Ten years had passed since the time of famous novel "1984".

In 1994, a beautiful young lady visited a laboratory in Tsukuba Science
City to work as a summer student. There, she found out a group of network
news system called "tsukuba.*", and met tons of network friends "virtually".
When her summer student term came to an end, she suggested on the
network, "I wish I had met all of you, I mean, in a real life!".

Many friends responded instantly. They gathered together to hold a party,
also known as "off-line meeting", for her.

They have been cultivating a close and warm friendships since then,
in both 'real' and 'virtual' life.

This is the beginning of the group OFF-TSUKUBA.

written by morita san

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