+ 200 Yen Entrance Fee for the Azalea Festival) (In case of rain, to to Showa Memorial Park (See Below))
Please bring your own food and drink.
We will meet at the ticket gate of Higashi Moro at 10:10AM.　From Ikebukuro, take the Tobu Tojo Line’s Express Train at 9:01 and　change at Sakado (arriving here at 9:45) to the Tobu　Ogose Line. Take the 9:54AM Tobu Ogose Line train to Higashi Moro　Station. It arrives there at 10:09AM.　
If you’d like to go together from Ikebukuro, get on the front of the 9:01 Tobu Tojo Line train from there.
Higashi Moro Station – Katsuragi Pass – Katsuragi Goddess of Mercy – Mt. Ootakatori – Godaizon Azalea Park Festival – Ogose Station
Godaizon Azalea Park has about 10,000 Azalea plants. Please take a look:
http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/amuse/event/578089/
Please feel free to take a look at the course at these links:
http://www.tobu.co.jp/playing/hiking/sotochichibu/otakatori/
http://www.town.moroyama.saitama.jp/www/contents/1285065144345/files/haikugaido.pdf
The walking time itself is about 4 hours.　Should　be a lot of fun! The train fare is 630 Yen one-way from Ikebukuro.　

If it rains, we will go to the Showa Park Flower Festival, meeting at the Nishi Tachikawa (Ome Line) ticket gate at 11:27AM. (There will be no JAMBO fee but the park entrance fee is 400 Yen)
http://www.showakinenpark.go.jp/2012_flower_festival/index.html