Cherry Blossom Hiking in Chichibu!

 

(¥1000 Participation Fee) (Canceled in case of rain) (Beginner Course)

(Bring your own beverages and lunch box)

We will meet at the Chichibu Railway’s BushuuNakagawa Station’s ticket gate at  10:10AM or on the front car of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line at Ikebukuro Station at 8:05AM. Take the 8:05AM Seibu Ikebukuro Line express train (going towards MitsumineGuchi) at Ikebukuro Station.  This arrives at BushuuNakagawa Station at 10:07.   Be sure to arrive by this time since we will be unable to wait for the next train.

Actual walking time is about 4.5 hours.

Course: BushuuNakagawa Station – Seiunji Temple (Weeping Cherry Tree) – Gokoku Goddess of Mercy Statue – Choja Mansion Remains – Hitsujiyama Park (Ground Pink Blossom Viewing) – Chichibu Station

Meet on the front of the 8:05 train at Ikebukuro if you want to go from there.

https://navi.city.chichibu.lg.jp/p_flower/2138/  - Hitsujiyama Park Cherry Trees

http://www.chichibu-enavi.jp/spc/seiunji/  – Seiunji Temple Weeping Cherry Trees

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Joint LVC-JAMBO Cooking Class (RESERVATION NECESSARY)

(Monjayaki & Okonomiyaki)

19:00 – 21:00

Preparation and cooking will begin at 19:00. Today’s leader will be Kanako Suzuki (in English and Japanese)

Venue: JAMBO School – Tomioka 1-26-13-203 Koto-Ward Tokyo (Shimada

Bld. Room 203) (a 3 minute walk from MonzenNakaCho Station Exit 2)

Fee: 1000 yen (for food ingredients) & bring whatever drinks you want (tea, beer, whatever)

Enjoy fun discussion while cooking and eating the food you made.

LIMIT: 10 people

Reservation needed! (by April 5) to  jambodave@green.email.ne.jp) – PLEASE NO CANCELATIONS on the day of the event since all of the ingredients will have been bought.

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CHERRY BLOSSOM VIEWING WEDDING PARTY in CHIDORIGAFUCHI

A wedding party for David and Miki and cherry blossom viewing event in Chidorigafuchi, near the place where they first met exactly 12 years ago will be held. We’d love for you to share a wonderful time with us then, so please join if you can. This will be a a potluck, so please bring food and drink. There are a couple of convenience stores near Kudanshita Station where you can buy things (but they may be very crowded).

Place: Kita no Maru Park (Take a look at the maps)

Time: 15:00 – 17:30

In case of rain, we will send out an announcement on cancelation (we will set another date) on the Jambo Website (and twitter) the day before or by 9 am on the morning of 4/1.

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Please understand that cell phone emails will not be taken on that day (due to the expected large number of people). Also, while phone calls will be taken only after 2:45 pm (other people will be asked to take David’s and Miki’s phones to deal with calls), we ask that you use the map below and try to find the place on your own if possible.

Since the cherry blossom viewing areas may be extremely crowded, (1) as the first option and (2) as the second (within the same area) have been marked, so please search out those areas for our noisy, fun-loving group.

We’re looking forward to sharing a great time with everyone!!!

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Tokyo City Cherry Blossom Walk

 (1 hour English)

Meeting Place and Time: Myougatani Station (on the Marunouchi Line) ticket gate at 13:00

The program is FREE and everyone is requested to use English only for the first hour.

Course: Myougatani Station – Harima Slope (Cherry tree tunnel and festival) – Koishikawa Botanical Park – Rikugien (Famous Weeping Cherry) – Komagome Station

This event is expected to finish around 16:00.

Cherry tree tunnel and festival – https://www.gotokyo.org/jp/kanko/bunkyo/event/p_bunkyosakura.html

Rikugien – http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/amuse/event/543220/

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Okutama Hiking!

 

Please bring your own food and drink.

Meet at the ticket gate of Kori Station (on the Oume Line) at 10:45 AM.

Take the Chuo Line train (going towards Oume, platform 12) at 9:08 from Shinjuku, arriving at Oume Station at 10:07. Change to the 10:13 Oume line train (going towards Okutama).  This arrives at Kori Station at 10:43.

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

Course: Kori Station – Mt. Ootsuka – Mt. Mitake and Mitake Shrine –  Mitake Station

Walking Time: about 4.5 hours

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Int’l Friendship Party

From 7:00 -9:30pm in Roppongi

Place: Bar Quest (Roppongi) (No. 2 Rene Bldg. 3F, 5-3-1 Roppongi Minato-ku, Tokyo)

For JAMBO members, the cost is 2,000 yen  for men and 1500 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  1 drink  & buffet included!

Reservations can be made with David by e-mail by March 23.

Half of your admission fee will be donated to ASHOKA. 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  Roppongi Station’s Hibiya Line at 6:55PM on the 24th.

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SOUTH TAKAO RIDGE Hike

 

MEETING TIME AND PLACE:  10:15 a.m. in front of the ticket gate of Takao-san-guchi Station of the Keio Line.

TRANSPORTATION:  If you’re coming from Shinjuku, take the Keio Line (express going towards Keio Hachioji) departing from Keio Shinjuku Station at 9:20 a.m. and arriving at Kitano at 9:55. Change at Kitano to the Keio line train going towards Takaosanguchi, leaving at 9:58 and arriving Takao-san-guchi Station at 10:12.

WALKING TIME:  About five hours

Course:  TakaoSanGuchi Station – Mt. Nakazawa – South Takao Ridge – Nishiyama Pass (Lake views) – TakaoSanGuchi

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1) Nepal Night and 2) Edogawa River Clean Up, Picnic & Spa/Swimming

1) Place: Yujin Restaurant (Nihonbashi Kobunecho 12-9 Phone: 03-3639-9722)

https://s.tabelog.com/tokyo/A1302/A130204/13215898/dtlmap/

Time: 18:00 – 21:00

17:45 Registration start

18:00 Short speech from the owner

18:100-1830 – Nepal,Indian  Curry Cooking  Lesson for the Nepali owner’s recipe

18:30 – 21:00 – All you can eat and drink (20:30 drink last order)

52 kinds of alcohol including cocktails  and 9 kinds of soft drinks (including lassi)

Food: tandori chicken, spinach curry, chicken spinach curry, special curry of the day, Nepalese dumplings, vegetable salad, fried noodles, nan, rice

Fee: Men 3500, Women 3000

A portion of the fee goes to the Jambo charity of the month

Eriko and David will wait 17:30 outside exit number 3 of Hibiya Line’s Kodenmacho Station

☆Applications and any inquiries may be made to

Eriko  090-1110-5855 or worldfriendship@docomo.ne.jp

by March 14th (Wednesday). For reservations, please include your FULL name and the number of people with you.

*LIMIT: 36 people (first come, first served)

☆You may cancel without penalty until March 15th. Those who cancel after that will be asked to pay (unless someone else takes your place) due to the preparation of food.

Leader: Tsujino Eriko

Looking forward to hearing from you

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Details

• What we’ll do
Part 1 River Clean Up
We will gather at Myoden Station just outside of the ticket gate exit from 12:00noon, and from about 12:10 or 12:15 we will walk about 8-10 minutes to the Edogawa River and from about 12:30pm begin picking up trash along the banks as we walk toward the mouth of the river where empties into Tokyo Bay. From about 3:30pm 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 a 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 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 6-7 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.

As for returning to train stations, Ichikawa Shiohama (Keiyo Line) will be about a 25-minute walk from the picnic site while Myoden Station (Tozai Line) will be about a 20-minute walk from the picnic site. As was the case in the past, I may be able to drive some people back to the station.

• What to bring
Suitable clothing for the weather/temperature, hat, work gloves if you have them, rubber boots for wet/muddy areas or people in hiking/running shoes can walk on drier bank areas. We will supply the trash bags.

• Important to know
Please have an early lunch from 11:00 or 11:30a.m. before gathering to coincide with the early dinner picnic. We’ll spend about 2 to 2.5 hours on the clean up and then 1.5 to 2 hours on the picnic site.

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OKUTAMA HIKING and Plum Blossoms!

 

Friday Weekday Hike

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

The hike is not so difficult and is about a 3 hour walk.  We meet at Futamatao Station at  10:25AM. From Shinjuku Station, take the 9:02 Express train going towards Toyoda.  This arrives at Tachikawa Station at 9:40.  Get off and go to the Oume line, taking the 9:44 train going towards Oume. Take this to Oume, arriving at 10:14, and go across the platform and take the 10:15 train towards Okutama.  This train arrives at Futamatao Station at 10:24.  Be sure to arrive by this time since we will be unable to wait for the next train.

From here, we hike up to Atago Shrine – Mt. Atago ‘584 meters) – Mt. Mimuro (647 meters) – Yoshino Plum Park – and then go down to Hinatawada Station.

Please look at the link (for the Yoshino Plum Festival (in Japanese):

https://www.city.ome.tokyo.jp/shoko/documents/0126.pdf

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

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Environmental Restoration Project

With Friends of the Earth

(Planting mushroom spores, chopping wood, etc)

10:00 – 15:30

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

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by March 8.

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

LIMIT: 15 people

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