First off, they call the actual playing of airsoft, survival games, hence the field name.
Secondly, this is mostly going to be photos.
third, if you see anyone with a blurred face, its myself and a few of my military buddies. I did this because the military doesnt really condone airsoft so i dont want to out my buddies (or myself for that matter, despite having a few photos of myself on this website....)
http://www.seals.jp/home.html
getting to the place without a car is a b___h and a half so if u ever find yourself in this area of the world, be ready for a trek. If you live in tokyo it'll take you about an hour on the train and about 20 minutes of walking.
The staging area is this place.
You generally have to call in advance to register yourself a table or a few seats on a table for you and who ever is on your "team". this way they can also get a head count while also getting friends to be on the same team.
Each game has up to 150-200 people. this game in particular was around 160 i believe.
The guy with the megaphone is one of the game admins, there are several who walk around during the game and supervise and do their best to make sure no one cheats or what pulls what they call a "zombie", im pretty sure you guys can figure out what the english equivalent is. This generally takes place before anyone steps on the field and they go over all the field rules and regs. mostly pretty standard stuff.
Each team is split by arm bands, generally each field in japan is this way. During the first few games they split us until 4 groups and cut the field in half. later on they split us back into two groups and we continued to play.
Games last about 15 minutes each. unfortunately most of japan likes having speed ball type games so they go by pretty quick but despite that they are extremely fun. These go on all morning with 3 minute separations until lunch which is provided. Generally its a big bowl of japanese curry with rice and a hotdog or piece of chicken for some protein. they are extremely filling and usually you are able to go for seconds.
there is also a pro shop where u can get misc stuff you might have forgotten or maybe a few new things like accessories or gear. prices are decent, from what i can tell they do not charge crazy prices because its at the field.
there are lots of structures and barricades within the field itself and lots of thick foliage to conceal you from the OPFOR. the one negative to all this is japan has f__king gigantic spiders and if your not careful you may run into one. (im talking the size of your palm....yeah...F-that)
Even if you dont like crawling thru the shrubs there is still plenty of space.
Generally most of the gungho dudes who just like shooting things go charging into the map head on which usually clears the map for the more tactically interested players. The field offers lots of different tactical situations for such a small field. there is a CQB maze, a building, a fortress, a market, hut and yard, a mock 50cal position and an encampment.
(examples below)
All in all, its probably one of the funnest things EVER! If any of u guys can get out here i definitely recommend it!
As for the kinds of kit you'll see, generally everyone has something, they have BDU, mask and gun rentals for newbies but usually they have something to play in. Lots of high speed low drag kind of stuff but also some stuff that makes you go WTF?? (nazis....yeah, i mean that)
Here are some examples...
badass sniper, i would see him every other game or so stalking thru trees and shrubbery. according to the first hand account of one of my friends, he was pretty spot on and was taking guys down at 60+ ft which is not as easy in japan due to the low FPS laws.
these two dudes were probably the only weird guys of the bunch. despite all the badass kit, they almost never did anything...seriously.
Every time we saw them they were hanging around the back taking pictures of them selves. i think i saw them pop shots off like twice.
kind of makes me mad when you see gear queers who'd rather take pictures of themselves in kit than play in it. wtf is the point if you dont get your kill time in...come on now.
And....finally us =D (tell us what you think!)
my buddy in his army kit. Except for the gun, everything on him is 100% legit. Hes served twice in combat and has all kinds of badass kit, alot of which he got for free. A lot of my current kit is thanks to him.
Another friend in his multicam kit. No real inspiration.
And the last of our group, he was looking for a fast recon-esque loadout and so we kind of scrapped some stuff together and got him in the game. This is actually his first game. the cammies are my first friends and the gun, goggles, ear pro, vest, chest rig and hat are all mine. despite his newbish appearance he destroyed people which was quite comical.
and this is all of us together =D
hope you enjoyed it. let me know if wanna know anything else.
