Arakawa River Clean Up

Gather at Funabori Station: 13:00

Go to the river: 13:10
River Clean Up: 13:30-17:00
Relaxing riverside: 17:00-17:30
Return to station: 17:30

RIVER CLEAN UP

Gather at FUNABORI Station (Shinjuku 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 about 200-300 meters or so from the Shinjuku Line Bridge (near the dirty angle). 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.

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Hakone Fall Colors Hike

(participation fee 1000 yen)(intermediate course) (Canceled in case of rain)

Meeting Time/Place: 9:48 am at the gate of Hakone-yumoto station (Hakone Tozan Line)

Please make sure to meet at the appointed time since we won’t be able to attend to the late comers for this hike (in order to catch a bus from Hakone-yumoto station and the buses are not running frequently)

Train: Shinjuku Departure  (Odakyu Line (Express going towards Odawara)  7:50 – Odawara Arrival  9:26 (change to the Hakone Tozan Line) – Hakone Tozan Line Departure  9:30 – Hakoneyumoto Arrival – 9:45

Please don’t be late since we MUST catch the 10:10 am bus (Hakone-tozan bus bound for Motohakone-ko) going to Hatajuku from Hakoneyumoto station (15 minutes, 400 yen).

Hike course: Hatajuku – Hiryu Falls – Mt.Takanosu (834 m) – Mt. Sengen – Shiroyama – Hakoneyumoto  (about 4 and a half hours)

Please bring your food and drink and wear the proper shoes for a hike.

Especially, the red and yellow (maples) leaves should be so wonderful.
There are a lot of good hot springs in Hakone area.  Please feel free to go after a hike if you like (Please bring change of clothes and towels).

●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.

 

Miki Howenstein

Hatonosu Gorge Fall Colors Hiking

(Easy) (Cancelled in case of rain)(Participation Fee 1000 yen)

Meeting Place/Time: Hatonosu Station ticket gate at 10:50 am

Train: From Oume, take the Oume line train going towards Okutama, leaving at 10:13 and arriving in Hatonosu at 10:47.

Trains are not running frequently and we won’t be able to wait for the next train.  Please make sure to meet at the appointed time since we won’t be able to attend to the latecomers.

Course: Hatonosu Station – Hatonosu Gorge – Shiromaru Dam – Mt. Atago – Okutama Station

Check out this site.

Please bring your lunch and drinks (there is no shops around the station to buy food).

●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.

Miki Howenstein

Sagamiko Lake – Mt. Takao Hiking

(Intermediate Course・Participation Fee 1000 yen・Canceled in case of rain)

Meeting place and time: We will meet at the Sagamiko Station ticket gate at 9:35 am

Train Schedule: 9:24 Leave Takao Station on the JR Chuo Line (going towards Kofu) – 9:32 Arrive at Sagamiko Station

Trains are not running frequently and we won’t be able to wait for the next train.  Please make sure to meet at the appointed time since we won’t be able to attend to latecomers.

We will hike from Sagami Lake to Mt. Takao (about a 4 hour hike).

Please bring your lunch and drink.  Also, please wear the appropriate shoes for a hike.

The Takao Beer Garden (Mt. Takao Beer Mount) is open until the end of the month! We will not make reservations as a Jambo group, so for those who want to go, please go there and enjoy it. We plan to arrive there around 2:30 – 3:00 pm. Since the restaurant only allows groups of 4 at each table (to protect against Corona), you’re free to find others who you want to sit with and leave with together. Jambo will not be organizing the groups – that is up to each person who is going.  Please understand that we won’t know about how crowded it is or the waiting time required until we arrive there.

(3400 yen for men and 3200 yen for women – all you can eat and drink for 1.5 hours) .  Check out their website.

●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.

 

Miki Howenstein

(1) Tokyo Imperial Palace Walking Tour & (2) Edogawa River Clean Up (Separate Events)

(1) Tokyo Imperial Palace Walking Tour
(Easy Course)(Cancelled in case of heavy rain)(¥1000 Participation Fee)

It’s an ideal loop to walk.
The Imperial Palace – residence of the Japanese Emperor – is a vast expanse of green in the very heart of Tokyo, surrounded by moats. It stands on the site previously occupied by the Edo Castle in the 17th–19th centuries.

Meeting Time/Place: 3:00PM JR Tokyo Station Marunouchi Central Ticket Gate (1F)

Course (about 2 hours):
Tokyo Station –  Wadakura Fountain Park – Kikyo Moat – Kikyo Gate – Imperial Palace Plaza – Nijubashi –  Sakuradamon – Hanzomon – Chidorigafuchi – Masakado Kubizuka – Imperial Palace East Gardens (Sannomaru Shozokan) – Otemachi Station

Walking Time: About 1 hour (about 5km) plus a lot of time for sightseeing so the walk should take about 2 hours.

☆The program is ¥1000.

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.

☆The donation will be given to Riasunomori – an organization in Ishinomaki which works for community development. http://www.riasnomori.jp

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(2) Edogawa River Clean Up

Details
Gather at Myoden Station: 13:00
Go to the river by car: 13:10
River Clean Up: 13:30
Relaxing riverside: 17:30-18:00
Return to station by Car: 18:00

RIVER CLEAN UP
Gather at Myoden Station (Tozai Line) outside the only ticket gate at 13:00., and then go to the Edogawa River by car and pick up trash along the banks for about about 3 to 4 hours.

OPTIONAL MORNING SESSION
As I am often on the river in the morning doing some scouting and precleaning, people welcome to join me at that time, but please make specific arrangements with me by e-mail, arrival time, location, etc. Also, members can clean at any time and even any date. Just bring some clear bags and sort the trash collected, buranable, PET, cans, bottles, nonburanble, etc. and let me know where you leave the bags so that we can collect them.

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. Just walk to the river from the station and the head in the direction of Tokyo Bay until you see us along the water line. Also call James (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 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.

Miki Howenstein

Environmental Restoration Project with Friends of the Earth

(Participation Fee – 500 yen) (Canceled in case of rain)

Collecting Yuzu fruit , carrying big logs, gathering/chopping wood.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED to David (jambodave@green.email.ne.jp) by November
11 (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

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

Miki Howenstein

Tama “Abundance of Fall Colors” Walk

(Participation Fee 1000 yen)(Cancelled in case of rain)

Meeting Place & Time: Nagayama Station (Odakyu Line) ticket gate at 10:10 am

Train:  Shinjuku  (Odakyuu Line express going towards Karakida) 9:31 departure  →   Nagayama 10:09 arrival

Course:  Nagayama Station (Odakyuu Line) –  Suwa no Tani Street (Japanese Maple lined street) – Yokoyama no Michi Walking Course – Ipponsugi Park (Maples) – Kaminone Street (1.5 KM Maple lined Street) – Ochiai Zelkova Street (Zelkova (red & yellow) lined street) – Gingko bridge (Gingko tree line) – Tama Central Park (Maples & Zelkova) – Tama Center Station

Walking Time: About 4 – 5 hours (14 km)

Course Map (in Japanese)

●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, not hanging under the chin 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.

Miki Howenstein

 (1) Izu-ga-take Hiking in Chichibu & (2) Arakawa River Clean Up (Separate Events)

(1) Izu-ga-take Hiking in Chichibu
(¥1000 Participation Fee)   (Cancelled in case of rain) (A bit difficult)

Meeting Place/Time: Shomaru Station at 10:20 am

Train: Hanno Station Departure – 9:43 (Seibu Chichibu line train going towards Seibu Chichibu) – Shomaru Station Arrival – 10:18

The train is infrequent and we won’t be able to wait for the next train.  Please make sure to arrive at the appointed time since we won’t be able to attend to latecomers.

Course:  Shomaru Station – Shoumaru Pass – Izu Peak – Shomaru Station

We will have a 4 hour hike on this course with nice views and beautiful forests. There’s also a place where we scale a rock wall with a gentle incline (not dangerous using a chain).

Bring your food and drink and wear shoes appropriate for hiking.

●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, not hanging under the chin 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.

In order to continue holding safe events, we ask for all participants’ cooperation concerning these requests.

(2) Arakawa River Clean Up

SCHEDULE
Gather at Funabori Station: 13:00
Go to the river: 13:10
River Clean Up: 13:30-17:00
Relaxing riverside: 17:00-17:30
Return to station: 17:30

RIVER CLEAN UP
Gather at FUNABORI Station (Shinjuku 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.

MORNING SESSION (optional)
As I will be on the river in the morning doing some scouting and precleaning, people, who may not be free in the afternoon, are welcome to join me at that time. Please go directly to the river as well as call James (the organizer) (090-1847-5075) to coordinate a meeting place.

INFO:
If you come late, it will be about a 25-min walk to our location on the river at the waterline between the Shinjuku Line train bridge and the Kasaibashi Bridge. Also call James 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 use rain ware and take cover as necessary. In the event of heavy rain/strong winds (e.g., typhoon conditions) or lightning then the event will be cancelled or stopped if already in progress. Let’s have fun enjoying our local nature while making it better at the same time.

Miki Howenstein

Kannonzaki course & beach clean up

(Easy Course) (Participation Fee – FREE )(We go even if it rains)

Meeting place and time: At the ticket gate at Uraga Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line at 9:55 am

 
Train ScheduleHori no Uchi Departure (Keihin Kyuko Line (Going towards Uraga) 9:48 – Uraga Arrival 9:53

Course:  Uraga Station – Kannonzaki Ocean Park – Hashirimizu Beach (Garbage pick-up) – Ocean Breeze Promenade (Sunset Party) – Mabori-Kaigan  Station(about 5 hours)
 
Please bring your lunch, drinks and work gloves.   No need to bring plastic bags since we will prepare for them.  

In cooperation with the Kanagawa Beach Beautification Project, we plan to spend 1.5 – 2 hours cleaning Hashirimizu Beach. After that, we will go to a convenient store and enjoy the sunset at the Promenade. We plan to finish around 5:30 pm.
 
●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, not hanging under the chin 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.
 

In order to continue holding safe events, we ask for all participants’ cooperation concerning these requests.
Miki Howenstein

(1) Mt. Takatsuka Hiking (Chuo Line) & 2) Inokashira Park Outdoor Halloween Party (Separate Events)

(1) Mt. Takatsuka Hiking  (Chuo Line)
(Intermediate Course) (Participation Fee 1.000 yen) (Cancelled in case of rain)

Meeting Place/Time: Shiotsu Station Ticket Gate at 9:45 am
(The trains are not running frequently, so we won’t be able to wait for the next train.  Please make sure to meet at the appointed time since we won’t be able to attend to latecomers)

Train Schedule: 9:24 (Leave Takao Station on the Chuo Local train going towards Kofu) → 9:44 Arrive at Shiotsu.

Course: Shiotsu Station – Daimaru – Mt. Takatsuka – Shiotsu Station (about 5 hours)

Please bring your lunch and drink, and wear appropriate shoes for hiking.

(2) Inokashira Park Outdoor Halloween Party
(FREE) (Cancelled in case of rain)

Meeting place and time: At the TICKET GATE of Mitaka Station (Chuo line) at 4:45.

If you are coming later than the appointed time (After the meeting time, we won’t be able to check the messages on the cell often), please call us at 080-6546-7688, not the text messages.

The party will be possibly at the backside of Inokashira park nearest to Mitaka station. However, the exact location will be decided on the day.

Things to Bring: Food and drinks (for the party), any fun Halloween goods, costume (for those wishing to dress up), ground sheet

We will stop by Ozeki Supermarket (on the south side of Mitaka Station on the way to the park, so you can buy drinks/snacks there. There is a toilet in the park where you can change into your costume.

We’ll plan to finish (arrive at Kichijoji Station) around 21:00.

●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, not hanging under the chin 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.

In order to continue holding safe events, we ask for all participants’ cooperation concerning these requests.

Miki Howenstein

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