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

2)

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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Learn about Disaster Rehabilitation and Conflicts in Palestine with Sri Lanka’s Best Biscuits

 

(Reservation Needed) (Participation Fee ¥500)

An occupational therapist who has worked in Pakistan, Myanmar and Iran will talk about disaster rehabilitation.

☆Speaker: Miho W. Yoshida

☆Time:

17:00-18:00 Talk followed by a Q & A period

18:00-18:30 Informal get-together

Please enjoy Sri Lankan tea and biscuits.

☆Location:

Jambo English School

http://www.jamboschool.jp/en/

*A 3 minute walk from Monzennakacho Station Exit 2

☆Fee: 500yen (collected on that day)

☆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)

☆The donation will be given to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ion the Near East.

https://www.unrwa.org/ja/shareyourwarmth2015

Leader: Ichikawa Mariko

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and How to use AED

 

Presenter: One from Fukagawa  Firefighting Station and two from LVC

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

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

080-6546-7688

19:00 – 20:00  Presentation by firefighters and  LVC and all participants try it out

20:00 – 21:00 – Informal get-together (Please bring snacks and drinks to

enjoy during this time)

Reservation needed! (Free)(by March 8 to  jambodave@green.email.ne.jp)

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荒川のクリーンアップ

 

• What we’ll do

Part 1 River Clean Up

We will gather at Minami Sunamachi Station (Exit A3) at 12:00noon. At about 12:10 we will walk about 10-12 minutes to the Arakawa River, and from about 12:30 we will begin picking up trash along the river bank heading in the direction of Tokyo Bay. Then, we will return to the bridge area for a picnic and a some play, e.g., frisbee, tossing some balls, etc.

Part 2 Picnic

From about 3:30 we will set up our picnic area and from about 4:00pm have an early dinner picnic next to the river while the sun is still out. All food and drinks will be provided for the picnic. Admission Y1,000 to cover the cost of food and drinks ( or Y1,500 for people drinking beer, wine or chuhai). We should finish up between 5:00pm and 5:30pm.

• What to bring

Gloves and appropriate shoes and clothing for the weather, generally older clothing that you don’t mind getting a little dirty.

• Important to know

Please have an early lunch at 11:00am. or 11:30a.m. before the meeting time, and then you should be ready for the early dinner picnic from 4:00pm while the sun is still up. Let’s have fun enjoying our local nature while making it better at the same time. If you have any questions please message me and if there is any problem finding us on the day of the event call my cell phone 090*1847*5075. In the case of any significant rain this event will be cancelled. If any doubt, check this page on the morning of the event.

Organizer: James Gibbs 090-1847-5075

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Gotemba Line Plum Blossom Hiking!

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

Meet at the ticket gate of Kouzu Station on the Tokaido Line at 10:20AM.

From Shinbashi Station, take the 9:12 Tokaido Line Rapid train (going towards Atami) to Kouzu Station, arriving at 10:18.

Course: JR Tokaido Line Kouzu Station – Gokoku Pass Agricultural Path – Soga Plum Blossom Park – JR Gotemba Line Shimo Soga Station

Please take a look at this HP to see the course:

http://www.city.odawara.kanagawa.jp/global-image/units/28155/1-20121128172653.pdf

From Soga Plum Park, there should be good views of Mt. Fuji if the weather permits and the plum trees (35,000 of them) should be near their peak.

The hiking time itself is about 4 hours.

Please bring your lunch and drink.

Please don’t forget to have your rucksack and exercise or treking shoes!

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Make Your Own Aromatherapy Oils & Experience Hand Massage

(Reservation Needed) (Participation Fee ¥2000)

Make your own aromatherapy massage oils and experience a hand massage.

A teacher will demonstrate tea ceremony. Experience the culture of tea. It is not necessary to take a seiza position. A talk on dementia will be given as well.

☆Time:

14:00-17:00

☆Location:

Pottery Studio Hana

http://aquarina.net/corabo-hana.html

*It takes 7 minutes from Omori station North Exit on the Keihin-Tohoku Line.

☆Fee: 2000yen (collected on that day)

☆What to bring:

A face towel

☆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)

☆The donation will be given to Parcic – an organisation to distribute kerosine to Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

https://www.parcic.org/report/syrian-refugees/syrian_refugees_lebanon/12928/ <https://www.parcic.org/report/syrian-refugees/syrian_refugees_lebanon/12928/>

Leader: Ichikawa Mariko

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Tokyo Area Plum & Green Course Walk

(Easy)(Participation Fee 1000 yen + 200 yen Park Entrance Fee) (We go even if it rains)

Course:  HigashiFuchuu Station – SengenYama Municipal Park – Fuchuu Forest Park – Tama River Green Area – Kyodo Forest (Plum Festival & Allspice)  – Fuchu Honmachi Station

Walking Time: About 5 Hours (10KM) – Half city walking and half in parks and green areas

From Shinjuku, take the  Keio Line (Special Express) train at 9:40AM  and get off at Chofu Station, arriving at 9:54AM.  Change to the local train (going towards Takaosanguchi) leaving at 10:00.  This arrives at HigashiFuchuu Station at 10:08.  We’ll meet at the ticket gate there at 10:10AM.

http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/museum/event/774653/ Allspice

http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/index057.html SengenYama Park

http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/index048.html Fuchuu Forest Park

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Environmental Project Volunteering at Tama Zoo

Cutting down bamboo grass,

(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 February 8 (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.

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