This month’s donations will be given to 2 Groups:
African Wildlife Foundation – a group in Africa that works to protect the environment while, at the same time, promoting the development of the local people.
World Wildlife Fund – an international organization working to preserve the world’s most precious natural resources, especially endangered animals.
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 1110 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.
Meeting place/time: Hamakanaya Station Ticket Gate 10:35AM
Walking time: About 5 hours Course: Hamakanaya Station – Mountain Peak
(Temple’s Gate) – Lookout point, Sengen Shrine – Kannon – Jigoku
Nozoki (Peeping into hell)- Stone Buddha – 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.
Leader: Leszek (07065722537)
Please bring your lunch and drinks!
Fatigue has become a chronic condition for many in today’s world. The reasons may be varied but I believe that a primary reason is the loss of fascination and purpose with our lives. In our jobs, others dictate what we are to do. Much of technology and our addictions numb our minds rather than stimulate them, resulting in a feeling of boredom.
Both work and technology are important parts of our lives, and have the potential to enrich them greatly. However, when they veer away from what we consider to be truly meaningful, and, in that case, do them excessively so we have little or no time to spend on our heartfelt purpose, fatigue sets in. As this month’s wonderful Jambo School Blog states, by developing a sense of fascination and purpose in your life and increasing your time with those, energy infiltrates your being and the joy of living returns.
Meeting Time & Place: 10:45AM at Seibu Chichibu Station’s ticket gate
Take the Seibu Ikebukuro Line Express train from Ikebukuro Station at 9:03AM. This arrives at Hanno Station (the final destination) at 9:50AM. Change here to the Seibu Chichibu Line (which leaves at 9:53) and get off at Seibu Chichibu Station (the last stop) (arriving at 10:43AM).
Meet on the front of the 9:03 train at Ikebukuro if you want to go from there.
Hiking Course: SeibuChichibu Station – 3 shrines on the pilgrimage path – Muse Park (with a spring and observation tower) – Music Shrine – Seibu Chichibu Station
The hiking time is about 4 hours.
The MusePark is a huge, forested park with many kinds of flowers blooming and a network of hiking courses. Please take a look:
http://www.muse-park.com/
Please bring your lunch and drink.
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.
