Tokyo Ladies H3 #2232

Well, I first hashed with the Ladies in Tokyo back in 2001, so 25 years of history there . . . but, it has been about 14 years since I last had the opportunity to join them on a run.
When I lived here, it was about a 90 min to 2 hour train ride out to the west, in Fussa. I got out of work by 5 pm every Wed and headed to the train to make the journey into Tokyo over 50 times (and carefully planning to catch the last train that would get me home every time - that was no small feat, as it was never just one train. Often as many as three changes required to snake my way back to Fussa). One shameful note about this club, since I lived so far away, it was hard for me to hare a trail for them . . . but after relentless abuse, I finally did set one hash. My worst run to hare ratio of all the clubs I ran regularly with around the world.

Tonight brought back so many great memories from 25 years ago, really enjoyed my time here. Tonight's trail was in Shibuya, a familiar area back in the day, but not so much anymore. Anyway, was great dashing up and down the narrow streets of Tokyo. Trail was well done, and made a figure 8 on the 6+ km journey. We had 29 on trail, and 22 of them stay on for dinner, at an Indian restaurant. Good times with great friends.

Will be hashing every day for the next week, as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hashing in Japan.Read more