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
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
Summer is here and very soon we’ll be splashing in the sea and rivers around the Kanto plain. After days of switching between scorching concrete and air-conditioned, enclosed spaces, a trip out to where the ground is moist and trees provide shade is a healing experience. We had great events by Danny, Wai and Guy and a bicycle ride organized by the amazing Earth Day Ride group, and the calendar is still open for new leaders and organizers.
This month, we give thanks for the last time to the Trippiece service, which promoted our activities, helping us reach a new generation of enthusiastic volunteers. The English-language service will cease, so the team can concentrate on the Japanese-language service, and the media site.
At the same time, our cooperation with the Language Volunteer Co-talk is gaining speed. Jambo School is hosting regular Japanese learning lessons and parties for foreigners in Japan. There are more events coming and LVC would be happy to hear your ideas and requests. Have a great summer and see you on some weekend!
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)
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
Party – 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 May 8.
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 Exit A1 of Omotesando Station at 6:15PM on the 9th.
Hike – (1000 yen Participation Fee) (A bit difficult) (Cancelled in case of rain)
Please bring your lunch and drinks
Meeting Place and Time: KaiYamato Station ticket gate at 9:28.
Train Schedule
DEPART 7:35am Shinjuku (Chuo line to Takao)(Guy will board this train at Mitaka)
ARRIVE 8:18 Takao (change to the Chuo line going towards Kofu)
LEAVE TAKAO 8:20
ARRIVE 9.26 Kai-yamato
DEPART 9:45 Kai-yamato (by bus)
ARRIVE about 10:05 YamatotenmokuOnsen
HIKE
DEPART Either 5:15 or 6:30PM Higawakeikoku Leisure Center (bus) to Kai-yamato Station
A peaceful area of broad mountain top with alpine grasses and vegetation and great views if the weather is clear.
The entry and exit roads are rather long but the 5-6 hour walk is worth it!
Okuratakamaru (1752m)
Bring appropriate hiking shoes and a torch/headlamp.
Shinjuku – Kaiyamato – ¥1940
Kaiyamato – YamatoTenmokuOnsen – ¥700
Hikawa Keikoku Leisure Center – Kaiyamato – ¥700
Kaiyamato – Shinjuku – ¥1940
LEADER: Guy (080-4818-2089)
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: 10 Participants (Sign up on the JAMBO VOLUNTEERS Website) BY APRIL 7.
Please bring your own food and drink.
Meet at the ticket gate of Kori Station (on the Oume Line) at 10:40 AM.
Take the Chuo/Oume Line express train (going towards Oume) at 9:09 from Shinjuku, arriving at Oume Station at 10:07. Change to the 10:09 Oume line train (going towards Okutama). This arrives at Kori Station at 10:37.
David will get on the front of the Chuo Line train at Nakano Station at 9:13AM.
Course: Kori Station – Mt. Ootsuka – Mt. Mitake and Mitake Shrine – Mitake Station
Walking Time: about 4 hours
Morning Course:
Meet at 9:03 at the Kitami Station (on the Odakyuu Line) ticket gate.
COURSE: Kitami Station → Kitami Playground Area → Walk along the Nogawa River → Eianji Temple → FutagoTamagawa Station
Please take a look at this website for the basic course:
http://www.city.setagaya.lg.jp/kurashi/102/126/418/407/d00004905_d/fil/4905_2.pdf
Afternoon Program
Meet at 12:00 Noon at the FutagoTamagawa station (on the Tokyuu DenenToshi Line) ticket gate.
COURSE: Futagotamagawa Station → Uenomou Nature Park → Temples and Shrines → Tama River (We’ll eat and hang out on the riverbank) → Todoroki Gorge → Todoroki Station
Please take a look at this website for the basic course:
http://www.nikotama-kun.jp/fuukei_cource04.htm
After the event, anybody who is interested is welcome to join us to go to a party in Tsurumi!!!