(We’ll go even if it rains)
A SUPER POPULAR HOTSPOT FOR FALL COLORS!!!
See the HP at http://www.shosenkyo-kankoukyokai.com/b/
Kofu Station – Shousenkyou Entrance (by bus) – Shousenkyou (top of the waterfalls) – Shousenkyou Entrance (Round Trip Course) – Kofu Station (by bus)
From Takao Station, take the 8:20 Chuo Line going to Kofu and get off at Kofu Station, arriving at 10:04AM. This train costs 1450 yen.
Meeting Place/Time: Kofu Station (Chuo Line) Ticket Gate 10:07AM (If you’re going from Takao Station, we will meet on the front car of the Chuo Line train at 8:20)
From Kofu Station, we’ll take the 10:25 bus to Shousenkyou Gorge, arriving at Shousenkyou Entrance at 10:54 (570 yen one way)
Walking time: about 4 hours
Please wear appropriate shoes (tennis shoes, hiking boots), bring a lunch to eat on the mountain, and plenty of liquids.
The fall colors and gorge atmosphere on this hike are especially spectacular!!!
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when you’re surrounded by positive people. Your environment is your mental feeding ground from which the food that goes into your mind is extracted. Choose your environment with care, one that is positive,
one that lifts you up and gives you wings to soar. (more…)
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The pictures from the Chichibu Hike have been uploaded onto the JAMBO picture page. Please take a look at:
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The pictures from the October 29 Party have been uploaded onto the JAMBO picture page. Please take a look at:
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Bring your own food & drink since there are no stores near Shomaru.
Course: Shomaru Station – MeriBazaka Pass – Mt. Azalea – Buna Pass – NishiAgano Station
Walking Time: About 5 hours
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From Ikebukuro, take the Seibu Ikebukuro (Express) Line’s 8:50AM train (going towards Hanno) and get off at Hanno at 9:37, then take the 9:43 Seibu Chichibu Line train (going towards Chichibu) and get off at Shomaru Station, arriving at 10:15 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 10:17AM . Meet on the front of the 8:50 train at Ikebukuro if you want to go from there.
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At Miran Hall (Chitosekarasuyama Station on the Keio Line)
7:00-10:00PM GREAT TIME!!!
ENTRANCE FEE: 1,500 yen & This is a potluck so please bring some snacks/drinks.
There will be a costume contest for kids and adults, so bring a good costume (You can change at Miran Hall).
Proceeds from the entrance fee will be donated to Ronnie Seruyange, a young man who was a street child in Kampala , UGANDA and is now working to help the street children there. He is renting a spot in Kampala’s large market to be a vendor in the hopes of selling used clothes and other items to make some money to get some farm land and set up a place for
Kampala’s street children.
SPECIAL PROGRAM: We will have a computer hook-up with Ronnie and his band in Uganda for 30 minutes (around 8:00PM),
so you can see it LIVE!!!
So you can have an enjoyable evening and help a good cause at the same time.
To go to Miran Hall, go out the East Exit of Chitosekarasuyama Station and up the steps on the left.
At the top of the steps, turn right and walk along the railroad tracks (DO NOT CROSS the tracks).
The tracks should be on your right.
In about 1 minute, you’ll come to a stairway on the outside of a barber shop which goes up to Miran Hall.
If you can’t find it, please call 3300-0912 or 080-6546-7688 for directions.
If you’d like to go with David, please meet at the Chitosekarasuyama Station East Ticket Gate at 6:35PM .
Please bring some snacks/drinks.
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The pictures from the Takao Project have been uploaded onto the JAMBO picture page. Please take a look at:
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JAMBO contributed US$400 to the Campfire Association (an organization in Zimbabwe which works with reforestation and community development – http://www.campfirezimbabwe.org/). These funds come from you, the participants of JAMBO, Thank you very much.
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JAMBO contributed US$400 to Abalimi Bezekhaya (Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA) – This is an organization working with development and environmental restoration in Cape Flats. Cape Flats is an impoverished area outside Cape Town which was partitioned as a “Black” residential area under the apartheid regime. Due to poor management, overcrowding, and the unjust policies of the apartheid era, Cape Flats became environmentally devastated. Abalimi Bezekhaya is working to “re-green” the area by promoting gardening and tree planting efforts. http://www.abalimi.org.za/ is their HP. These funds come from you, the participants of JAMBO, Thank you very much.
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