapped up with photos showing how the meetup actually went.
What people said
I'll be wearing a black hoodie.
For now, budgeting around 10,000 yen.
https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/internet/7252/1791002577/
If you can't post replies, go here.
If everyone says that, nobody's ever going to show up.
If you two actually showed up that'd already be 3 people.
But guys like you never actually come.
Looks like they actually have seats.
There's maybe like ten named posters there, tops.
Or are you just going to eat?
If you don't think eating and drinking together is fun, I don't know what to tell you.
I'm in.
I'll book either yakiniku or sushi.
If you've got a preference, I can book pretty much anywhere.
That's kind of far.
I'll chip in for your train fare at least.
I'll call them at 11:30.
Is a cheap lunch course with all-you-can-drink okay?
Yeah, that works.
Guess I'd better withdraw some cash.
5,000 yen's fine.
Or if you manage to get through to Gyushige, feel free to book that instead.
Signal might not reach inside the station, so I'll be waiting at the central gate's Midori-no-Madoguchi counter in a black hoodie.
Wish I'd gone.
Hurry up and get here.
Anything in particular you want to eat?
If not, Saizeriya works.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nj4QSfVR7sVvACQB8
How late is it open until?
Re: #131
At 4pm —
https://maps.app.goo.gl/GDyciwr2iZ5iozS38
booked Torikizoku Ueno-Hirokoji.
Background and key points of this story
5ch has long had a culture of “offline meetups” (offkai), where anonymous posts spark real-life get-togethers between people who’ve never met. The News VIP board is one of the hubs where this originated, and this thread was no exception — it began when the original poster (known as “1”) called for people to gather at the Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket counter by Ueno Station’s central gates. Two main points of contention emerged in the thread. The first was uncertainty over whether anyone would actually show up: against a group of fence-sitters saying they’d “come once enough people gather,” the OP pushed back, pointing out that “if everyone thinks that way, nobody ever will.” The second was cost — when participants asked about budget, the going estimate landed around 5,000 yen per person. One thing readers might easily misunderstand: this wasn’t an event organized by any company or restaurant — it was a private gathering arranged informally by a single poster on an anonymous message board. The meeting spot and restaurant names mentioned reflect what was said at the time of posting and may have changed depending on how the day actually played out.
※This article is an excerpt and summary based on the 5ch (News VIP) thread “1pm Ueno Drinking Meetup.”
Leave a Reply