I’ve consolidated the available info a bit and written it up after going for a few weeks. Here is some info for the events that I’ve been to. This for anyone in Tokyo who still hasn’t been to TRF. I think it deserves its own thread and the regional matchmaking subforum is the place to put it.
SF4 Tournament Requirements
SF4 beginner requirements:
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[]a registered card with points (no NO NAME or 0 BP)
[]PP less than 20k
[]7PM Wednesdays
[]100 yen
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SF4 intermediate requirements:
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[]a registered card with points (no NO NAME or 0 BP)
[]PP less than 30k
[]8PM on Mondays
[]100 yen
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SF4 open requirements:
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[]No PP/Card restrictions, but expect Master cards
[]8:30PM on Fridays
[]100 yen
[]tentative info: I still haven’t gone so I don’t have the particulars
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Directions
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[]From JR Shinjuku Station, take the Chuo Rapid line to Nakano. I think it’s the red color line.
[]When you arrive at Nakano, exit at the west exit and turn right.
[]Find the giant indoor shopping arcade in front of you across the street called Sun Mall (???)
[]Walk all the way down the shopping arcade(you will pass a McDonalds on the left) until you enter a ghetto department store/shopping complex directly in front of you.
[]Ride the escalator up to the 3rd floor.
[]Find the stairs and go up one floor to the 4th.
[*]Walk around until you find TRF or find a map.
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Help
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[*]There’s one Japanese guy who definitely isn’t shy and speaks English. So there may be some help available for non speakers. He will most likely make himself known to you. 
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Signup sheet
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[]The signup sheet is in Japanese but it’s simple:
[]first column put your card name
[]second column your character
[]third column mark that you have deposited the 100 yen once you have put the 100 yen in the coin can next to the signup sheet.
[*]I think it’s to OK write in English on the signup sheet.
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Tournament Procedure
Once you have signed up and they take away the sheet to make the brackets, this is usually how the tourney works:
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[]The brackets are created and randomized by bracket software.
[]They bring the brackets back and post it.
[]The announcer/mc starts the event and starts talking on a very shitty microphone.
[]If the bracket is an uneven number they do the play ins first, to see who makes it on the bracket. So, for each bracket they go around and do all the play ins.
[]Once the playins have been decided, they have a exhibition match to determine the order of playing down the brackets(left or right). Last time, I think the MC/announcer guy played in the exhibition.
[]Matches are played one at a time and only one SF4 machine is used.
[]They do the first tournament round on each side, then second tournament round each side, etc. in the order determined by the exhibition match.
[]The matches start and the announcer will call your name. Be careful here, because it’s easy to miss or not be able to hear your name cause it’s a really shitty microphone and there is a lot of background noise(and it’s in Japanese). That’s why I stand near him.
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Awesome
The thing that makes TRF so awesome is they that record just about everything with DVRs on top of the machines. They also stream live on stickam and post tourney videos on nico douga. This is all for 100 yen a tourney entry.
There are also some other games events and freeplays as well so you can check out TRF’s event page: