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大野山
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Bring appropriate walking shoes, food for lunch and drinks.

Meeting Place/Time: JR Gotemba Line’s Yaga Station Ticket Gate at 11:00AM

Take the following trains !

Shinjuku Station (Odakyu Line Express) 9:11AM – Shinmatsuda Station (arriving at 10:35)

Matsuda Station JR Gotemba Line (10:45) – Yaga Station (10:57)

If you’d like to go from Shinjuku, get on the front of the 9:11 Odakyu Line train at Shinjuku Station.

David will get on the first car at the next station (Yoyogi Uehara).

Walking Time: About Four Hours

Schedule:
11:15 – 12:00 – First Ohanami near Yaga Station (while eating an early lunch)
12:00 – 17:00 – Mt. Ohno Hike
17:00 – 2nd Cherry Blossom Viewing at Yamakita Railroad Park (There’s a cherry tree tunnel which is lit up from 18:00)

The cherry trees near Yaga Station and Yamakita Station should be in full bloom. Check out the link at http://www.town.yamakita.kanagawa.jp/kankou/matsuri/sakuramatsuri.html

There’s a convenience store about a 10 minute walk from Yamakita Station.

URGENT – SUDDEN DECISION MADE!!! CHERRY BLOSSOM VIEWING IN THE FULL MOON
Wednesday night looks like it’s going to be warm too!

March 31 (Wednesday) – Takadanobaba Cherry Blossom Viewing Walk (FREE)

6:00PM – Meet at the Takadanobaba Station’s JR Waseda Ticket Gate

6:15 – See the cherry trees on the Kanda River

6:30 – Go to the cherry tree lined road at Otomeyama Park

6:45 – Return to the Takadanobaba Station’s JR Waseda Ticket Gate to meet latecomers

7:00 – Go to Toyama Park

8:00 – Go to Toyama’s Hakone Hill (180 degree cherry tree panorama)

8:30 – End of Event

No reservations are necessary.

CHEERS!

David

(400 Meters)(Intermediate Course) NEW!!!
(Participation Fee 500 yen) (Cancelled in case of rain)
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Kakemori Station, Japan
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Meeting Time & Place: 10:55AM at Kakemori Station’s ticket gate

Take the Seibu Ikebukuro Line Express train from Ikebukuro Station at 8:49AM. This arrives at Hanno Station (the final destination) at 9:38AM. Change here to the Seibu Chichibu Line (which leaves at 9:43) and get off at Seibu Chichibu Station (the last stop) (arriving at 10:32AM). We’ll walk from there to the Chichibu Tetsudo Line’s Ohanabatake Station and take the 10:49 train there, arriving at Kakemori Station at 10:53AM. The total train cost from Ikebukuro is \910.

Meet on the front of the 8:49 train at Ikebukuro if you want to go from there.

Hiking Course: Kekemori Station – Muze Park (a huge, forested park with plum trees, a spring, observation tower) – Music Shrine – Chichibu Temple – Seibu Chichibu Station The hiking time is about 4 hours.

Please bring your lunch and drink.

from 6:30-9:30pm at the Nishi Shinjuku Hotel’s Rooftop Terrace
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Nishishinjuku Station, Japan
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For JAMBO members, the cost is Y3,500 for men and 3,000 for women w/reservation (or plus 500 yen if you go directly without making a reservation). All drinks, buffet with roast beef and party cake from Kyle’s Good Finds Bakery included. Reservations can be made with David by February 26.

Half of your admission fee will be donated to OXFAM, an NGO which supports poor people in developing countries (Homepage: www.oxfamamerica.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 the Shinjuku West Exit police box at 6:15PM on the 27th.

(Easy)(Participation Fee 500 yen) NEW!!!
(Cancelled in case of rain)

Course: Toyoda Station – Sumigawa Seiryuu Park – HorinoUchi Green Course – TakahataFudo Pagoda – Mogusadai Nature Park (and Observatory) – Mogusaen(Plum Tree Park) – Mogusaen Station (Keio Line)

Walking Time: About 3 Hours (10KM) plus a lot of time for side hikes and Fun, so the total program should last about 6 hours

From Shinjuku, take the JR Chuo Line (Special Express) train at 9:51AM and get off at Toyoda Station, arriving at 10:23AM. We’ll meet at the ticket gate there at 10:25AM

People going from Shinjuku Station can meet at the front end of the 9:51 train. David will get on the front car of that train at Nakano Station.