Quail Climbing Gym — Attraction in Tokyo

Unlike most reviews here, that are only based on a video, I actually went there. It is a very small gym, but it has everything you need. The fact that routes are marked by tape was quite unusual for me and it certainly was a challenge to completely memorize a whole problem before attempting it. It was very interesting though and I had a fun session! The staff that I met didn't speak a lot of English, but it was sufficient to figure out everything :) I can't compare it to the bigger gyms on Tokyo, since this was the only one I went to, but it was a...

The place is a bit smal but that's normal in Japan, especially in Tokyo. The owners are much more open minded compared to other climbing gym i tried and even if they cannot talk english so much (i cant talk Japanese) they provides tips for any climbers. I really approciated that. Now that i use to come there twice a week i can say that this gym is like a family place: several regular members meet there and even if i cant understand what they are talking about, it creates kind of family athmosphere, really enjoyable. They have route...

Even though this gym doesn't seem pretty friendly to new climbers, it's still, by definition, a good climbing gym. Just because it's small and with a lot of different paths for the holds doesn't mean it is bad, it's like calling a boxing gym bad just because it's small and all the people that go there are professionals, yeah it wouldn't seem friendly for new boxers but it would actually be one of the best places to go if you want to...