Nepal Charity Night

(4.5÷5 Stars)
Unilocal 100 Challenge 2015 — ⁵⁶⁄₁₀₀
Japan is an earthquake-​prone country, so it was quite natural that when Nepal was hit by an earthquake recently, immediate efforts would be taken to offer aid and assistance. Unilocal Japan quickly decided to do an emergency fund raising event, and to me, having been through the huge earthquake in 2011, it was an obvious and immediate decision to join this event.
The disaster of March 2011 is still fresh in our minds, and a very strong quake in the Tokyo area last weekend was yet another reminder for awareness and preventative action. Hats off to Unilocal for being proactive in rallying the community!
This event was a collaboration among NPO, Nepal-​related organizations and Unilocal Japan to present an opportunity to learn more about the food, culture and people of Nepal though a fun event. In addition to sampling Nepalese food and drinks, we heard presentations about relief efforts and earthquake/​disaster awareness that were all very informative.
Being a Unilocal event, of course there were numerous opportunities to network among new and veteran Unilocalers. A mobile app check-​in got you a Unilocal shot glass, and you could try winning a taste of exclusive «shochu» liquor by playing the Unilocal gumball machine — ¥500 a shot, literally. (I won twice — woot!)
Highlights:
+ Collaboration w/​NPO organizations/​Nepal related organizations and Unilocal
+ Learning about Nepal culture, delicious food/​drinks, informative presentations
+ Learning about Japan earthquake/​disaster preparedness facts — Japan is global risk factor #1 — yikes!
+ Over 70 attendees, including Unilocal staff
+ Meeting new/​veteran Unilocalers — LOTS of photos posted here and on the Facebook Event page
+ Unilocal schwag for checking in with the Unilocal mobile app
+ Generous sharing: Friends, knowledge, donations
We also had opportunity to meet the new Unilocal CMs from other cities: Shuhei from Osaka, Mari from Kyoto and Takuya from Fukuoka. Welcome to Tokyo and thanks for being so super Unilocaly!
All things considered, I’m rating this five stars with a caveat that 4.5 is my intention. Reasons for the minus half star were:
— Great attendance but over capacity for the venue
— Air-​con couldn’t keep up (can you say hot, hot, HOT?)
— Shoes overflowed the entrance; elevator was tiny and a bit creepy
— Ran out of some food and drinks
However, those were minor compared to the great efforts of the organizers — BIG THANKS to them, all Unilocalers who attended and of course, the Unilocal Japan team. Another leading example of the teamwork and local spirit that makes Unilocal a fun, social and useful active community!

let me hopefully be the first to review in english!:)
what a huge turn out for my first ever Unilocal event in tokyo!
especially so when it is a non elite Unilocal event.
they must have heard that i was coming and so they decided to come in droves!;)
but seriously, it just goes to show how much heart tokyo Unilocalers have!
well done!
and what an initiative by the Unilocal team in japan!
all the CMs flew in for this awesome event to lend a Unilocaling hand.
well done!
and thus i got to meet shuhei (osaka), takuya (fukuoka) and the latest edition to Unilocal japan, CM of kyoto, mari!
of course, i got to finally meet tomo, rika, yuko and yujii, the stalwarts of Unilocal tokyo!
everything from the food, drinks, décor, freebies, games, presentation, photographer and finally the cleaning up were all so impressive!
so cool!
Unilocal tokyo is also so full of fun, friendly and hot Unilocalers!
so much heat was generated that the airconditioning just could not cope!
more importantly, i am so elated to have met friends old and new at this special charity event.
and despite the seriousness of what they are doing, they still made it really fun!
it was also a useful event in many ways!
did you know that tokyo ranks the highest in the world in terms of risk of having a natural disaster?
yes, tokyo is the duke!
npo also shared their experience in nepal and why this lovely place so deserve our help!
yes, all these were presented in japanese but despite my handicap in the language, i can feel the sincerity from their delivery and understand why i had to part ways with however little ¥ that i have!
i’m so glad i made it to this event despite almost getting lost, as everything that i have seen, further reinforces why i think, if you need help, Unilocal