(Bring your own beverages and lunch box)

Meet at the JR Ohme Line’s Okutama Station’s Ticket Gate at 9:55AM.  From Shinjuku, take the Chuo Line Holiday Special Express going towards Okutama at 8:19. This goes all the way to Okutama Station, arriving at 9:54AM (but be sure to get on the right part of the train which goes to Okutama, and beware that the platform may not be the regular Chuo Line Platform at Shinjuku (probably leaves from platform #7).  Be sure to arrive on this train as we will be unable to wait for the next one.

David will get on the front car of this train at Haijima (at 9:04).

The hike will be Okutama Station – Anjizawa – Mt. Honita – Mt. Kobutaka –  Oneyama Shrine – Hatonosu Station

The hiking time is about 5 hours.

Please don’t forget to have your rucksack and exercise or tracking shoes to avoid  injury.

Wearing sandals is not permitted.

Topic: The Era of President Trump

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  The Era of President Trump (David’s talk in English – Questions are welcome)

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

Reservation needed! (Free)(by February 2 to jambodave@green.email.ne.jp)

LIMIT: 10 People

Learn how to cook Pho and easy-to-cook Vietnamese dishes!

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:

16:30-21:30

＊Please come to the cooking room between 16:15 and 16:30 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

Takaido-chiiki community center 3F in Suginami ward :

http://sdh-takaido.sakura.ne.jp/overview.html

＊It takes 3 minutes from the Inokashira line’s Takaido station.

Don’t get on the Inokashira line express train, because it doesn’t stop at Takaido station.

☆Menu:

Pho Bo (Beef and rice-noodle soup)/ Fresh spring rolls/ Steamed chicken with coriander sauce/ Ché with mango topping (Vietnamese dessert)/ Lotus tea or Vietnamese coffee

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

☆Fee:

2500yen (collected on that day)

☆What to bring:

Apron/ Hand towel/ Your own drinks

＊Though the place is a community center, alcohol is allowed, so you are welcome to bring beer and wine!

☆Applications and any inquiries may be made to Momoka at prinzenallee27@gmail.com by January 25th (Wednesday). For reservations, please include your FULL name and the number of people with you.

＊LIMIT: 30 people (first come, first served)

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

• You may cancel without penalty until January 25th. Those who cancel after that will be asked to pay (unless someone else takes your place) due to the preparation of food.

Fee: 1000 yen participation fee + 600 yen Nokogiri Entrance Fee

From Chiba Station, take the Uchibo Line at 9:04AM. This arrives at Hamakanaya Station at 10:29. Definitely make this train as the trains are very infrequent! The transport fee is 1150 yen one way from Chiba to Hamakanaya.

If you want to ride with others, get on the front car of the train at Chiba Station. David will get on that train at Soga at 9:13.

Meeting place/time: Hamakanaya Station Ticket Gate 10:30AM

Walking time: About 5 hours Course: Hamakanaya Station – Mountain Peak (Temple’s Gate) – Lookout point, Sengen Shrine – Hyakushaku Kannon – Jigoku Nozoki (Peeping into hell)- Stone Buddha – Daffodil Fields – JR Hota Station

Features: A wonderful view of Tokyo Bay from the top; 1500 Rakans; the Giant Buddha Stone Statue, “Peeping into Hell”

Near Hota Station, we will walk through the daffodil fields and enjoy their heavenly scent – a wonderful experience!

(￥1500 Participation Fee) (in English)

The donation will be given to Riasunomori – an organization in Ishinomaki which works for community development.

http://www.riasnomori.jp

The program is ¥1500 (children ¥500) and everyone is requested to speak English. David will speak only English during the event.

Time/Place: 17:30 – 18:30 in a tea ceremony room, near Omori Station

We will serve tea and sweets.

Experience the culture of tea.

A teacher will demonstrate tea ceremony.

It is not necessary to take a seiza position.

Space limited, apply soon.

We’ll let you know the details later.

Registration EM: ichi_mariko@yahoo.co.jp
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If you can’t find us, please call David at 080-6546-7688.

<<About the cancellation fee>> You may cancel without penalty until January 14th(Sat). Those who cancel after that will be asked to pay (unless someone else takes your place) due to the preparation of food and drink.

With Friends of the Earth

(Cutting down old trees, collecting wood, chopping wood)

(Participation Fee – 500 yen)

10:00 – 15:30

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by January 12.

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

From 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 included!

Reservations can be made with David by e-mail by January 13.

Half of your admission fee will be donated to Abalimi Bezekhaya .   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 14th.

We will have a 5-6 hour hike on this course with nice views and beautiful forests. There’s also a place where we scale a rock wall with a gentle incline (not dangerous) using a chain.

Course:  Shomaru Station – Shoumaru Pass – Izu Peak – Agano Station

From Ikebukuro, take the Seibu Ikebukuro (Express) Line’s 8:05AM train (going towards MitsumineGuchi) and get off at Shomaru Station, arriving at 9:27AM. Make sure to get on this train as we cannot wait for the next one.  We’ll meet at the ticket gate there at 9:30AM.

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

Please bring Food and Drinks to share

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

18:00-19:00   Self-introductions

Language Volunteer Co-Talk (LVC) Introduction and Programs

Explanation of JAMBO Leaders Program and Event Organizing Ideas

JAMBO OPEN HOUSE – 7:00-9:00PM at Jambo School

While eating, drinking, and talking, feel free to take whatever you like among the many things I’m giving away (Books, CDs, decorations, toys, etc.) Please bring drinks. This event is FREE!!! You are welcome to bring any things which you wish to give away. However, it is requested that you take them back home with you if nobody takes them.

Meet at the ticket gate of Shin Matsuda Station on the Odakyuu Line at 9:30AM.

From Shinjuku, take the 8:01 express Odakyuu Line train (towards Odawara) and get off at ShinMatsuda (arriving at 9:25). We’ll meet at the ticket gate there at 9:30AM (DEFINITELY get on this train because we can’t wait for the next one since we take a 9:40 bus)

Those riding from Shinjuku can meet on the front car of the 8:24 train. David will get on the first car of this train at the YoyogiUehara station at 8:06.

*COURSE:: ShinMatsuda Station – Yadorigi Bus Stop (by bus – 520 yen – 30 minutes) – Kuri no Ki Doh (908 meters) – Mizuhi Great Falls – Black Dragon’s Falls – YonJuuHatchiSe Gawa River – Shibusawa Station – TokaiDaigakumae Station (by train) – Sazanka Hot Springs (near TokaiDaigakumae Station)

The hiking time itself is about 5.5 hours.

Please bring your lunch and drink.

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

For you lazy people who just want to enjoy a hot springs and a New Year’s Party, we will meet at the Super Hot Springs (a 5 minute walk from the Odakyuu Line’s TodaiDaigakuMae Station) at around 17:30 to do just this. The hot springs is 750 yen and their HP (in Japanese) and phone phone number are as follows: (http://www.onsen-sazanka.com/　- 750 yen – 0463-78-0026)