Porsche "The Rally -Amazing Moment-" Experience: Part 8 (Day 1) Dinner party at Karuizawa Marriott Hotel

Porsche's rally event "The Rally -Amazing Moment-", which took place from June 2nd to 3rd, 2018, Tokyo departed from Daikanyama T-Site and finally arrived at the Karuizawa Marriott Hotel, which is the goal of the first day. did.

After arriving, everyone will first check in to the room and then meet at the dinner party venue from 18:30.

A buffet-style meal is served at the venue near the main building of the Karuizawa Marriott Hotel. Seating is free, so the hotel service will guide you from the vacant space. If you have friends, everyone will be seated while you are together or choosing the seat you want (closer to the meal, better closer to the window, etc.).

Only this dinner party had a dress code, which was set to "wear jacket (smart casual)". It was Porsche's dinner party, so I was a little worried that the dress code would be "formal" (laughs), but I was very grateful that he kept it smart casual.

There were various Japanese and Western dishes such as sushi and other dishes that used local ingredients such as Karuizawa and Tsumagoi area.

But ... lunch is "I ate a lot at the buffet when I was hungry + the last hamburger steak came outSo I was pretty full there, so it was a pity that I wasn't so hungry for dinner (it's my fault ...).

As for drinks, basic soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages such as beer, shochu, sparkling, and Shinshu wine of the brand decided by the hotel are provided free of charge, and sparkling, wine, sake, and whiskey are charged. Brands were also prepared.

By the way, the one with the highest price was "2014 Opus One", which was priced at 100,000 yen. Opus One, the price increase is really amazing these days. In the past, I used to drink a glass of wine for $ 25 at an Opus winery (at that time, the bottle price was probably around 20,000), but nowadays, even if I try to buy it cheaply, it's more than 40,000, and it's osoroshii ...

It seemed like a quick glance, and no one dared to order sake for a price (at least around our table). Entrant-sans who keep drinking what they can get for free and get drunk more and more (laughs). Of course, I too ...

Around the time when the conversation at the table was lively, we had an announcement from the moderator, and at this point it was a toast for everyone. I've already drunk and eaten a lot ... ^^.

BecauseThose who ran Gymkhana after taking a group photoIt seems that it took a long time for all the entrants to get together ... When the people who were drinking from early on were quite finished, all the entrants were finally ready. It seems.

After a toast, there were greetings from the management, and there was also a talk show by Yoichiro Maeda, Editor-in-Chief of "LEON", Tatsuya Kushima, Editor-in-Chief of "MADURO", and Yoshifumi Ogawa, Porsche Official Photographer. ..

In the photo below, the right side is the talk show, and the left side is Alexander, the director of Porsche Classic in Germany.FabicAt the time of his greeting. After this, I personally talked to him, and he was already a very good person, a kind and friendly person, and a nice gentleman.

Now, when I think about it, I was drunk, so I used to call him "Alex" from the beginning when I talked to him, but I wonder if it was good. Well, the next day I would normally call him Alex and talk to him, so let's say it was okay ... ^^. However, it had a gentle atmosphere where I could talk to him so easily.

There was also a "lottery" at dinner! Products prepared by sponsors, Porsche products, etc ... I think I wanted you to do something like "1st prize gives 1 911 to 1 person!" At the end of the surprise (laughs), but unfortunately it wasn't there.

Before the toast, I had to eat and drink the Sanzan buffet, and everyone was ready to eat dessert! When it became ..., it was an announcement. When Entrant, who started taking dessert, came out, he said, "Everyone! Don't eat dessert yet!"

e? No dessert ban announcement. What's wrong? If you think. Wow wow, and the nightmare of "Suddenly hamburger steak" at lunch (but not ^^) is revived, and the announcement that "everyone will have a main dish from now on!" Yeah yeah. Is it a main dish here? !! Forcibly one plate per person (laughs).

That is here ↑. No, can you see a little cheese on the main dish because you're really full? Almost everyone is already in cheese and wine time, and suddenly this meat and lobster. I'm sorry if I left it, so everyone desperately packed it up ^^. It was delicious.

Porsche, do you like to have a lot of buffets and then serve a main dish at the end? surelyNY grillAndVentaglioThe appetizer and dessert are buffets, and the main dish is one dish per person, so it's normal, but in that case, if you said "there is a main dish" from the beginning (laughs). And after this main dish, it was dessert time, and after that, I continued to drink ...

It's a conversation at each table, so I don't know how exciting you were, but at least at the table we were seated in, it was exciting with 3 entrants (because our table had 3 seats). I had a really good time.

The conversation of Porsche and other cars continues, and even if I push the really completely metamorphic Porsche love to the front, everyone has Porsche love, so everyone already has a Porsche love talk. It was a really happy time to be able to have such a fun conversation just by being connected by "Porsche 911".

When I suddenly noticed, it seems that only our table was drinking at the venue until the end. It was said that the venue can be used until 22:00, but I continued to drink until almost 22:00. The conversation was so much fun that it really took a while. I wonder if it was good to drink so much even though I was driving from morning tomorrow. Well, is it okay ~ ^^

But if I wanted to say more, there weren't any people running the dinner at this time (although there were some great ones), so I wanted to have a meal with the people running the restaurant ... I think that the entrants were also impressed by the wonderful response of the people who run this time, and I wanted to express my gratitude and share the fun of this rally together, or to have a drink together and get excited. When. Since it is the management side, it may not be possible for the company to drink together, but I wish there was such a place.

There was also a temporary sales venue for "Jaeger-LeCoultre" at the venue. I showed a woman's thing at a glance, but it seems that it was 1.2 million or more. Hmmm, suddenly I can't say, "Then, please give me one of these 1.5 million" (laughs). Even so, at dinner that day, all the entrants were given a catalog and a piece of paper with the benefits of purchasing.

There was also a temporary sales office for Porsche goods. On my way home, I stopped by completely drunk and had a 911 key chain, so I thought "Oh, I'll buy this" and said "Please", and realized that the couple didn't have the money, so they couldn't buy it. .. I'm sorry, I'm just a complete drunk ...

I don't want to go back to pick up my wallet because it's fluffy, so I thought I'd give up on the purchase. I can buy it! ", So I bought it at that time. it was good!

This time, our room was in the "North Wing". The rooms could not be selected and were automatically sorted in advance.

This is a simple lobby just after entering the North Wing. You could also hand over the room key here.

Here is the room. When you enter ... there is a Porsche paper bag on the bed! This included polo shirts and other souvenirs distributed to rally participants. I'm a little happy!

Further ~! What made me very happy was that there was a hot spring in the room! !! The hot spring in the room is "Shiozawa Onsen". This was too happy. After dinner, I came back flutteringly, went into the hot springs, fluttered out again, and greeted the morning with almost no memory (laughs). It's a really happy night, drunk, having fun conversations and hot springs.

There was some trial of facial equipment (and questionnaire after use) in the room, but I'm sorry, I didn't have time to pick it up anymore.

The parking lot of Karuizawa Marriott Hotel is full of 911.

I think all Porsche-sans ran a full day with the owners, enjoyed it, and thought, "It was fun today."

The 911s who did their best to run are finally taking a break.

At night, Porsche and others were too nice to look at. It is not the case that you can see so many 911s while feeling happy and drunk. It was a too happy night.

One last. The corridor of the guest room in the North Wing of this Karuizawa Marriott Hotel. It was such a pattern (design), but I will only show it after the tire ^ ^

Was it just right for the rally event ^^? ??

So, the long, very fulfilling first day of the rally ended in this way. Next is the second day of the rally ...

Next → 9 :(Day 2) Start from Route & Karuizawa Marriott-JA Saku Asama-Seisen Dormitory (Kiyosato Ranch)

Rika (911supercars.com)

I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).