1) Mt. Tsukuba Hiking & Party
(Intermediate Course)(Participation Fee 1000 yen) (Hiking is cancelled in case of rain, but the party is still on)

Meeting Time & Place: 8:49 am at Tsukuba Station’s ticket gate

Since we need to take a bus after arriving at the station, we can’t wait for the next train and attend to latecomers. Please make sure to arrive by the appointed time.

Train: If you are going from Kita Senju, take the Tsukuba Express Train (Express towards Tsukuba) at Kita Senju at 8:13. This arrives at Tsukuba (the final destination) at 8:47 and costs 1,050 yen.

We will take the 9:00 bus from Tsukuba Station to Tsukubasan-Jinja-Iriguchi (36 minutes, 740 yen), and hike up Mt. Tsukuba (877 m・altitude difference 610 m). The hiking time is about 5 hours.  Then, we’ll go back to Tsukuba Station.

Please bring lunch and drinks.  Also, please put on good shoes for hiking.

★ Party

For those who want to go to the party after the hike, we hope to take the 16:42 train from Tsukuba station to Yashio station (on the Tsukuba Express, arriving at 17:19) and go to Herman’s (David and Miki’s Canadian friend) nice place for a fun-filled party (Togasaki 3119-2, Misato-Shi, Saitama 341-0044).  His house is a 20-25 minute walk from Yashio Station.

People who only want to go to the party (or if the hike is canceled) should meet at Yashio Station’s ticket gate at 17:20. If the hiking group isn’t there at that time (ex. If the group misses the train) or if you come late, please call Herman at 080-4140-6470. He’ll have our information.

Party fee: 500 yen (for order-out pizza) and BYO (Bring Your Own) style basically.  Please bring whatever snacks and drinks you want.  We can buy food and drink near the station.

●Requests to the participants
1)If you are feeling feverish or feel unwell, please refrain from joining the event.
2)If you are tested positive for Corona after the event, please let us know so we can inform others.

2) Game Time
(Buy one drink)
It’s a casual board game event. Let’s play various games
together. It’s OK to come late or leave early. Feel free to join us.
 Beginners are welcome.

☆Time: 13:00-16:00 Board games & informal get-together
☆Location: KissaIbasho https://kissaibasho.jp
☆Leader: Ichikawa Mariko
Any inquiries may be made to ichi_mariko at yahoo.co.jp with the word [Jambo] in the subject line. Please replace at
with @. Don’t forget to whitelist this EM address.
☆What to bring: Board games if you have.
We’ll bring the following games: Waterworks, Cards,Uno
☆Buy one drink.

【Notice】
We are NOT encouraging participants to do such
as;
–
Recruiting for religion.
–Sales talk for goods and
services.
–
Forcing participants to join any network business.

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※Do not speak without a mask.
※Keep a physical distance.
※Stay home if you have any symptoms or in case there is an infected
person inside your home (and even someone who has had some type of contact).
※In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, this event may be canceled.
We will try to make an early decision, but please check Twitter
before participating.
※If you are tested positive for Corona after the event, please let us
know so we can inform others.
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(Easy) (1,000 yen Participation Fee + 300 yen (Azalea Festival)) (Cancelled in case of rain)

Meeting Place/Time: JR Miyanohira Station ticket gate at  11:18 am

Train: Trains are running infrequently and we can’t wait for the next train. Be sure to arrive by this time since we will be unable to attend to latecomers.

From Oume Station, take the 11:14 train towards Okutama.  This train arrives at Miyanohira Station at 11:16.

Course: Miyanohira Station – Oume Ridge Hiking Course – Shiofune Kannon Temple and Kasumikyuryo Natural Park – HIgashi Oume Station (Hiking time: About 3 hours)

Please bring lunch and drinks.

Goddess of Mercy Azaleas (only Japanese) – 20,000 red, white and purple Azaleas.  Should be gorgeous!!!

●Requests to the participants
1) If you are feeling feverish or feel unwell, please refrain from joining the event.
2) If you are tested positive for Corona after the event, please let us know so we can inform others.

1) Earth Day Bike Ride
(Participation Fee: 1000 Yen)(Canceled in case of rain)

Let’s enjoy an Earth Day Bike Ride from Yoyogi Park around the city! We will start and finish at Yoyogi Park, riding around the city.

Appreciate the Earth, and Enjoy Earth Day! It has been 20 years since the first “Earth Day & Jambo ” bike ride. Great chance to rediscover Tokyo and share memories at Yoyogi Park.  This course will pass through a host of parks while riding through many green areas of Tokyo.  Let’s explore the connection of parks while finding natural areas in the city from the cyclist’s perspective. We’ll enjoy getting exercise cycling, walking in the parks, playing frisbee, etc and enjoy having a picnic lunch in the city’s oasis.

Meeting Time and Place: 10:00 am at Yoyogi Park’s Central Lawn (near the fountain (shown in pink on the map)

Bicycle: Participants are asked to bring bicycles (either their own or from a bicycle rental or share bike)

If you are interested in a Bike Share Service (Docomo),  you can rent from it ONLY IF you pre-register. Check https://docomo-cycle.jp/tokyo/?lang=en where you must register online beforehand in order to use their bikes. There are many places in the Shibuya area where you can pick up these bicycles, so please check beforehand.  For you cyclists, this is a wonderful thing to sign up on as you can pick-up/drop-off the bikes at many locations around Tokyo

Things to bring: Food and drink, things to play with (frisbee, ball, and so on), ground sheet, etc.
You can also buy lunch stuff for the picnic along the way.

Helmets are recommended for participants.

Enquiries: Enquiries may be made to Miki (contact@jambointernational.org) until the day before the event. Although reservations are not required, it is appreciated if you let Miki know that you are joining so we know how many people to expect.

Contact People on April 23 (Earth Day Bike Ride event organizers): Please call directly to Hiro (090 3538 5511)(English or Japanese) and Mr. Kono (090 1739 2996) (Japanese).

2) Arakawa River Clean Up

Gather at Funabori Station: 13:00
Gather riverside:  13:30
River
CleanUp: 13:00-17:30

RIVER CLEAN UP
Gather at FUNABORI Station (Shinjuku Line) outside the ticket gate at 13:00, and then go to the Arakawa River and pick up trash along　the river bank for about about 3.5 to 4 hours.

ADDITIONAL INFO
If you come late, it will be about a 25-min walk to our location between the Shinjuku Line train bridge and the Kasaibashi Bridge. Also call James (the organizer) 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.

Gather at Funabori Station: 13:00
Gather riverside:  13:30
River
CleanUp: 13:00-17:30

RIVER CLEAN UP
Gather at FUNABORI Station (Shinjuku Line) outside the ticket gate at 13:00, and then　ngo to the Arakawa River and pick up trash along　the river bank for about about 3.5 to 4 hours.

ADDITIONAL INFO

If you come late, it will be about a 25-min walk to our location between the Shinjuku Line train bridge and the Kasaibashi Bridge. Also call James (the organizer) 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.

Due to expected bad weather, this event is canceled.

1) Tanzawa Hiking – Mt. Furou (928m)
(A bit difficult intermediate)(Cancelled in case of rain) (participation fee: 1000yen)

Meeting place and time:  9:47 am at JR Suruga-Oyama Station Ticket Gate

Train: Trains are running infrequently and we can’t attend to latecomers.  Please make sure to arrive by the appointed time at the meeting place.

If you are coming from Shinjuku (Odakyu line train going to Odawara) 8:01  – Shinmatsuda station (arrives at 9:16) – Matsuda Station (JR Gotemba Line to Gotenba) (leaves at 9:27) – Suruga-Oyama Station (arrives at 9:45)

Course: Suruga-Oyama station – Furounotaki waterfall – Mt. Furou – Tani-ga-yama- Suruga-Oyama station

Expected hiking time: 6 hours

Please make sure to wear the appropriate shoes for a hike and also bring lunch and drinks.

●Requests to the participants
1) If you are feeling feverish or feel unwell, please refrain from joining the event.
2) If you are tested positive for Corona after the event, please let us know so we can inform others.

2) Edogawa River Clean Up

Gather at Myoden Station: 13:00
River Clean Up: 13:30
Relaxing riverside: 17:00
Return to station: 17:30

RIVER CLEAN UP
Gather at Myoden Station (Tozai Line) outside the only ticket gate at 13:00, and then go to the Edogawa River and pick up trash along the banks for about about 3.5 to 4 hours.

INFO
If you come late, it will be about a 25-min walk to our location on the opposite side of the river from the Clean Spa under the bay front bridges. Just walk to the river from the station and the head to the orange bridge. Also call James’ (the organizer) 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 as we will move to and from the river by car and we can clean up under cover the bay front bridges as a Plan B as well as adjacent areas using rain ware. In the event of heavy rain/strong winds (e.g., typhoon conditions) or lightning then the event will be cancelled.

Let’s have fun enjoying our local nature while making it better at the same time.

(1) Environmental Restoration Project with Friends of theEarth
(Participation Fee – 500 yen) (Canceled in case of rain)

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED to David ( jambodave@green.email.ne.jp ) by April 6 (Thur).

Meeting Place and time: 9:47 am at Utsugidai Bus Stop
Those who wish to go with David,  please meet at Hino Station (on the Chuo Line) ticket gate at 9:27.  We will take the 9:32 bus from there (15 minutes).

Work hours: 10:00 – 15:30
 (Splitting wood, carrying logs, looking for/digging up bamboo shoots)
Please wear long pants and long-sleeved shirt and exercise shoes. Please bring your own drinks, food (for lunch) and work gloves.

Information (in Japanese): http://www.foejapan.org/satoyama/activity/index.html

(2) Yanesen Azalea Walk  (Easy)
(￥1000 Participation Fee) (Cancelled in case of heavy rain)

There are plenty of old temples and old buildings from the Edo Period still standing in Yanesen. The azalea garden at Nezu Shrine has over 3,000 flowers and 100 varieties of Azalea that bloom from early April until early May. Bunkyo Azalea Festival will be held on a reduced scale.

☆Meeting Time/Place: 15:00 JR Nippori Station north ticket gate

☆Course: Nippori Station – Yanaka Ginza – Zenshoan Temple – SCAI THE BATHHOUSE – Shitamachi Museum Annex – Nezu Shrine – Nezu Station

☆Walking Time: About 1 hour (3km) plus a lot of time for shopping and sightseeing so the walk should take about 2 hours.

☆You can buy food and drink on the way.

☆Leader: Ichikawa Mariko
Any inquiries may be made to ichi_mariko at yahoo.co.jp with the word  [Jambo]  in the subject line. Please replace at with @.

☆The program is ¥1000.

☆ The donation will be given to Riasnomori – an organization in Ishinomaki which works for community development. https://riasnomori.wixsite.com/info

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※Wearing a mask is an optional.
※Follow the cough etiquette.
※Stay home if you have any symptoms or in case there is an infected person inside your home (and even someone who has had some type of contact).
※In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, this event may be canceled. We will try to make an early decision, but please check Twitter before participating.
※If you are tested positive for Corona after the event, please let us know so we can inform others.
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(3) Arakawa River Clean Up

Gather at Funabori Station: 13:00
Gather riverside:  13:30
River
CleanUp: 13:00-17:30

RIVER CLEAN UP
Gather at FUNABORI Station (Shinjuku Line) outside the ticket gate at 13:00, and then　ngo to the Arakawa River and pick up trash along　the river bank for about about 3.5 to 4 hours.

ADDITIONAL INFO
If you come late, it will be about a 25-min walk to our location between the Shinjuku Line train bridge and the Kasaibashi Bridge. Also call James (the organizer) 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.

(Intermediate Course) (Participation Fee 1,000 yen) (Cancelled in case of rain)

Meeting Place/Time: Keikyu-Nagasawa Station on the Keihin Kyuko (Keikyu)
Line at 10:50 am

Train: For those going from Shinagawa, Shinagawa Departure (Keihin Kyuko Line special express going towards Misakiguchi) – 9:39, Keikyu-Nagasawa Station Arrival – 10:47

Course: Keikyu-Nagasawa Station – Kurihama Pagoda & Goddess of Mercy – Mt. Miurafuji – Mt. Houdai – Mt. Takeyama (200m) – Tsukuihama Beach walk – Keikyu-Nagasawa Station

It has a panoramic view.  The hiking time is about 4 hours.

Please bring your lunch and drinks.

<Requests to the participants>
1) Physical Condition
If you are feeling feverish or feel unwell, please refrain from joining the event.
2)  If you are tested positive for Corona after the event, please let us know so we can inform others.

(1) Okutama short hike & Cherry Blossom Festival　HALF NEW!
(1000 yen Participation Fee) (EASY) (We go in case of light rain)

Meeting Place/time: The ticket gate of Hamura Station 10:00 am
From Tachikawa, take the Oume Line (Express going towards Oume) at 9:35, arriving at Hamura Station at 9:57

Course: Hamura Station – Mt. Daichou Hiking Course – Tamagawa cherry tree festival (2.5 km) – Haijima Station

Walking Time: about 4 hours

Fussa Cherry blossom
Fussa Sakura Festival

<Requests to the participants>
1) If you are feeling feverish or feel unwell, please refrain from joining the event.
2) If you are tested positive for Corona after the event, please let us know so we can inform others.

(2) Arakawa River Clean Up

Gather at Funabori Station: 13:00
Gather riverside:  13:30
River CleanUp: 13:00-17:30

RIVER CLEAN UP
Gather at FUNABORI Station (Shinjuku Line) outside the ticket gate at 13:00, and then go to the Arakawa River and pick up trash along the river bank for about about 3.5 to 4 hours.

ADDITIONAL INFO
If you come late, it will be about a 25-min walk to our location between the Shinjuku Line train bridge and the Kasaibashi Bridge. Also call James (the organizer) 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.

It seems that there will be no food stands at Yasukuni Shrine (too bad!) so we will stay longer than planned at Kitanomaru Park for the party. (We can walk around Chidorigafuchi to see some cherry blossom light-up after the party if we have time).

(FREE) (Cancelled in case of rain)

Meeting place and time: At Exit 3b of Kudanshita Station at 6 pm or in front of the clock tower near Budokan at 6:30 pm

Those meeting at 6:00 will shop at the nearby convenience store. Those coming afterwards, please bring some snacks/drinks.

If you come late, please go to the Kita no Maru Park which is past the Budokan on the left side.  If you can’t find us, please call David and Miki (080-6546-7688) and meet you at the clock just past the Budokan.

Kita no Maru Park : 6:45 – 7:30 pm
Yasukuni Shrine Food Stand Area : 7:45 – 8:45 pm

The event is on today, but we might shorten the course if there is heavy rain later. For today, we will cancel the 3rd part of the event (Ohanami party in Higashi-Oshima Komatsugawa park from 4 pm).

1) Cherry Tree Walk&Party (Koto ward – Edogawa ward)
FREE & EASY・Participation Fee ¥1000 (for parts 1 and/or 2)・Canceled in case of rain.

Feel free to join one, two, or all three walks

Meeting Places/Times:
1) (Tozai Line) MonzenNakacho Station (Exit 4)  10:30 am
2) (Tozai Line) Kiba Station (Exit 3)  11:50 am
3) Canceled (Toei Shinjuku Line) HigashiOjima Station (Komatsugawa Exit)  3:30 am

Course:  (About 3 hours walking = 8 km)
1) MonzenNakacho 〜 Kiba Park　10:30 ～12:00
Monzennakacho Station → Ecchujima cherry trees →  Oyokogawa cherry tree lined canal → Kiba Station (Exit 3) → Kiba Park (Hanami Party 12:00 – 1:00)

2) Kiba Park 〜 OjimaKomatsugawa Park  13:00～15:30
Kiba Park →  Sendaikawa Canal cherry walk → Komatsugawa 1000 cherry tree area → Higashi-Ojima Station → Supermarket (shopping) → Ojima-Komatsugawa Park

3) Canceled : OjimaKomatsugawa Park (Hanami Party) FREE (Feel free to come anytime)  16:00 – 17:30

Please bring food and drink, or you can buy it at a nearby Convenient Store. For those joining along the way, please contact David and Miki at 080-6546-7688.  Once the events start, we won’t be checking messages often, so please call us if you need to reach us.

●Requests to the participants
1) you are feeling feverish or feel unwell, please refrain from joining the event.
2) If you are tested positive for Corona after the event, please let us know so we can inform others.

2) Arakawa River Clean Up

Gather at Funabori Station: 13:00
Gather riverside:  13:30
River CleanUp: 13:00-17:30

RIVER CLEAN UP

Gather at FUNABORI Station (Shinjuku Line) outside the ticket gate at　13:00, and then　ngo to the Arakawa River and pick up trash along　the river bank for about about 3.5 to 4 hours.

ADDITIONAL INFO

If you come late, it will be about a 25-min walk to our location between　the Shinjuku　Line train bridge and the Kasaibashi Bridge. Also call James (the organizer) 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.