(1) ) Ichikawa Cherry Tree City Walk
(1000 Yen)(Easy)(We’ll go even if in light rain)
Meeting Place and Time: Ichikawa-mama Station (on the Keisei Honsen Line) ticket gate at 10:33 am
(if you’re taking Keisei Honsen Line bound for Keisei-tsudanuma), it will arrive at 10:32 am)
Course: This walk is filled with cherry trees, and goes through parks (Kozukayama Park and Junsai-Ike Pond Park), shrines/temples (Atago Shrine and Guho-ji Temple, and a Walking Path of Literature (Sakuradote Park), and finishes with a 2 km tree lined river walk.
Walking distance is about 12 km and we should finish around 5:00 pm.
Please look at these sites which entail many of the places we’ll visit:
https://hanami.walkerplus.com/detail/ar0312e381773/
http://www.city.ichikawa.lg.jp/common/000200388.pdf
http://www.city.ichikawa.lg.jp/common/000200381.pdf
●Requests to the participants
1) Wearing a mask and keep social distance
When you are near other people or talking with others, please wear the mask. Remember to keep both mouth and nose covered except when you start to feel sick or have a problem breathing.
2) Physical Condition
If you are feeling feverish or feel unwell, please refrain from joining the event.
3) If you are tested positive for Corona after the event, please let us know so we can inform others.
(2) 荒川ゴミ拾い
説明は英語のみとなります。
SCHEDULE
Gather at Nishi Kasai Station: 13:00
Go to the river: 13:10
River Clean Up: 13:30-17:00
Return to station: 17:30
RIVER CLEAN UP
Gather at Nishi Kasai Station (Tozai Line) outside the only ticket gate at 13:00, and then go to the Arakawa River and pick up trash along the banks for about about 3 hours.
ADDITIONAL INFO
If you come late, it will be about a 25 min. walk to our location between the Kasaibashi Bridge and the Tozai Line Bridge. Call James (the organizer’s) cell phone 090-1847-5075 if there are any problems finding us.
RAIN
In the event of light or medium rain this event will NOT be cancelled. Please bring rain gear and we will take shelter (under a bridge) until any downpours let up. In the event of heavy rain/strong winds (e.g., typhoon conditions) or lightning then the event will be cancelled (and usually moved to a different day). Let’s have fun enjoying our local nature while making it better at the same time.
