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

On the way, we will stop at a supermarket to shop for lunch stuff, and have a picnic lunch in the park.

Those who want to rent bicycles will meet at the Mitaka Station South Exit Park (at the bottom of the stairs of the South Exit) at 9:30.   David and ride staffs will be waiting there and take you to the bicycle rental shop (300 yen for the day for 1 bicycle). Please DO NOT BE LATE since bicycles are limited. Reservations must be made with David by May 18.

If you have your own bicycles, please meet at the Mitaka Station South Exit Park at 10:00.  After the explanation of the course, we will take off at 10:30AM.

Please bring food and drink (or you can buy it at the supermarket), a ground sheet, any “toys” (frisbees, balls, etc.)

We recommend wearing helmuts for those coming by bicycle.

Leader: Hiro Inoue

Ride Staff: Kono, Ootsuki, Nakamura

Support Staff:  Earth Day Ride Team (http://www.earthdayride.org)

(Reservation Needed) (Participation Fee ¥2500)

Learn how to cook Sri Lanka rice and curry!

Join us, if you like cooking – and it’s OK only to eat as well (if you don’t care to cook).

Let’s enjoy cooking together and have a wonderful time with good homemade dishes♪

☆Time:

18:00-21:30

＊Please come to the cooking room between 17:50 and 18:00 if you want to learn how to make all of the dishes. You may come late (but may miss out on learning how to make some of them).

☆Location:

The cooking room

Kyurian 4F in Shinagawa ward :

http://www.shinagawa-culture.or.jp/hp/page000000300/hpg000000268.htm

＊It takes 1 minute from Oimachi station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line / Rinkai Line / Tokyu Oimachi Line.

☆Menu:

Chicken Curry / Dahl Curry / Papadam / Yellow Rice / Potato Badum / Tapioca Pudding / Cinnamon Milk Tea

＊You can get easy-to-cook recipes for them ♪

☆Fee:

2500yen (collected on that day)

☆What to bring:

Apron/ Hand towel/ Your own drinks

☆Applications and any inquiries may be made to

ichi_mariko at yahoo.co.jp

Please replace at with @.

by May 17th (Wednesday). For reservations, please include your FULL name and the number of people with you.

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

＊Please be sure to let Mariko know if you have a serious food allergy.

☆You may cancel without penalty until May 17th. Those who cancel after that will be asked to pay (unless someone else takes your place) due to the preparation of food.

＊Donations will be given to Lamamithuru no Kai.

http://lamamithuru.web.fc2.com

Leader: Ichikawa Mariko

With Friends of the Earth

(Cutting down bamboo grass, picking up branches, digging for bamboo Shoots(?))

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

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by May 11.

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: 10 people

6:30-9:30pm in Kamiyacho

Information: http://www.kokusaika.org/english/Mulligans.html

Place: Mulligan’s Irish Pub

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 dinner included!

Reservations can be made with David by e-mail by May 12.

Half of your admission fee will be donated to Plant with Purpose.   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 6:30PM on the 13th.

Time and Place: 19:00 – 21:00 at Jambo School (Map)

Call David at 080-6546-7688 if you can’t find it

Program: 19:00 – 20:00 – Shiatsu with LVC Member Kayoko Chikugo. There will be a shiatsu demonstration from the neck, shoulders, and down the back to the waist. After the demonstration, people will do it in groups of two on chairs.

English and Japanese will be used.

Please bring 2 towels

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

Reservation requested! (Free) by May 10 to jambodave@green.email.ne.jp

LIMIT: 10 People (first to reserve get in)

Part 1 – Natural Treasures Course

Metting Place/Time: MusashiItsukaichi Station ticket gate at 8:50AM

Take the 7:44 Special Holiday Express (Akigawa 3) going towards MusashiItsukaichi (BE SURE TO GET ON THE RIGHT SECTION, since part of the train goes to Okutama) from Shinjuku (Platform 11). This arrives at MusashiItsukaichi at 8:48

David will get on the front car of this train at Nakano Station for those who want to ride together.

Course: MusashiItsukaichi Station – Sajikami Shrine Weeping Acacia (Natural Treasure)ー 　Saifukuji Temple –  Ookuno Fuji Wisteria (Natural Treasure) – MusashiItsukaichi Station 2.5 Hours

Please take a look at the following websites (in Japanese):

Ookuno Fuji Wisteria (Natural Treasure) –  http://city.tachikawaonline.jp/view.php?area=28&id=846&mode=details

Saifukuji Temple

http://www.town.hinode.tokyo.jp/cmsfiles/contents/0000000/436/(4)saihukuji.pdf

Sajikami Shrine Weeping Acacia (Natural Treasure)

http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/ginga-16/page046.html

Part 2 – Mountain and River Hike

Meet at the ticket gate of Higashi-akiru Station (on the JRItsukaichi Line) at 11:45AM.

From Shinjuku, take the Chuo Line (Express going towards Oume) at 10:37 , arriving at Oume Station at 11:24AM.  Change to the 11:32 JR Itsukaichi Line train. It arrives at Higashi-akiru Station at 11:37.

The early group’s train will arrive there (from the opposite direction) at 11:44.

Course:　Higashi-akiru Station – Mt. Daichou Hiking Course – Tamagawa River – Fussa Station

Walking Time: about 4 hours

2 Flower Hot Spots & Mt. Oogusu Hiking!

(￥1000 Participation Fee + 310 yen for Shoubuen Entrance Fee)

(Bring your own food and drink for the hike)

We will meet at the ticket gate of Kinugasa Station at 9:55AM.　From Shinbashi, take the 8:39 JR Yokosuka Line train (going towards Kurihama). This arrives at Kinugasa Station at 9:54.

If you want to ride with David and others, please get on the front car of the 8:39 Yokosuka Line train at Shinbashi or any station thereafter.

Hiking Course: Kinugasa Station – Shoubuen (Wisteria Festival) – Mt. Oogusu – Shounan International Village (Azaleas) – Koyasu no Sato Park  – Akiya TateIshi Coastline – Zushi Station (by bus or on foot)

The hike itself is about 5 hours.

Please take a look at these websites (in Japanese):

http://www.azami.sakura.ne.jp/miurahantou/miti/oogusu-abekura.htm　(Part of the hiking course)

https://www.cocoyoko.net/event/fujimaturi.html　（Wisteria Festival）

http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/life/event/424578/　（Azalea Hotspot）

https://www.cocoyoko.net/spot/akiya-beach.html　（Akiya Coast）

(1000 Yen Participation Fee + 200 Yen  Entrance Fee for the Azalea Festival)

Please bring your own food and drink.

We will meet at the ticket gate of Ogose at 10:15AM. From Ikebukuro, take the Tobu Tojo Line’s Express Train at 9:10 and change at Sakado (arriving here at 9:54) to the Tobu Ogose Line. Take the 9:56AM Tobu Ogose Line train to Ogose Station.  It arrives there at 10:14AM.

If you’d like to go together from Ikebukuro, get on the front of the 9:10 Tobu Tojo Line train from there.

COURSE: Ogose Station – Ogose YuPark – Satoyama Observation Point – Mt. Ootakatori – Ogose Nature Centre (Optional) – Godaison Azalea Park Festival – Ogose Station

Godaison Azalea Park has about 10,000 Azalea plants. BEAUTIFUL!!!Please take a look: http://www.town.ogose.saitama.jp/kankonavi/matsuri/1450770458520.html

Please feel free to take a look at the course at these links (in Japanese):

http://www.town.ogose.saitama.jp/kankonavi/matsuri/1450770458520.html

(Course (in part)) http://www.tobu.co.jp/playing/hiking/sotochichibu/otakatori/

The walking time itself is about 4 hours. Should be a lot of fun! The train fare is 720 Yen one-way from Ikebukuro.

Meeting Place and Time: The ticket gate of Funabori Station (Toei Shinjuku Line) at 9:30AM

SCHEDULE

9:30AM – Meet at Funabori Station (Toei Shinjuku Line) ticket gate

10:00 – 12:30 – Do a Garbage Clean-up on the Arakawa River (about a 30 minute walk from the station)(Please bring work gloves if you have them)

12:30 – 13:30 – Walk to the picnic place

13:30 – 14:30 – Picnic in Oojima Komatsugawa Park

Please bring food and drinks!

Do something good for the environment and join the garbage pick-up.

For those joining along the way, please contact David at 080-6546-7688.

Meeting Place and Time: Shinkawasaki (JR Shounan Shinjuku Line and JR Yokosuka Line) ticket gate at 11:05 AM

Course (about 3 hours walking time): Shinkawasaki Station – YumemigaSaki Animal Park – Mitsuike Park – Saiwai Furusato Park – Soutoku Temple  – Tsurumi Sta. – American Style Home Party (Bring food and drink, which can be bought at the end of the walk)