The Tokyo Rationality Salon's annual January retreat, open to family and friends from the wider rationality community. Two nights at Manza Onsen, 1,800 metres up in the Gunma mountains, over a Japanese holiday weekend.
Theme: How Do We Live Through a Technological Revolution?
When: Saturday 9 to Monday 11 January 2027. Arrive Saturday, spend Sunday on a full program, and leave on the Monday holiday. Where: Manza Kogen Hotel, Manza Onsen, Gunma, about three and a half hours from Ueno, Tokyo, by train and bus. Cost: ¥45,000 per guest, for two nights in a shared room of about four, with breakfast and dinner. Spots: 35. Language: English.
Sunday holds a long morning discussion, a hike to the Manza Karabuki steam vents if conditions allow, an afternoon workshop, and an early-evening talk on the future of AI development. Saturday afternoon and Monday are free for the baths, games, and skiing, with the slopes 230 metres from the hotel.
Manza's sulphur springs run milky white, and some of the open-air pools are konyoku, mixed-gender. There are single-gender baths as well. Visible tattoos are prohibited, though small ones can be covered with patches.
Newcomers and families are welcome, and you don't need to have been to a Tokyo meetup.
Sign up at https://correspondenttocommand.com/gunma2027. Signing up is a request for spots and commits you to nothing. We then email you payment details, and a non-refundable advance payment confirms your spots.
Full details, including trains: https://rationalitysalon.substack.com/p/gunma-japan-rat-2027
The Tokyo Rationality Salon's annual January retreat, open to family and friends from the wider rationality community. Two nights at Manza Onsen, 1,800 metres up in the Gunma mountains, over a Japanese holiday weekend.
Theme: How Do We Live Through a Technological Revolution?
When: Saturday 9 to Monday 11 January 2027. Arrive Saturday, spend Sunday on a full program, and leave on the Monday holiday.
Where: Manza Kogen Hotel, Manza Onsen, Gunma, about three and a half hours from Ueno, Tokyo, by train and bus.
Cost: ¥45,000 per guest, for two nights in a shared room of about four, with breakfast and dinner.
Spots: 35.
Language: English.
Sunday holds a long morning discussion, a hike to the Manza Karabuki steam vents if conditions allow, an afternoon workshop, and an early-evening talk on the future of AI development. Saturday afternoon and Monday are free for the baths, games, and skiing, with the slopes 230 metres from the hotel.
Manza's sulphur springs run milky white, and some of the open-air pools are konyoku, mixed-gender. There are single-gender baths as well. Visible tattoos are prohibited, though small ones can be covered with patches.
Newcomers and families are welcome, and you don't need to have been to a Tokyo meetup.
Sign up at https://correspondenttocommand.com/gunma2027. Signing up is a request for spots and commits you to nothing. We then email you payment details, and a non-refundable advance payment confirms your spots.
Full details, including trains: https://rationalitysalon.substack.com/p/gunma-japan-rat-2027
Questions: rationalitysalon@gmail.com
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