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 1000 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 9.
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 Exit A1 of Omotesando Station at 6:15PM on the 10th.
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The ego needs you to feel guilty and unworthy in order to keep you in its limited world of the past and future, where it is in control.
Guilt and blame are two of the main strategies of control. It is also the way we avoid living in true responsibility.
If I can blame someone for the way I feel or for what is happening in my life, I can avoid taking responsibility for myself. Some one else is to blame. If I can make some one feel guilty, it is easier to control them and have them assume responsibility for me. It is nothing but a strategy to control others and avoid responsibility for our selves.
It is the same with unworthiness. If you feel unworthy, you will not be in your true power and so you will be easier to control. (From The Daily Guru, March 12,2004)
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Bring your own food & drink since there are no stores near NishiAgano.
Course: NishiAgano Station – Buna Pass – Mt. Azalea -MeriBazaka Pass – Shomaru Station
Walking Time: About 5 hours (14 KM)
From Ikebukuro, take the Seibu Ikebukuro (Express) Line’s 8:35AM train (bound for Seibu Chichibu) and get off at Nishi-agano Station, arriving at 10:00 AM .
Make sure to get on this train as we cannot wait for the next one. We’ll meet at the ticket gate there at 10:00AM .
Meet on the front of the 8:39 train at Ikebukuro if you want to go from there.
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Meet at Tsurumi Station(on the JR.Keihin Tohoku Line)west exit ticket gate at 10:30AM
From Shinagawa Station, take the JR keihin Touhoku Line (Local) at 10:08. It arrives at Tsurumi at 10:27.
Course (1.5 hours walking 5KM): Tsurumi Station – Soutoku Temple – Walk along Namamugi Uogashi St.- Koyasudai Park(lunch)-Kirin Beer Village Park – Honkei templeー Koyasudai Station
We will have 3 free glasses of draft beer at the beer factory in the beautiful Beer Village Park.
http://www.kirin.co.jp/about/brewery/factory/yokohama/tour.html
Leader: Nori Funabashi (090-8436-3903)
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Course: Sasago Station – Mt. Takigo – Hatsukari Station
From the top of the mountain, we have a 360 degree panoramic view, including beautiful Mt. Fuji.
Leader: Leszek (070-6572-2537)
Meeting Place and Time: On the front car of the Keio Line train at Shinjuku at 7:45 or at Sasago ticket gate at 9:35. (Leszek will get on the train from Meidaimae station)
We leave Shinjuku on the 7:49 Keio Line train, arriving at Takao at 8:39. We’ll change trains there to the Chuo Line, getting on the 8:44 train and arriving at Sasago Station at 9:32AM.
From Sasago Station (leaving around 10:00AM), it’s about 6 hours of walking (plus rest time and lunch time)!
http://satoyama1.fc2web.com/takikoyama.html
http://www.yamareco.com/modules/yamareco/detail-417733.html
Please bring your food and drink.
Please wear trekking shoes.
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ARAKAWA RIVER CLEAN UP (Volunteer Activity), RIVERSIDE WALK, and colorful Sakura Grass (hopefully in bloom?) Park FUN!
Meeting Place and Time: The ticket gate of Toda Kouen Station (Saikyou Line) at 9:30AM (People going from Ikebukuro can take the 9:13 JR Saikyou Line train (going towards Oomiya), which arrives at Toda Kouen Station at 9:29)
SCHEDULE
9:30AM – Meet at Toda Kouen Station (Saikyou Line) ticket gate
10:00AM – 12:00 – Do a Garbage Clean-up downstream from Todabashi bridge (Please bring work gloves if you have them).
12:00 – 14:00 – Walk along the Arakawa River and up to Sakura Grass Park
14:00 – 16:30PM – Fun in the Park (playing frisbee or whatever games people bring, eating, drinking)
Do something good for the environment and join the garbage pick-up. Or join us at Sakuraso Park anytime after 2:00PM. Bring food/drinks/games.
For those joining along the way or coming to the park later, please contact David at 080-6546-7688.
http://www.go2park.net/photo/sakuraso_sakuraso.html
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(A bit difficult)
(Bring your own beverages and lunch box)
Meet at the JR Ohme Line’s Okutama Station’s Ticket Gate at 10:25AM. From Shinjuku, take the Chuo Line Holiday Special Express going towards Okutama at 8:47. This goes all the way to Okutama Station, arriving at 10:23AM (but be sure to get on the right part of the train which goes to Okutama, and beware that the platform may not be the regular Chuo Line Platform at Shinjuku). Be sure to arrive on this train as we will be unable to wait for the next one.
The hike will be Okutama Station – Anjizawa – Mt. Honida – Mt. Kobutaka – Mt. One Shrine – Hatonosu Station
The hiking time is about 5 hours.
Hiking Leader: Leszek Rybicki 070-6572-2537
Please don’t forget to have your rucksack and exercise or tracking shoes to avoid injury.
Wearing sandals is not permitted.
Leszek will be waiting at Okutama Station.
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This is a monthly JAMBO International Environmental/Social Issues English Class. Like with other JAMBO International events, half of the fees will be given to the charity of the month, so you can learn English, learn (and talk) about a current issue, and help the cause (which is discussed) all at the same time. This month’s collection will be donated to:
Rainforest Alliance, a group that promotes sustainability in farming, trade, tourism and areas of finance. http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
The cost is 2000 yen per person and attendance is limited to 12. Reservations will be taken on a first come, first serve basis (by writing to jambodave@green.email.ne.jp). The class is held at JAMBO school in MonzenNakacho (See Map – http://www.jamboschool.jp/en/contact.html).
After the class, interested participants can stay and have some eats and drinks in the school while socializing.
David Howenstein is the teacher and the class format is as follows. First, David will teach vocabulary which will be used during the lesson. He will then give a presentation about the topic. There will then be a discussion about the topic, during which time David will write good vocabulary and sentences (which come up in the discussion) on the whiteboard. The class is open to all – from beginners to advanced. You can come just to listen (if you don’t wish to talk) and David will give each participant (who wishes to talk) time to speak. This is on April 26 (Saturday) from 6:00PM (the door opens at 5:45). The topic is “Ideas for Eco-Living.” David will present some interesting statistics and facts about this topic as well.
Afterwards, we will have a social hour in JAMBO School with the participants who want to join, so you are welcome to buy food and drink beforehand, or go out to a nearby store to get some with David after the class.
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(Participation Fee 1000 yen + Temple Entrances)
We will meet at the east ticket gate of Kita Kamakura Station (on the Yokosuka Line) at 9:40AM. From Yokohama Station, take the 9:18AM JRShounanShinjuku Line train (towards Zushi). This arrives at KitaKamakura at 9:38AM.
If you’d like to go with David, please meet at the front of the JRShounanShinjuku Line train at Yokohama Station at 9:18AM.
Hiking Course: Kita Kamakura – Tokeiji Temple – Jochiji Temple – Kaizoji – Meigetsuin – Ten-en Hiking Course – Kamakura Station
The selected temples and shrine are well-known for the Fringed Iris and Magnolia blooming this season!!!
After the hike, we will go to a BYO Party in a large, 11F riverside apt. in Tsurumi, where David’s friend Clyde lives. We will have a lot of fun there. Party fee – 500 yen (includes veggies, meat, fish for the BBQ).
If you’re only joining the party (not the hike), meet at the JR Tsurumi east exit ticket gate at 4:50PM
Please bring whatever snacks and drinks you want. We can buy food and drink near Tsurumi Sta.
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Africa Weekends NEW!
(As a part of 「I Can Project」 No.1)
A workshop on April 5 (Sat) and a talk event on April 19 (Sat) will be held as charity events in order to support Hiro’s Organic Farming Group (http://hiroorganicshop.kbo.co.ke/home).
(2) April 19 (Saturday) – Talk event!
(It was rescheduled from March 22)
Guest speaker ：Kevin Markowitz
Hello, my name is Kevin and I’m a 44 year old South African who’s been living and working in Japan for 15+ years. I recently visited two South African cities (Johannesburg and Cape Town) to meet with family and spend some time back in my beautiful country. Part of this visit was spent volunteering for, and learning about, an organization called Abilimi Bezekhaya (アバリミ・ベザカヤ). Their mission is to help combat poverty in the Western Cape and support impoverished communities through growing food, and planting indigenous trees and flora. I will be giving a short and interesting presentation about my home country and the organization along with many pictures taken during my journey. Please come to watch and listen while you learn more about South Africa, it’s people, and their daily lives.
This talk event will be held in English.
●Place: Jambo school (Monzennakacho)
●Time：18:30～20:00 (90 minutes) Talk event
20：00～21：00 Informal social hour among the participants
●Participation fee：￥1,000
●Reservations：up to 20 people
●Please make a reservation at ：seitansai1225@yahoo.co.jp ( MIKI )
(Personal donation)
We also accept personal donations, 100% which will be passed on to the Nagatas. Your generous and kind donation will be included in the donation we make to this organization.
If you’re interested, please come and join these events!!!
Participants are welcomed to join one or the other (are not required to join both) as they please.
If you have further questions, please contact MIKI at
seitansai1225@yahoo.co.jp
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