Tokyo Gaijins

Tokyo Gaijins Volleyball Club

• Tokyo Gaijins regularly organize casual volleyball pick-up sessions for foreigners and Japanese people at Minato-ku Labor & Welfare Hall or at Minato-ku Sports Center and/or at Akasaka Community Plaza all indoor courts in Minato-ku area. There is a total of around 400 members on the volleyball mailing list. Most of the members are foreigners from all over the globe and only about 5% are Japanese. We play six on six under regular rules. An average of around 12~18 players participate on every sessions. Male/female, all nationalities and levels are welcome! Basically, we are playing for laughs, have some good workout and meet new people. Come play volleyball with us!

How to join:

• Read the membership, rules and guidelines carefully • Fill-up the membership form • Join the volleyball mailing list • Receive the "official volleyball 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:

• Person under 18 years of age is prohibited to play • Smoking, eating & drinking alcoholic beverage are prohibited • No fighting or use of abusive words towards other players and unnacceptable behaviours • Don't bring kids/infants • 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 1,500yen/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 volleyball 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 by virtue of "rock&paper" (a simple hand game elimination supervised by the person in-charge immediately right after the end of each games)