(1000 yen Participation fee + 300 yen Spider Lilly Fields Entrance Fee) (Intermediate Course) (Cancelled in case of rain)

Bring your lunch and plenty of liquids.

Meet at the ticket gate of Higashi Agano Station at 9:35AM or at the front car of the 9:19 train at Hanno.

From Ikebukuro Station, take the Seibu Ikebukuro Line train (express) at 8:20AM and get off at Hanno Station at 9:16. Change there to the 9:19 Seibu Chichibu Line (just across the platform) .  This arrives at Higashi Agano station at 9:34.

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

This hike finishes off at Kinchakuda (a beautiful field of Cosmos & Spider Lilly (Cluster amaryllis) and you can eat at the Organic Natural food restaurant “Alishan.”

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

You can also soak in the river, so if you want to swim, please bring your swim suit.

Please have a look at the website:

https://www.enjoytokyo.jp/amuse/event/360314/

Meeting Place and Time: The ticket gate of Nishi Kasai Station (Tozai Line) at 12:00 noon

(FREE, Canceled in case of rain)

SCHEDULE

12:00 – Meet at Nishi Kasai Station (Tozai Line) ticket gate

12:30 – 15:00  – Lunch & Garbage Clean-up under Kasaibashi bridge (Edogawa Ward)(Please bring work gloves if you have them)

15:00 – 16:30 – Walk along the Arakawa River to Kasai Rinkai Park

16:30 – 17:45 – Fun in the Park and Sunset Viewing

Do something good for the environment and join the garbage pick-up. Then, go to one of the best parks in Tokyo, Kasai Rinkai Park, on the Tokyo Bay (eating, drinking, frisbee, seeing the sunset (hopefully).

For those joining along the way or coming to the park later, please contact David at 080-6546-7688.

(Reservation Needed) (No Participation Fee)

A simple, interesting game that will help you understand how international trade leads to many of the world’s inequities.

☆Facilitator: Sekiguchi Yumi, worked as a science teacher in Mozambique, Vietnam and Japan.

☆Time:

19:00-20:00 Trading game

20:00-21:00 Informal get-together (Please bring snacks and drinks to enjoy during this time)

☆Location:

Jambo English School

Shimada Building #203, Tomioka 1-26-13, Koto Ward

＊A 3 minute walk from Monzennakacho Station Exit 2

If you can’t find it, feel free to call David (080-6546-7688)

☆Free of charge

☆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

(Cutting down bamboo grass, picking chestnuts, etc)

10:00 – 15:30

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

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by September 6.

Meeting Place: 10:04 at Utsugidai Bus Stop

Please wear long pants and long-sleeved shirt and exercise shoes.

Please bring your own drinks, food (for lunch) and work gloves.

Those who wish to go with David, please meet at Hino Station (on the Chuo Line) ticket gate at 9:40.  We will take the 9:46 bus from there (18 minutes).

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

1) SeisekiSakuragaoka Station Area Course

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

Meet at SeisekiSakuragaoka Station on the Keio Line at 12:48M.  Take the Keio Line super express train (going towards Takaosanguchi)from Shinjuku Station at 12:20PM. This arrives at SeisekiSakuragaoka Station at 12:46.

Course: SeisekiSakuragaoka Station – Keio Store – Iroha Slope Park – Haramine Park – Sakuragaoka Park – Shimizudani Green Area – SeisekiSakuragaoka Station

We will first stop at the Keio Store in front of the station to buy lunch goods. From there, we will walk to Haraho Park where we will have lunch. This hiking course includes a walk along a river, a couple of green areas, several parks and a couple of shrines. It’s an easy, fun walk which should last about 4 hours.

Taka a look at the course (in Japanese) at

http://tama.tokyo-park.or.jp/enjoy/hiking/pdf/keio_sakuragaoka.pdf

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 September 7.

Half of your admission fee will be donated to Riasunomori &

 Institute for Transportation & Development Policy. 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 8th.

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

Meeting Place/Time: Hanno Station ticket gate at 10:44

Course: Hanno Station – Mt. Tenran – Mt. Tonosu – Iruma River (Swimming & river fun) – Hanno Station

Walking time: About 3.5 hours

From Ikebukuro, take the Seibu Ikebukuro (Semi-Express) Line’s 9:50AM train and get off at Hanno Station, arriving there at 10:42AM. Make sure to get on this train as we cannot wait for the next one.

Please wear appropriate shoes (tennis shoes, hiking boots), bring a lunch to eat on the mountain, and plenty of liquids.

Since we’ll be swimming in the river, also bring your swimsuit and towel.

1) September 1-2 (Sat~Sun) World Heritage Mt Fuji climb is CANCELED due to bad weather.

2) September 1 – Arakawa River Clean Up & Picnic

We will met at Minami-Sunamachi Station (on the Tozai Line) outside of Exit 3 at 9:30a.m., and then go to the Arakawa River by car and pick up trash along the banks for about 2.5 hours. Afterwards we will have a 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). The picnic should finish between 3:00 and 3:30.

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 be mostly paved so rubber boots will not be necessary

If you come late, walk to the river alongside the Tozai Line and go to the water where the Tozai Line Bridge crosses the river and look for us along the water line. 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.

(Participation Fee 1000 yen)(Not Difficult) (Cancelled in case of rain)

Meeting Place/Time: Uenohara Station Ticket Gate at 11:30

Train Schedule

10:00 Leave Shinjuku Station on the Keio Line (Express going towards KeioHachioji)

10:35 Arrive at Kitano Station and change to the Keio Local Line

10:38 Take the Keio Local Line (going towards TakaoSanGuchi)

10:48 Arrive at Takao Station and change to the Chuo Line

11:01 Take the Chuo Line (towards Kofu)

11:24 Arrive at Uenohara

If you’d like to go together from Takao, get on the front of the 11:01  train at Takao Station.

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

Course: Uenohara Station – Muku no ki (a Natural Treasure) – Mt.Tsurushima Gozen – Sagami River (Swim, watch the sunset while eating/drinking) – Uenohara

Walking time: about 3 hours

After the hike, we’ll hang out on the riverside.  The river is wide and calm so we can have a good time swimming (bring your swimsuit and towel).

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

Enjoy hiking in the woods while having views of the surrounding Tokyo!

Meet at the Odayuu Line’s Yomiuri Land Mae Station at 12:37PM.  Take the

Odakyu express train from Shinjuku Station at 12:11 (going towards KataseEnoshima) to Noborito, arriving at 12:27. Change to the 12:29 Odakyu local line and get off at YomiuriLandMae at 12:35.

This hiking course passes by several temples and shrines, a nice wooded area, a Japanese garden, a “Fruits Park” and a lot of greenery.  It’s a fairly easy 3.5 hour hike ending up at  Keio-tamagawa Station on the Keio Sagamihara Line.

Bring your own beverages and lunch box and backpack.

Please wear comfortable hiking shoes/boots.

(1000 yen Participation Fee) (Not Difficult) (Cancelled in case of rain)

Meet at the ticket gate of MusashiItsukaichi Station (the last stop of the Itsukaichi Line) at 10:50AM.

From Shinjuku, take the Chuo Line (Express going towards Takao) at 9:37, arriving at Tachikawa Station at 10:11AM.   Change to the Oume Line, leaving Tachikawa at 10:17.  This train arrives at Haijima at 10:28.  Get off there and change to the 10:32 (JR Itsukaichi Line)  train and take this to MusashiItsukaichi (the last stop), arriving  at 10:49AM.

David will get on the front of the Oume Line train at Haijima at 10:32AM.

Course: MusashiItsukaichi Station – Mt. Konpira – HoshiTake Line – Akikawa River (we will swim and play along the river as we walk back to the station (along road and river) – MusashiItsukaichi Station

Walking Time: about 4 hours

Bring your swimsuit if you want to swim!