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 April 7.

Half of your admission fee will be donated to Arakawa Clean Aid.   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 8th.

Venue:Jambo School (Map)

Time: 7:00-9:00PM

We would like to get ideas from people on how to set up a program offering Japanese lessons to foreigners and Language exchange opportunities. Many foreigners in the JAMBO network want to learn Japanese (maily one-to-one or with Skype). LVC (Language Volunteer Koto-ku) and Jambo would like to develop a joint program to fulfill this need. Anyone interested (in learning or teaching) is welcome to join.

7:00-8:00 – Brainstorming Session

8:00-9:00 Informal get-together (Please bring snacks and drinks to enjoy during this time.)

Reservation requested! (Free) by April 6 to jambodave@green.email.ne.jp

(OK for beginners, Participation Fee: 1000 yen (for one part, or for both), Canceled in case of rain)

1) Zenpukuji River  Walk

We will meet at the ticket gate of Nishi Eifuku Station (Keio Inokashira line) at 8:58AM.

Course: NishiEifuku Station (Keio Inokashira Line) – Ryukoji Temple – Wada Bori Park – Zenpukuji Green Park  – Hamadayama Station (Keio Inokashira Line)

This course has a lot of cherry trees!

Walking Time: About 2.5 hours

2) Kanda River “Full of Cherry Blossoms” Walk

Meet at Hamadayama Station’s (on the Keio Inokashira  Line) ticket gate at 11:30AM

Course (3 hours walking – 7KM): Hamadayama Station – Walk along the Kanda River (full of Cherry Trees) – Inokashira Park

We will have a Cherry blossom viewing party in the park after the walk.

Feel free to join one, two, or all three programs

1) River Garbage Pick-up

Meeting Place and Time: The ticket gate of Nishi Kasai Station (Tozai Line) at 9:30AM

SCHEDULE

9:30AM – Meet at Nishi Kasai Station (Tozai Line) ticket gate

10:00 – 12:00 – Do a Garbage Clean-up under Kasaibashi bridge (Edogawa Ward) (Please bring work gloves if you have them)

Do something good for the environment and join the garbage pick-up.  After that, we’ll walk to Minami Sunamachi (about 30 minutes) for part 2 of today’s events.

2) Koto Ward “Full of Cherry Blossoms” Canal Hike 

Meet at Minami Sunamachi Station’s (on the Tozai Line) A2 Exit at 13:00.

Course (3 hours slow walking = 6.2 KM): MinamiSunamachi Station – Sendaiborigawa Canal

3) Kiba Park (Cherry Trees, Eating, Drinking, Sports) – Kiba Station

Please bring food and drink, or you can buy it at a nearby Convenient Store

15:30 – 17:30

Meeting Place and Time: Exit 3 of Kiba Station (on the Tozai Line) at 15:30

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

(Done separately)

1) Tachikawa FUN

Meeting Place & Time: JR Tachikawa North Exit at 10:00AM

We will first go to visit the interesting Polar Science Museum. After that, we will go to Showa Kinen Park (410 yen for the entrance fee) and have eats and drinks there under the cherry trees and then play frisbee golf (or simply walk around if you’d rather). We plan to get on the train after that at NishiTachikawa Station at 1700.

2)  Chidorigafuchi Night Cherry Blossom Viewing

(Cancelled in case of rain)(FREE)

Meet in front of the Budokan at 6:30PM.

Please bring some snacks/drinks.

If you come late, please go to the Kita no Maru Park which is past the Budokan on the left side.  If you can ‘t find us, please call me (080-6546-7688) and I’ll meet you at the clock just past the Budokan.

Kita no Maru Park – 6:45 – 7:30PM

Yasukuni Shrine Food Stand Area – 7:45 – 9:00PM

We will have a 5 hour hike that takes us up 3 low mountains and next to a marsh.

Course: Tobu Takesawa Station – Mt. Kinsho – Tenno Marsh – Ogawamachi Station

From Ikebukuro, take the Tobu Tojo (Express) Line’s 9:00AM train and get off at Ogawamachi Station, arriving at 10:04AM. Change here to the local train going the same direction towards Saitama, getting on the 10:07 train which arrives at Tobu Takesawa Station at 10:11AM. 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 end of the train on the Tobu Tojo Line platform at 9:00, or meet at Tobu Takesawa Station’s ticket gate at 10:15.

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

As we will go to a Hot Springs in Ogawamachi after the hike, please bring a change of clothes if you’d like to join!

Reservations needed

Time/Place:  6:30-9:00pm at Ebisu 7

For JAMBO members, the cost is Y3,500 for men and 3,000 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 sushi buffet.

Reservations can be made with David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp or phone (03-6599-8112) by March 24.

Half of your admission fee will be donated to Friends of the Earth Japan.

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 25th.

(Easy Course) (1000 yen Participation Fee)

Meeting Place/Time: Kounandai Station (JR.Negishi Line) ticket gate

10:00am

JR.Negishi line 09:04 Shinagawa ~ Kounandai (arrives 09:56)

Please bring your lunch and drink.

We will go even if it rains (in which case, bring raingear and umbrella).

Course

Kounandai Station ~ Yokohama Nature Park ~ 0ld-fashioned house ~ Earth plaza(4km) meeting space ~ Hongodai Station

You have to make 3~5 of your original haiku (Japanese poems) during the 4 hour hike. Writing in English or Japanese is fine.

Please bring paper and pen to write your poems.

You don’t have to use seasonal words.

From 2~5pm, we will have a discussion about our haiku at the Earth Plaza. We will choose the 3 best Haiku from the participants.

Leader  Nori Funabashi

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Almost 6 years have past since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. We’d like to take this opportunity to help restore the disaster-hit areas and to enlighten people about veganism. We will have a vegan meal and show you a video on Riasunomori’s restoration project.

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

Time/Place:  13:30-15:30pm at Space SHINRA

https://www.shinra-aico.com/space-shinra/

Fee:  ¥2,500  (primary schoolchildren and under ¥1,000), includes vegan food and soft drinks

Menu: Kansei-han (Blended barley, millet, yellow split, peas, lentils, golden linseed, bulgar wheat, konbu seaweed, umisiba seaweed, mung beans, rice, mochi rice and black rice mixed together), Spring Rolls, Chapche, Daikon Radish with Barley Powder, Carrot and Walnut Salad, Steamed Vegetables with Medicinal Spices, Organic Peanuts Marinated in Soy Sauce, Dates and Sweet Rice Powder, Irish Seaweed Marinated in Soy Sauce and Dates, Dessert

Registration EM: ichi_mariko at yahoo.co.jp

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<<About the cancellation fee>> You may cancel without penalty until March 12th (Sun). Those who cancel after that will be asked to pay (unless someone else takes your place) due to the preparation of food and drink.

You can have an enjoyable day and help a good cause at the same time.

Tel: 03-5842-1780

(to support Friends of the Earth)

Meet at the ticket gate at Sagamiko Station on Chuo Line (one stop past Takao) at 9:09 a.m.  From Shinjuku, take the JR Holiday Kaisoku departing at 8:14.  This train goes directly to Sagamiko Station, arriving at 9:09 a.m.

From Sagamiko Station, we’ll climb up to Myouou-toge, with good views of Lake Sagami along the way.  After lunch at Myouou-toge, we will go to Doudokoro-yama, which is not often visited, and return by an infrequently used back trail on the North Takao Ridge to the Daishita bus stop.  On parts of this hike you will really feel that “away from it all”!

The hike is rated “moderate” and the walking time is about 5 hours.

Leader: Richard Evanoff