Tokyo Gaijins Futsal Club

• Tokyo Gaijins is an international futsal club in Japan with a total of around 200 members on the mailing list. Most of the members are foreigners from all over the globe and only about 10% are Japanese. We play 5 on 5 (including the goalie) futsal pickup game regularly but only on weekends at Aquafield Shibakoen. An average of around 12~15 players participate every session including 1~2 female players. Male/female, all nationalities and levels are welcome! Basically, we are playing for laughs, have some good workout and meet new people. Come play footsy with us!

How to join:

• Read the membership, rules and guidelines carefully • Join the mailing list by sending a blank email to futsal@tokyogaijins.com • Receive the "official futsal session schedule" by email from the organizer • Read/follow carefully the instructions on the email • Print the venue map • Show up on the day • Pay the fee to the person in-charge before the game • Play and have fun

Rules and guidelines:

• Maximum of 20-players • The session will be automatically cancelled if its raining an hour before kickoff • Smoking, eating & drinking alcoholic beverage are prohibited • No fighting or use of abusive words towards other players and unnacceptable behaviours • The organizer and the person in-charge of the game reserves the right to cancel or reject your membership at anytime if you violate these guidelines

Fee:

• The fee is 1,000yen/session/player and it is collected on the court by the person in-charge before the start of the session • We don't charge any membership or cancellation fee but there's a rare case that the session will be overcrowded of players, resulting to limited amount of playing time, and we still charge you the same • The amount collected goes to pay for the court rent, team registration, transportation allowance, services rendered by the organizer, the person in-charge of the game, the person that books the court and other miscellaneous expenses • Please be aware that we are PROVIDING SERVICE not doing business • We know that charging money to organize a futsal session is a bit unusual but this is the only way we can keep the club running

Playing time guidelines:

• Everyone play the same amount of time • "King of the court" rule doesn't apply! • The person incharge of the session is totally in control of the substitution of players • 10 players; no substitution) • 11~14 players; 2 teams play, winning team stay after the game, 1~4 waiting players IN, 1~4 players from losing team can stay decided by winning the "Rock&paper" (a simple hand game elimination supervised by the person in-charge immediately right after the end of each games) • 15 players; 3 teams rotation • 16~19 players; 2 teams play, losing team and 1~4 players from the winning team out after the game, 6~9 waiting players IN, 1~4 players from winning team can stay • 20 players; 4 teams (Winner vs winner/Loser vs loser rotation)