(1000 Yen)(Easy)(We’ll go even if it rains)
Meeting Place/Time: HongoSanChoume Station (Marunouchi Line) (Exit 3) at 1:01PM
Course: HongoSanChoume Station – Tokyo University Campus – Yushima Shrine (Chrysantemum Festival) – Ueno Park
The course should take about 4 hours so we hope to finish around 5:00PM.
Yushima Shrine Chrysanthemum Festival – https://www.enjoytokyo.jp/amuse/event/370942/
1) Easy Hiking
We will go even in case of light rain,
Meeting time/place: Hamadayama station ticket gate on the Inokashira
line at 1:30.
Walk to Inokashira park along the Kanda river and Tamagawa canal.
It takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes.
You ‘ll find a nice walking course with nature and few people.
Let’s make freinds, too.
After walking we will go to WENSday English school near Kichijoji
station to practice yoga for 15 or 20 minutes.
Leaders: Ichiro Sakai 080-4055-8539 and Rika Inagaki 080-4181-6777
2) River Clean Up & Picnic
We will meet at MINAMI SUNAMACHI Station (Tozai Line) outside ticket gate for exits 2 and 3 at 12:00noon., and then walk to the Arakawa River and pick up trash along the banks for about 2.5 hours. Afterwards we will have an early dinner picnic along the river at a nearby park.
All food and drinks will be provided for the picnic. Admission Y1,000 to cover the cost of food and drinks (+Y500 or Y1,500 for people drinking beer or wine).
Recommended: Hat, long pants (for weed protection), long-sleeve shirt (for sun protection), gloves, walking/hiking shoes, generally older clothing that you don’t mind getting a little dirty. The clean up route will be mostly paved so rubber boots will not be necessary
If you come late, walk to the river (only 5 min.) and look for us at the water line to the LEFT having entered at the road bridge pillar to the LEFT. Also call my cell phone 090-1847-5075 if there are any problems finding us. The adjacent park has restrooms nearby the clean up area.
Let’s have fun enjoying our local nature while making it better at the same time.
(1000 Yen, Canceled in case of rain, Moderate Course)
Meeting place & time: Okutama station ticket gate at 9:55AM
If you go from Shinjuku, take the 8:19 Holiday Express going towards Okutama (leaving from platform 7). Please be sure to take the right train as we cannot wait for the next one. This arrives at Okutama Station at 9:54.
David will get on the front car of this train at Haijima at 9:04.
Course: Okutama station → Atago Shrine → Nokogiri-yama (1109 meters) → Okutama station
Please wear good shoes, bring lunch and drink.
There is a hot springs near Okutama Station so if you want to go there after the hike, bring a change of clothes and towel (though this is not part of today’s program).
The course is described (in Japanese) on this link:
http://wanderer777.blog120.fc2.com/blog-entry-77.html
Walking time: about 4.5 hours.
Walking Distance: About 13 KM
Elevation Gain: About 760 meters
It’s a casual board game event. Let’s play various games together.
(Reservation Needed) (Participation Fee ¥1000)
Let’s enjoy board games together.
It’s OK to come late or leave early. Feel free to sign up.
We’ll bring the following games:
Rummy Cubes
Backgammon
Waterworks
Scrabble
☆Time:
18:00-21:00 Board games & informal get-together (Please bring snacks and drinks to enjoy during this time)
☆Location:
Jambo English School
https://www.jambointernational.org/jamboschool/access
＊A 3 minute walk from Monzennakacho Station Exit 2
☆What to bring: Board games if you have any.
You can bring food and drink.
☆Fee: ¥1000
☆Reservation needed!
Applications and any inquiries may be made to
ichi_mariko at yahoo.co.jp
Please replace at with @.
For reservations, please include your FULL name and the number of people with you.
Don’t forget to whitelist this EM address.
＊LIMIT: 10 people (first come, first served)
Leader: Ichikawa Mariko
【Notice】
We discourage participants from;
– Recruiting for religion.
– Sales talk for goods and services.
– Forcing participants to join any network business.
If you need to contact on the day of the event, please call David at 080-6546-7688.
(Participation Fee 1000 yen) (Intermediate Course)(Cancelled in case of rain)
Please bring your lunch and drink.
Course: Torisawa Station – Mt. Kuratake – Yanagawa Gorge (for river fun) – Yanagawa Station
Walking time: 4.5 hours
Meeting Time/Place: Torisawa Ticket Gate at 10:45AM
Train Schedule
9:20 Leave Shinjuku Station on the Keio Line (Express going towards Keio Hachioji)
9:55 Arrive at Kitano and change to the 9:58 Keio Local Line going towards Takaosanguchi
10:08 Arrive at Takao Station and change to the Chuo Line
10:13 Take the Chuo Line (towards Ootsuki)
10:43 Arrive at Torisawa Station
If you’d like to go together from Takao Station, you can get on the front of the Chuo Line train there at 10:13.
Walking time: about 4.5 hours.
Walking Distance: About 12 KM
Elevation Gain: About 680 meters
The event will be a casual event to have conversation with new people.
The focus of the event will be on meeting new people, getting used to exchanging information and networking in English.
So feel free to exchange your business cards or social media accounts to expand your friendship and business.
However please refrain from making a pitch for your business in the event.
You aren’t used to speaking English? Don’t worry.
Before starting the networking time, we’ll have a small session which gives you tips on talking with people overseas and in a new environment.
☆ Leader: Ichikawa Mariko
19:00 – 19:20 Mini session
19:20 – 21:00 Networking
☆ Fee: JPY1,000 (First timers)
If you bring a friend, it is 500 yen per person
Regulars: JPY500
☆Location:
IKE Biz Cooking Room
2-37-4 Nishi ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
＊LIMIT: 20 people (first come, first served)
☆ Reservation needed!
Please contact
mikahikichi at gmail.com
OR
ichi_mariko at yahoo.co.jp
Please replace at with @.
For reservations, please include your FULL name and the number of people with you.
(Easy, Participation Fee 700 yen for the day (or 500 yen for only morning or only afternoon)・Cancelled in case of rain)
Meeting Time/Place: 10:00AM at Higashi Ojima Station (Toei Shinjuku Line) Ticket Gate or 3:00PM at Kiba Station (Tozai Line) Exit 3 (at the street level)
Course: Higashi Ojima Station – OjimaKomatsugawa Park – Arakawa Riverside Walk – Sendaiborigawa Park Canal Walk – Kiba Park (Central Koto Festival) 1:00 – 3:00 – Kiba Station – Canal Walk – BotanCho Park – Echujima Park (on the Sumida River) Aomibashi Park – Toyosu Park (See the sunset on Tokyo Bay?) – Toyosu Station
Walking Time: About 5 Hours (12KM) The morning walk is about 3 hours and the afternoon is about 2 hours. At the end of the afternoon walk, we can play frisbee, eat and drink in the park while watching the sunset on Tokyo Bay.
Please see http://www.city.koto.lg.jp/101032/kurashi/komyunitei/kumin/chuo/55.html for the festival (only in Japanese)
For those joining along the way, please contact David at 080-6546-7688.
We are also looking for volunteers to help at the LVC (Language Volunteer Koto-ku) booth at the festival between 1:00 and 3:00PM. Volunteers can stay a short time (like 20 minutes) or longer (1-2 hours). They will do English card (vocabulary) games with passers by, or simply talk with them about whatever topic they’d like. It’s a great chance to meet some Japanese people who would like to speak with you in English, talk about yourself (your country, etc) and it would help out a wonderful volunteer group (LVC). Please let David (jambodave@green.email.ne.jp) know if you would like to help out.
2) Edogawa River Clean Up, Picnic & Spa/Swimming
Part 1 River Clean Up: We will gather at Barakinakayama Station ( just outside of the north exit ticket gate exit from 12:00 noon, and from about 12:10 go to the Edogawa River by car (about 5 min.) and begin picking up trash along the banks as we walk toward the mouth of the river where it empties into Tokyo Bay. From about 3:30 pm we will take a rest at the mouth of the river at Tokyo Bay and begin setting up for a picnic overlooking Tokyo Bay.
Part 2 Picnic overlooking Tokyo Bay: From 4:00pm we will have an early dinner picnic in front of Tokyo Bay. There will be a Y1,000 admission for the picnic with all food and drinks provided (+Y500 for picnic guests drinking beer/wine/chuhai). We’ll have some seats and tables, sun cover set up as well.
Part 3 The Ichikawa Clean Spa (optional):After the picnic some guests may wish to visit the Ichikawa Clean Spa (only 4-5 minutes away on foot). If so bring a swimming suit, cap, towel and goggles. Facility entrance is Y200. Then entrance to the pool area is plus Y300 and entrance to the sento/rotemburo area is plus Y500. The Clean Spa also has courtesy shuttle buses to return people to area train stations.
Recommended: Hat, long-sleeve shirt (for sun protection), gloves, walking/hiking shoes, generally older clothing that you don’t mind getting a little dirty. The clean up route will is nearly all dry so rubber boots will not be necessary.Let’s have fun enjoying our local nature while making it better at the same time. If you will attend this picnic please be sure to click going or e-mail the event leader, James, at yaesukita(at)gmail.com as he has to prepare the food and drinks for the picnic.
If you come late, walk to the river alongside the Tozai Line and go to the river and walk toward Tokyo Bay at the water line until you see us. Also call my cell phone 090-1847-5075 if there are any problems finding us. The adjacent park has restrooms nearby the clean up area.
Environmental Project at Tama Zoo
Cutting down bamboo grass and cutting down old trees
(Cancelled in case of 70% or more chance of rain) 9:30AM – 2:30PM
Cost: FREE
We meet at 9:30AM at the front main entrance of Tama Zoo’s Station (Tama Dobutsukoen).
Take the 8:47AM Keio Line Semi-express from Shinjuku to Takahatafudo (arriving at 9:21AM) and change to the Keio Dobutsu Koen Line train, leaving Takahatafudo at 9:25 and arriving at Tama Dobutsu Koen Station at 9:28AM.
If you would like to participate, please inform David by October 11 (Thursday) so that we can get volunteer insurance. If you join this event, please bring the following: Long sleeved shirt and long pants (not shorts), work gloves, towel, and appropriate shoes (trekking shoes or hiking boots) are required.
Please bring whatever you want to eat for lunch, and drinks during the work project.
1) Ikuta Green Area & Rose Garden
(1000 Yen)(Easy)(We’ll go even if it rains)
Meeting Place and Time: Mukogaokayuen Station’s (on the Odakyuu Line) South ticket gate (East Exit) at 11:13AM (From Shinjuku, take the 10:50 Express going towards Odawarae. This arrives at Mukogaokayuen at 11:11)
11:30 – 14:30 – Ikuta Green Area (Many Hiking Paths) – http://www.ikutaryokuti.jp/hp/map.html
15:00 – 16:00 – Rose Garden – http://www.ikuta-rose.jp/open.html
16:00 – 16:30 – Walk to Mukougaoka-yuen Station
2) Int’l Friendship Party from 7:00-9:30pm in Kamiyacho
Place: Mulligan’s Irish Pub
For JAMBO members, the cost is 1,500 yen for men and 1000 yen for women w/reservation (or plus 500 yen if you go directly without making a reservation). Foreigners get at 500 yen discount. This includes the buffet! Drinks can be bought at Happy Hour prices.
Reservations can be made with David (jamboddave@green.email.ne.jp)by Octo per 12.
Half of your admission fee will be donated to Global Greengrants Fund . 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 3 of Kamiyacho Station’s Hibiya Line at 7:00PM on the 13th.
Easy Course - Participation Fee 1000 yen, (We go even if it rains) Bring your own beverages and lunch
We will meet you at the ticket gate at Uraga Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line at 10:15AM.
COURSE: Uraga Station – Kannonzaki Ocean Park – Ocean Breeze Promenade – MaboriKaigan Station
Total course time: 5 hours
Train Schedule
Keihin Kyuko Line (Express going towards KeikyuKurihama)
Shinagawa Station 9:17AM
Hori no Uchi Station 10:04 (Arrive)
Change to the local train going towards Uraga leaving at 10:06 and arriving at Uraga at 10:12.
Check out this HPs:
http://www.kanagawaparks.com/kannon/
After the hike, those who want to go are invited to a friend’s party in a wonderful place on the 11th floor overlooking the Tsurumi River. For those not going on the hike but wanting to go to the party, please meet us at the Tsurumi Station (on the Keihin Tohoku Line) ticket gate at 16:50. The party fee is 500 yen for BBQ goods, and you can buy other food/drinks on the way to the party.
