Hinode hike & hot spring

We’ll take the cable car up to Mitake shrine and hike to Mt. Hinode. After the hike, we’ll go to Tsuru-tsuru Onsen and take a shuttle bus to Musashi Itsukaichi station.

Meeting place and time: Mitake station, 10:50am 10:15.

From Shinjuku take the 8:48 8:47 JR Chuo line train towards Oume. It will reach Oume at 10:00 am. From there, we’ll switch to the 10:17 train towards Okutama, which arrives at Mitake station at 10:45 10:10.

Leader: Leszek 070-6572-2537

Mt. Takanosu (834 meters)
 Please bring your food and drink.

We will meet at the gate of Hakoneyumoto station(Odakyu line) at 9:50 AM.
From Shinjuku Station, take the Odakyu Line (Express going towards Odawara) leaving at 7:50AM. This arrives at odawara at 9:30. Change to the Hakone Tozan Line, leaving at 9:32 and arriving at Hakoneyumoto station at 9:48AM
If you’d like to go from Shinjuku, get on the front of the 7:50 Odakyu Line express train at Shinjuku Station. David will get on the first car
at the next station (Yoyogi Uehara).
Please don’t be late since we MUST catch the 10:10AM bus going to Hatajuku (20 minutes, 380 yen).

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Hike course: Hatajuku – Mt.Takanosu – Mt Sengen – Shiroyama – Hakoneyumoto
The total course time for the hike will be about four and a half hours.

Especially, the red and yellow (maples) leaves should be so wonderful.
As we will go to a Hot Springs after the hike,
please bring a change of clothes and a towel if you wish!
 
* Please wear trekking shoes (or exercise shoes).

Music & Dance (JAMBO is one of the sponsors)
7-11PM (Ebisu)
SEE THE FLYER for more information.

Shinrin Koen – Hiking, Chrysanthemum Festival, Fall Colors Light Up (Participation Fee: 1000 yen, which includes the entrance fee)

We will meet at 10:27 AM at the ticket gate of Shinrin Koen Station on the Tobu

Tojo Line. If you go from Ikebukuro, take the 9:30 Tobu Tojo Line Express train (going towards Ogawamachi), which arrives at Shinrin Koen Station at 10:26AM. We will then take the 10:32 bus (200 yen, 7 minutes) to the park.

Those who wish to go together from Ikebukuro, please get on the front car of the Tobu Toujou 9:30 train there.

This is a huge, beautiful park in Saitama with wonderful gardens, woods, nature and bike paths, a frisbee golf course, etc. There’s also a Chysantemum Festival (exhibit) and Autumn Colors Light Up from 4:30PM. Should be a lot of fun!!!

Please take a look at the HP:

• http://www.shinrin-koen.go.jp/event/index.html
• http://www.shinrin-koen.go.jp/event/2012/10/36_1.html (Chysantemum Festival)
• http://www.shinrin-koen.go.jp/event/2012/10/post_14.html (Fall Colors Light Up and Starlight Illumination from 4:30PM)

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From 6:30-9:30pm at the Polygon (behind the Oriental Bazaar on Omotesando)   
Map: http://www.kokusaika.org/english/polygon.html

For JAMBO members, the cost is 3,000 yen for men and 3,000 yen for women w/reservation (or plus 500 yen if you go directly without making a reservation). 

All beer, wine, cocktails, sot 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 November 9. 　 

Half of your admission fee will be donated to Global Greengrants Fund, a group that provides grants for local environmental work in Africa, Asia and other poor areas (http://www.greengrants.org/). 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.

Nori’s Hike and New Game ＆ BYO Party (Daytime Participation Fee – 1000 yen: Party fee – 500 yen (includes veggies, meat, fish for the BBQ))

Meeting time/place: 10:35 AM Kounanndai Station of the JR Negishi line ticket gate
Leave Shinagawa Station on the 09:47am Keikyu line, arriving in Yokohama at 10:05. Transfer there to the 10:12 JR Negishi line train and go to Kounandai, arriving at 10:34

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Please wear good shoes for about ４ hours walk and bring some lunch and drink.　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　
Course: Kounanndai → Segami community woods →Segani pond→ Momiji bridge→ Itachi river→ Earth plaza→ Hongoudai Sta

15:00 ～17:00 Earth plaza Team game. in the Information Forum (4 desks and 30 chairs)
　　　　　　　　　　Doing a well known game from the US – ” Wheel of fortune”
　　　　　　　　　　You can guess idioms or country names when you see the pictures
　　　　　　　　　　about African life, people, nature, the food for 1 week and so on.
　　　　　　　　　　The worst team will have a penalty game.

If you’re only joining the party (not the hike), meet at the JR Tsurumi east exit ticket gate at 18:00

BYO Party in a large, 11F riverside apt. in Tsurumi, where David’s friend Clyde lives.
We will have a lot of fun there. Party fee – 500 yen (includes veggies, meat, fish for the BBQ).
Please bring whatever snacks and drinks you want. We can buy food and drink near Tsurumi Sta.

Leader: Nori 090-8436-3903

Meet at the ticket gate of Koma Station at 10:13AM or at the front car of the 8:50 train at Ikebukuro.
From Ikebukuro Station, take the Seibu Ikebukuro Line train (express) at 9:05AM to Hanno Station (arriving at 10:01) and change there to the Seibu Chichibu Line (just across the platform), leaving at 10:04 .  This arrives at Koma station at 10:11.

Walking time – about 4 hours – Koma Station – Mt Bukken – Mt. Hiwada – Kinchakuda (fields of Cosmos & Chrysallis) – Alishan Organic Restaurant – Koma Station

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This hike finishes off at Kinchakuda (a beautiful field of Cosmos & Chrysallis flowers) and you can eat at the Organic Natural food restaurant “Alishan” (where the people who camped out can leave their things).

Bring your lunch and plenty of liquids. 

Please don’t forget to bring a rucksack for your food/drinks and wear exercise shoes!

Course explanation (in Japanese) http://www.yamareco.com/modules/yamareco/detail-193498.html

We will camp on a small river behind the ALISHAN Natural Foods Restaurant near Koma Station. We must have our own tents. If you have a tent and have extra space in the tent, or if you want to join but don’t have a tent, please let me know, and I’ll try to arrange things. There is a convenient store near to the station to buy drinks and food.　From Ikebukuro, take the 18:40 Seibu Ikebukuro Line Express, which arrives in Hanno at 19:28. Change trains there, to the Seibu Chichibu Line’s 19:45 train and take it to Koma Station, arriving at 19:51. Please don’t miss this train.
 

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We’ll meet at the Koma Station ticket gate at 19:53.

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 8:47 and arriving at Okutama at 10:24). 

David will be at the Okutama Station ticket gate at 10:27  to bring you to the supermarket and the river. We’ll hike to Shiromaru (about 1.5 hours), where we will meet others for a BBQ, canoeing, and swimming.  Very laid back day!!! (The supermarket in Okutama doesn’t have much so feel free to bring food for the BBQ from Tokyo.)

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Contents:  Cutting down bamboo grass (however, there’s a possibility that other outdoor work will be done)
We will meet at the Hatonosu Station Ticket gate at 9:35AM .  Take the Oume Line train from Tachikawa at 8:20AM .  This arrives at Oume (the last stop) at 8:55 .  Cross the platform and take the 8:56 (Okutama bound) train.  This arrives at Hatonosu at 9:32AM .

David and other JAMBO members will take part in this project which is put on by the Tama Forest /” Great Nature School ” (my terrible translation) Office.  RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED as soon as possible and the number of people is limited.  If interested, please look up the detailed information and how to reserve on their homepage（ http://hatonosu.blog39.fc2.com/ ） (only in Japanese)

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OKUTAMA CAMPING & RIVER FUN

(Cancelled in case of rain)(Camping fee 700 yen)

The Hikawa Campground is about a 10 minute walk from the station. We’ll buy food and drink at the nearby supermarket, go swimming, and enjoy the starry sky. If you have your own tent, no reservation is necessary. If you need to borrow a tent or want to stay in a bungalow there, you must contact the Okutama Hikawa Cammpground at 0428-83-2134 to reserve.

David will be at the Okutama Station ticket gate at 16:23 to bring you to the supermarket and the campground. From Tachikawa, take the 15:05 Oume Line train (going towards Oome), arriving in Oome at 15:39. Change to the Oume Line, going towards Okutama, leaving at 15:46 and arriving at Okutama (the last stop) at 16:23. We’ll meet at the ticket gate at 16:25.