Reservations Requested by noon on June 24 to Miki at nawatobi1335@gmail.com
7:00 – 9:00PM at JAMBO School
Venue: JAMBO School – 東京都江東区富岡 1-26-13-203 (Shimada Bld. Room 203)
(a 3 minute walk from Tozai Line MonzenNakaCho Station exit 2)
1000 yen – Food and drink provided by JAMBO
Come and welcome JAMBO’s intern, Kijin Higashibaba, coming in from Ohio (USA) for 2-3 months. Kijin is keen on meeting people, learning Japanese, and helping to improve JAMBO’s appeal. Should be a great time!
(1000 yen Participation Fee + 600 yen for Ajisai Park)
(Bring your own beverages and lunch box)
Meet at the ticket gate of Akigawa Station (on the Itsukaichi Line) at 9:58AM.
From Shinjuku, take the Chuo Line (Special Express going towards Takao) at 8:54, arriving at Kokubunji Station at 9:14AM. Change to the 9:16 JR Chuo Line train (going towards Oume), and take it to Haijima (arriving at 9:36). Change in Haijima to the JR Itsukaichi Line, leaving Haijima at 9:46 and arriving at Akigawa Station at 9:55.
David will get on the front of the Itsukaichi Line train at Haijima at 9:46AM.
Course: Akigawa Station – SummerLand Family Park’s Hydrangea Park – Akigawa Hill Course – Mt. Benten – MusashiItsukaichi Station
We’ll look for swimming places along the river so, if you want to swim, please bring your swimsuit.
Walking Time: about 4 hours
あじさい園：http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/amuse/event/335377/
with Friends of the Earth
(Cutting down bamboo grass and picking plums)
10:00 – 15:30
(Participation Fee – 500 yen) (Canceled in case of rain)
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by June 9.
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
FREE (Canceled in case of rain)
(Bring food and drinks to share, and and sporty things (football, frisbee, whatever))
This is a farewell party for long time JAMBO supporter and Greenheart Director Pat Utley, who will be leaving Japan to live on a yacht sailing the seas. Let’s send him off with a BANG!
Meeting Place and Time: Exit 3 of Kiba Station (on the Tozai Line) at 5:00PM – We will stop at a convenient store on the way to the park to buy food/drinks.
For those coming to the park later, please contact David at 080-6546-7688.
We will meet at the Odakyu Line West Exit at Odawara at 10:50 AM.
9:11 Depart Shinjuku on the Odakyu Line (Express going towards Odawara) and get off at Odawara (arriving at 10:47).
If you’d like to go from Shinjuku, get on the front of the 9:11 Odakyu Line train at Shinjuku Station. David will get on the first car at the next station (Yoyogi Uehara).
Course: Odawara Station (West Exit) – History and Culture Walking Course – Odawara Castle Hydrongea and Iris Festival – Sakawa Beach (Garbage clean-up and fun) – Odawara Station
You can see the History and Culture Walking Course (in Japanese) at http://www.city.odawara.kanagawa.jp/kanko/walking/rekishi.html
The Odawara Castle Hydrongea and Iris Festival site is
http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/amuse/event/596001/
The walking time will be about 4 hours.
After the hike, from 2:30 – 4:30PM, we will do a garbage clean-up on the beach and have some beach fun. Sakawa Beach is infamous for having a lot of garbage, so we’ll have a lot to pick up.
Please bring your lunch, drinks and work gloves.
Time/Place: 6:30-9:00pm at Ebisu 7 (Map is at http://www.kokusaika.org/english/ebisu.html)
For JAMBO members, the cost is Y3,000 for men and 2,000 for women w/reservation (less 500 yen for foreigners, or plus 500 yen if you go directly without making a reservation). Large international party with bottled beer, wine, cocktails, soft drinks (all you can drink) and food buffet.
Reservations can be made with David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp or phone (03-6599-8112) by May 27.
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 the Hibiya Line’s Ebisu Station (Exit # 1) at 6:22PM on the 16th.
Please wear appropriate shoes (tennis shoes, hiking boots), bring a lunch to eat on the mountain, and plenty of liquids.
We will have a 4.5 hour hike that takes us up 2 low mountains and around a big lake (Tsuburada Lake).
Course: Yorii Station – Mt. Kinsho – Taisho Pond – Mt. Kanetsukido – Tsuburada Lake – Mt. Rakan – Yorii Station
From Ikebukuro, take the Tobu Tojo (Express) Line’s 9:30AM train and get off at Ogawamachi Station, arriving at 10:38AM. Change here to the local train going the same direction towards Yorii, getting on the 10:42 train which arrives at Yorii Station at 10:57AM. Make sure to get on this train as we cannot wait for the next one.
People going from Ikebukuro Station can meet at the front car of the Tobu Tojo Line train at 9:30, or meet at Yorii’s ticket gate at 11:00.
Learn how to make and cook fresh homemade corn tortilla tacos and easy-to-cook Mexican 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♪
☆Date and time:
16:30-21:30 on May 21th (Saturday)
＊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:
Tacos (fresh corn tortilla)/ Chicken Enchilada/ Chili Con Carne/ Ceviche (Seafood Marinade)/ Flan (Mexican Pudding)
＊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 tequila, Corona beer or wine!
☆Applications and any inquiries may be made to Momoka at prinzenallee27@gmail.com
by May 18th (Wednesday). For reservations, please include your 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 May 18th. Those who cancel after that will be asked to pay (unless someone else takes your place) due to the preparation of food.
Please bring your lunch and drink! (There are no stores near the station)
Meet at the ticket gate of Surugaoyama Station on the Gotemba Line at 11:05AM.
>From Shinjuku, take the 9:01 express Odakyuu Line train (going towards Odawara) to Shin-Matsuda (arriving at 10:24AM). Walk to Matsuda Station (which has the JR Gotemba Line) and get on the 10:43 train. This train arrives at Surugaoyama at 11:04 AM.
(DEFINITELY get on this train because we can’t wait for the next one since they are infrequent.)
If you’d like to go from Shinjuku, get on the front of the 9:01 Odakyu Line express train at Shinjuku Station. David will get on the first car at the next station (Yoyogi Uehara).
We will hike from the station to the Yuujo Waterfall, then to the Ashigara Pass, and return to Ashigara Station (on the Gotemba Line). The hiking time itself is about 4 hours.
Meeting Place and Time: Kumanomae (Toneri Liner, one stop from Nishi Nippori) Ticket Gate at 13:00.
The program is ¥1000 and includes explanations of plants along the way in English. Everyone is requested to use English only for the first hour. After that, people may speak in their preferred language, but David will use only English during the walk for the first 2 hours. David will teach some English jokes in the first park.
COURSE:
13:00 – 13:30 – Walk to Ogunohara Park (and stop at a Convenience Store to buy food/drink (English Only Please)
13:30 – 14:00 – Short English Jokes Fun
14:00 – 15:00 – Walk to Arakawa Nature Park
15:00 -15:30 – Enjoy the park
16:00 – Enjoy the Rose Festival near Machiya Station
16:30 – Finished
If you can’t find us, please call David at 080-6546-7688.
