Meeting Place and Time: The ticket gate of Nishi Kasai Station (Tozai Line) at 11:30AM

SCHEDULE
11:30 – Meet at Nishi Kasai Station (Tozai Line) ticket gate
12:00 – 15:00 – Lunch & Garbage Clean-up under Kasaibashi bridge (Edogawa Ward)(Please bring work gloves if you have them)
15:00 – 16:00 – Walk along the Arakawa River to Kasai Rinkai Park
16:00 – 17:00 – Fun in the Park
17:30 – 19:30 – Go to a Monjayaki (a unique food from downtown Tokyo) Pub (in Koto-Ward)

Do something good for the environment and join the garbage pick-up. Then, go to one of the best parks in Tokyo, Kasai Rinkai Park, on the Tokyo Bay (eating, drinking, frisbee, seeing the sunset (hopefully).

For those joining along the way or coming to the park later, please contact David at 080-6546-7688.

JAMBO and Armando Salsa Caliente will hold a Halloween Party together. Experience an American Style Hallloween Party. Bring a scary or interesting costume (You can change at the party place (RAKIA)) and take part in the costume contest. The top 3 costumes will win prizes. AND a band called ” A! son de shitamachi” is going to play.

Place: Rakia
Time: 19:30 –
Admission Fee: Men – 3000 yen Women – 2500 Yen (Includes one curry dish, small snacks and 1 drink (after 1 drink, all drinks are 500 yen each) PLUS a free Salsa Lesson)
Salsa Lesson: 20:00 – 21:00
Also look forward to a performance by Armando Salsa Caliente.
Beginners can also enjoy moving your bodies with the passionate Cuban Salsa rhythm. FUN FOR ALL!!!

David will meet people at the JR Ryoguku Station’s West Exit at 19:15 to go to the party, or you can go there directly (see http://salsarakia.com/access/)

We will meet at 8:05 a.m. at JR Shinjuku Station at the north end of Platform 11 (front of the train) and take the Chuo Line JR Holiday Kaisoku departing at 8:14.  The train arrives at JR Takao Station at 8:59 and departs at 9:05, arriving at Saruhashi Station at 9:45.  (You can also meet us at either Takao Station at 8:59 or Saruhashi Station at 9:45.)  Starting from Saruhashi Station, we walk through pine and mixed forests to the top of Momokura-yama, where there are fine views of the mountains of Yamanashi to the north and Tanzawa to the south.  Hopefully the autumn leaves will be in full color!  We follow a ridge trail back to Saruhashi Station (the FOE website says Torisawa Station, but this is wrong!), stopping off at the “Monkey Bridge” (“Saruhashi”) before taking the Chuo Line back to Hachioji for a stop at the Galway Irish pub. 

The hike is rated moderately hard and the walking time is about 5.5 hours.  A donation of 1,000 yen to Friends of the Earth is requested.  More information is available at the FOE websites:  (in English) / (in Japanese).

Leader: Richard Evanoff

If the hike is canceled due to rain, a cancellation notice will be posted by 7:00 a.m. on the morning of the hike at .

JAMBO OPEN HOUSE POTLUCK (FREE: ANYONE IS WELCOME) to celebrate JAMBO’s becoming an offical NPO

6:00-8:00PM – While eating and drinking, this is a wonderful chance to meet new people and reconnect with old friends. Please bring some food (snacks are fine) and drink to share.

Venue: JAMBO School – Koto-ku, Tomioka 1-26-13-203(Shimada Bld. Room 203) (a 3 minute walk from MonzenNakaCho Station)

The Koto Central Citizens Festival, with many programs and booths (food, drink, volunteer groups, etc) will be held on that day (and Saturday as well). David will be working at the LVC booth from 2:00 – 4:00PM on Sunday, so please enjoy the festival and stop by the booth to say hi.

1) Meiji Jingu & Yoyogi Park Special – NEW!

Meeting Place and Time: Exit 2 of the MejiJinguuMae Station (on the Chiyoda or Fukutoshin Line) at 13:00
 
The program is ¥1000 and includes explanations of places along the way in English. Everyone is requested to use English only for the first hour. After that, people may speak in their preferred language, but David will use only English during the walk (until arriving at the Indonesia Festival).

13:00 – 14:00 – Walk around Meiji Shrine area (English Only Please)

14:00 – 15:00 –  Walk around Yoyogi Park

15:00 – 15:50 -Indonesia Festival (Stages, food booths, etc)

15:50 – Finished

If you can’t find us, please call David at 080-6546-7688.

Please look back at this site on the morning (anytime after 9:00) of the event to check if it is canceled due to rain.

2) BYOD Party in large 11F riverside apartment in Tsurumi where David’s friend Clyde lives. We will have a blast there.
Clyde will have food for BBQing for us, which will cost 500 yen per person. Please bring your own drinks (which we will buy on the way to Clyde’s place from the station).
You may join just the party (if you don’t go on the hike) if you’d like. Anyone is WELCOME!
Meet at the JR Keihin Tohoku Tsurumi Station ticket gate at 17:00.

Meeting Place/Time: Ashigakubo Station ticket gate at 10:32AM

Course: Ashigakubo Station – Mt. Hinata – Mt. Maruyama – Oono Pass – Ashigakubo Station

Walking time: About 4.5 hours
 
From Ikebukuro, take the Seibu Ikebukuro (Express) Line’s 9:03AM train and get off at Hanno Station, arriving there at 9:50AM. Change to the Seibu Chichibu Line (across the platform), taking the 9:53 train.  This arrives at Ashigakubo at 10:30.  Make sure to get on this train as we cannot wait for the next one.
 
People going from Ikebukuro Station can meet at the front end of the train on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line platform at 9:03, or meet at Ashigakubo’s ticket gate at 10:32. 
 
Please wear appropriate shoes (tennis shoes, hiking boots), bring a lunch to eat on the mountain, and plenty of liquids.

From 6:30-9:30pm at the Polygon (behind the Oriental Bazaar on Omotesando) For JAMBO members, the cost is 3,500 yen for men and 3,000 yen for women w/reservation (foreigners get a 500 yen discount)(or plus 500 yen if you go directly without making a reservation).

All beer, wine, cocktails, soft drinks + sushi buffet, garden salad, veggies, cheeses, breads, and pies for dessert included.

Reservations can be made with David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp or phone (03-6599-8112) by October 9.

Half of your admission fee will be donated to SHU – The Environment NPO & Global Giving. So you can have an enjoyable evening and help a good cause at the same time.

If you’d like to go with David, please meet at Exit A1 of Omotesando Station at 6:15PM on the 10th.

7:00 pm – Come meet other people interested in volunteerism and help plan for a volunteer booth at the Koto Festival, which will be held on October 17 – 18. http://www.meetup.com/Jambo-Volunteer-Networking/

7:00 – 8:00 – Festival Planning
(Limit 15 (for this planning session), Reservations required by October 8)

8:00 – 9:15 – Get-together while eating and drinking (Free if you bring some snacks/drinks OR ¥500 for the snacks/drinks we provide)

JAMBO Volunteers are needed to help out at a volunteer booth at the Koto Central Citizens Festival on October 17 and 18 (10:00 – 16:00). This is a very large festival with many volunteer groups, food and drink. Volunteers are asked to commit to one or two hours, and do something that you are skilled at, such as:
Teach your native language (short 10-minute private lessons)
Do a fun game
Teach a handicraft which you know
ANY IDEAS ARE WELCOME (please come and share your ideas)
Venue: JAMBO School – 東京都江東区富岡 1-26-13-203 (Shimada Bld. Room 203) (a 3 minute walk from MonzenNakaCho Station)

In case of hard rain, we will meet at Takasanguchi Station at 3:00PM to go to the beer garden.

(Participation Fee 1000 yen)   We will hike from Sagami Lake to Mt. Takao (about a 4 hour hike and hit the Mt. Takao Beer Garden at about 4:00PM. (3500 yen for men and 3300 yen for women – all you can eat and drink for 2 hours)　HP: http://www.takaotozan.co.jp/beermnt/  

We will meet at the Sagamiko station ticket gate at 11:12AM   Please bring your lunch and drink.
 
Train Schedule
10:00 Leave Shinjuku Station on the Keio Line (Express going towards Keio Hachiouji)
10:35 Arrive at Kitano Station and change to the Chuo Line
10:38 Take the Keio Local Line (towards Takaosanguchi)
10:48 Arrive at Takao Station and change to the Chuo Line
11:01 Take the Chuo Line (towards Ootsuki)
11:10 Arrive at Sagamiko Station  

If you’d like to go with David, please meet at the front car of the Keio Line train of Shinjuku Station at 10:00.
For those who only go to the beer garden, you can probably hook up with the hiking group there at around 4:00PM.

From Shinjuku, take the Special Holiday Express train going towards Okutama (it’s the Chuo Line but may be on another track which is not the main Chuo Line track – BE CAREFUL!) to Okutama (leaving Shinjuku at 8:19 and arriving at Okutama at 9:51). 

David will be at the Okutama Station ticket gate at 10:00 to bring you to the supermarket (where you can get food and drink) and the river. We’ll hang out on the river for a while, and then go for a hike, swimming here and there along the way.

COURSE: Okutama Station – Tama River – Mt. Atago – Shiromaru Dam – Hatonosu Gorge – Hatonosu Station

 Please bring your lunch and drinks.