We will meet at the gate of ShinMatsuda Station (on the Odakyu Line) at 10:06 AM.
 
8:41  Depart Shinjuku on the Odakyu Line (Express)
10:04　Arrive at Shin Matsuda
 
If you’d like to go from Shinjuku, get on the front of the 8:41 Odakyu Line train at Shinjuku Station.
David will get on the first car at the next station (Yoyogi Uehara).
 
COURSE: Shin Matsuda Station – Mt. Matsuda Herb Garden – Saimyo-ji Temple Park – Kaisei Hydrongea Village – Shin Matsuda Station
The atmosphere and festival at Hydrongea Village are wonderful!!!
http://www.kanagawa-kankou.or.jp/source/topics/ajisai/#010
 
The total course time for the hike will be about 5 hours.

 Please bring your lunch and drinks.

From 6:30-9:30pm at the Polygon (behind the Oriental Bazaar on Omotesando) For JAMBO members, the cost is 3,500 yen for men and 3,000 yen for women w/reservation (foreigners get a 500 yen discount)(or plus 500 yen if you go directly without making a reservation). All beer, wine, cocktails, soft drinks + sushi buffet, garden salad, veggies, cheeses, breads, and pies for dessert included.

Reservations can be made with David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp or phone (03-6599-8112) by June 12.
Half of your admission fee will be donated to  Japan Environmental Action Network and Kanagawa Coastal Environmental Foundation.
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 A1 of Omotesando Station at 6:15PM on the 13th.

Meeting Place and Time: Exit 3 of Yushima Station (on the Chiyoda Line) at 13:30
 
The program is ¥1000 and includes explanations of the shrine, the park, and foodstuffs sold at the stands) 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 only until 16:00.

13:30 – 14:30 – Yushima Shrine

14:30 – 15:00 –  Walk to Ueno Park

15:00 – 17:00 -See the hydrangea, the pond and the food stands in Ueno Park

If you can’t find us, please call David at 080-6546-7688.

Please look back at this site on the morning (anytime after 9:00) of the event to check if it is canceled due to rain.

WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY for foreigners living in Japan to learn Japanese in a friendly environment, make connections with Japanese who are actively involved with volunteerism, find short term and long term volunteer opportunities, and have a fun time sharing food, drink and conversation.
19:00 – 20:00 – Private or semi-private conversation/lesson in Japanese
20:00 – 21:30 – Participants can go to the nearby store to buy food/drinks they want and come back for an informal get-together in English or Japanese. Learn about volunteer opportunities, make friends with active bi-lingual speakers giving you the chance to expand your network and your perspective.

The Japanese volunteers for this event come from LVC (Language Volunteer Co-Talk), a group which is forming an international volunteer network in Tokyo. This event will be held at JAMBO SCHOOL on the second Friday of each month for as long as there is a demand.

Time and Place: 19:00 at JAMBO SCHOOL (Monzennakacho)
LIMIT: 7 Participants (Sign up with David or on the JAMBO VOLUNTEERS Website) BY June 9.

FREE & EASY (Canceled in case of rain)

ARAKAWA RIVER CLEAN UP & Chance to meet various people!
Meeting Place and Time: The ticket gate of Funabori Station (Toei Shinjuku Line) at 13:30AM

SCHEDULE
13:30AM – Meet at Funabori Station (Toei Shinjuku Line) ticket gate
14:00 – 17:00 – 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. If you have long, rubber boots to walk in the water, that would be helpful too)

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.

We will meet at the WEST ticket gate of Kitakamakura Station (on the Yokosuka Line) at 10:42AM.
You can get on the Yokosuka Line (going towards Zushi) at Tokyo Station, Shinagawa Station, or Yokohama Station. Get on the train that leaves Tokyo Station at 9:48AM, arriving in Kitakamakura at 10:40AM.
 
Hiking Course (about 10 Kilometers) – KitaKamakura Station – Kenchoji Temple – Han-sobo Sculpture Gardens -　Tenen Hiking Course – Gionyama Hiking Course – Kamakura Station
 
If you’d like to go from Tokyo, David and others will be on the front of the 10:19 JR Yokosuka Line train at Yokohama Station.

BYOD Party in large 11F riverside apartment in Tsurumi where David’s friend Clyde lives. We will have a blast there. Clyde will have food for BBQing for us, which will cost 500 yen per person. Please bring your own drinks, which you can buy on the way to Clyde’s place from the station.
You may join just the party (if you don’t go on the hike) if you’d like.
Meet at the JR Keihin Tohoku Tsurumi Station ticket gate at 16:52.

MEETING PLACE AND TIME: JR (Chuo Line) Uenohara Station at 9:16 a.m.

Please find details at http://www.foejapan.org/en/event/hike.html

LEADERS: Richard Evanoff (FOE-J)
Leszek Rybicki (JAMBO) – 070-6572-2537

We will ride through a shopping area and some parks from Mitaka station, and can shop for the afternoon’s picnic at a supermarket in Musashi Sakai and a Co-op. Then, we coninue along the Nogawa River, to a Kokubunji natural spring park, and on to Musashi Kokubunji Park, where we’ll hang out, eat and drink, take a walk, play frisbee, etc. http://bit.ly/1E7GqsD

For people who need to rent a bicycle, please come to Mitaka Station’s south exit Police box at 9:30. Hiro will meet you there and go to Susuzake Bicycle Rental: http://www.mitaka.ne.jp/machidukuri/rentalcycle/index.html to rent bikes. The cost is ￥300 /day and the number of bicycles is limited, so please do not come late.

If you’d like us to make a bicycle reservation for you, contact jambodave@green.email.ne.jp by May 14.

If you have your bicycle – we meet at 10:00am at Mitaka Station south exit Police Box.

Latecomers can come to the picnic at Musashi Kokubunji Park anytime from 12:30. It’s a 7 minute walk from NishiKokubunji Station (on the JR Chuo Line).

Please bring snacks and foods for the picnic and drinks (you can also buy them at a store near the station) as well as all kinds of park toys: balls, frisbees, unicycles, juggling balls, badminton rackets, inflatable sumo suits, foam swords and squirt guns. For riders, helmets are recommended.

Ride leader: Mr. Kono (09017392996)
Hiro (09035385511)
iEarthDay Ride Team Web Page (www.earthdayride.org).

You can see the route here

* Mitaka – Otaka Springs Park (60 minutes)

Optional Tour (Tama Riverbank Ride (40 minutes one way)

Return (Musashi Kokubuni Park – Mitaka (50 minutes)

Meeting Place and Time: Exit 3 (South Exit) of Komagome Station (on the JR Yamanote Line or Nanboku Line) at 15:00
 
The program is ¥1000 and includes explanations of places 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 (until arriving at Kyuu Furukawa Garden).

15:00 – 15:30 – Walk to Rikugien (English Only Please)

15:30 – 17:00 –  Rikugien

17:00 – 17:30 -Walk to KyuuFurukawa Garden

17:30 – 18:30 – Enjoy the Rose Festival and light Light Up in the Garden

If you can’t find us, please call David at 080-6546-7688.

Please look back at this site on the morning (anytime after 9:00) of the event to check if it is canceled due to rain.

(Cutting bamboo grass & moving fallen trees) 10:00 – 15:30
(Participation Fee – 500 yen) (Canceled in case of rain)

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by May 7.
 
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
 
Fee: 500 yen for non-members

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