Bring your own beverages and food for lunch.

We will meet at the ticket gate of Ogose at 9:55AM.　From Ikebukuro, take the Tobu Tojo Line’s Express Train at 8;42 and　change at Sakado (arriving here at 9:26) to the Tobu　Ogose Line. Take the 9:35AM Tobu Ogose Line train to the end (Ogose　Station). It arrives at Ogose at 9:53AM.　From here, we hike by a nice temple, up and down a few small mountains, and down to Ogose Plum Tree Park, which should be in bloom and　has　1,000 trees, with some being 600 years old.
 
The walking time itself is about 5 hours.　Should　be a lot of fun! The train fare is 720 Yen one-way.　
 
If you’d like to go from Ikebukuro, get on the front of the 8:42 train at Ikebukuro Station.