UPDATE - NOVEMBER 24

Confirmed participants:

- jib71
- Schoflyer
- mjm
- DoubleJ
- Tad's Broiled Steaks

Eating place:

I've done some trolling through Gurunavi - and came up with this izakaya:
Enoki Tei
Karasumori Building 1F
Tel: 03-3434-5735
http://r.gnavi.co.jp/g133500/

Does this fit the bill?
Shall I make us a reservation? (Currently four people).

Meeting place:

I suggest that we meet at Shinbashi station at 6.00pm - OK?
The easiest place is probably inside the station at the exit closest to the steam locomotive.

I have forwarded my mobile phone number to all of the currently registered participants. Anyone else who thinks that they might join us - please put your name on this thread soon.

PLEASE ADD A POST TO THIS THREAD WITH YOUR NAME IF YOU WILL JOIN US - I WILL KEEP UPDATING THE PARTICIPANT LIST HERE.

How about "Banquet Plan?

http://www.hnt.co.jp/banquet/plan_flight_charter.htm

TR, you must get a great bonus.

How wonderful that they will play your company song or school song during the flight - Now all we need is someone to compose a Flyertalk anthem....

Mileage junkies are we
Born to be free
Just like the fish
In the sea

you've gone bananas!

fish in the sea indeed!

how about this instead?

Mileage junkie am I (reflecting the essentially selfish nature of our pursuit!)
In first class I fly
liquidising the birds in the sky


I'm up for a Xmas beano with anyone who's still around after the 24th. That would be my last trip to Tokyo for a long long time, which is why I'm especially keen to catch up with some of you.

OK... So I have to ask you. Did you recognize the song from "Bananas!" (the Woody Allen film)... or did you just mean to say that the song sounds crazy?

BTW - Same song also features in "Sleeper"

Come on, guys! Wrong form! Wrong form! Think where we are.

Mileage to earn
New friends gathering
Winter cheer.



JR

Can you put Haiku to music???

Maybe we can hire Diane Keaton or Louise Lasser to sing it? The banquet plan would double in cost, but if something's worth doing....


Funnily enough, I've been given a budget of almost exactly 25,860yen per person at my company to spend on our Xmas party (7,500,000 divided by 290). We're off to Spain - lots of cheap drink, an evening meal and bed and breakfast at a 4* Silken. (And next night is the London FT Xmas do - they're even more debauched than my work colleagues... )

I'll be in town Dec 2, 3, 4.

On the way in or out?

Here and would like to join.

Gone from 12/17-27 only.

Mike

Ooops - I just realized that Mrs. jib71 is taking me to Okinawa on Dec 2/3/4.

If those are the best dates for you guys, then so be it ....

Personally I would rather meet around November 25-27 (or later in December)

Please post your thoughts and I guess we'll take it from there.

BTW LapLap - There's a chance I might be around at the very end of Dec, If so, I'll be happy to do a boxing-day "do" or some such thing. It's likely to be a very quiet day at the office...

I would like to join in.........but the cost would be prohibitive for me from here!(I mean for the same cash I could go somewhere warm and think about you all ) Anyone for a wild Kyushu do anon?

I arrive on Dec 1 and would come out if that night were "chosen."
So my only open nights are 1-4. Then Toyama (meetings), Tokyo (meetings), Bangkok (golf). Happy to give one to FT, but I'd like to decide soon.

BUMP - I'm now adding updates to the top post in this thread.