（￥500 Participation Fee) (Bring your own beverages and lunch box) (Cancelled in case of rain)(Intermediate)

We will meet at the ticket gate of Hon-Atsugi at 9:30AM.

Take the Odakyuu Line (Express) from Shinjuku at 8:31AM, arriving at Hon-Atsugi at 9:26AM

If you want to ride on the train with others, please get on the front car at Shinjuku Station (David will get on that same train at YoyogiUehara Station.)

We’ll take the 9:40 bus going towards Miyagase-ko, getting off at Susugaya (about 40 minutes – 470 Yen).

Course – Susugaya Bus Stop – Mt. Mitsumine – Hirosawaji Onsen Iriguchi – Hon-Atsugi (by bus)
Walking Time: about 5.5 Hours walking

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三峰山
広沢寺温泉入り口
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Beautiful Views & Wildflowers

Ebisu Int’l Party Reservations needed (Limit 8 people)

Time/Place: 6:30-9:00pm at Ebisu 7 (Map is at http://www.kokusaika.org/english/ebisu.html)

For JAMBO members, the cost is Y3,500 for men and 3,000 for women w/reservation (or plus 500 yen if you go directly without making a reservation). Large international party with bottled beer, wine, cocktails, soft drinks + a 10-turkey traditional American Christmas dinner with stuffing, yams, cranberry sauce, veggies, cheeses, breads, pumpkin pies + a large party cake from Kyle’s Good Finds Bakery. Reservations can be made with David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp or phone (03-6599-8112) by December 15.

Half of your admission fee will be donated to the 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. http://www.awf.org/ is their homepage.

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 the Hibiya Line’s Ebisu Station (Exit # 1) at 6:22PM on the 1９th.

3/13 (Sunday) – Okutama Hike & the famous Yoshino Plum Blossom Park （￥500 Participation Fee) (Bring your own beverages and lunch box) (Cancelled in case of rain)(A bit difficult)

Meet at the JR Ohme Line’s Kori Station’s Ticket Gate at 9:30 am. From Shinjuku, take the Chuo Line Special Express
at 7:52 to Tachikawa (arriving at 8:17) and change here for the Oume Line, leaving Tachikawa at 8:20 and arriving at Oume Station at 8:55AM. Change here to the Oume Line (local) leaving at 8:56 and arriving at Kori Station at 9:26AM. Be sure to arrive on this train as we will be unable to wait for the next one. A part of the train leaving from Shinjuku may go all the way to Ome, so please check there (in which case there would be no need to transfer at Tachikawa).

If you want to ride on the train with others, please get on the front car at Shinjuku Station (David will get on that same train at Mitaka Station.)

The hike will be Kori Station – Mt. Ootsuka – Mitake Shrine -Mt. Mitake -Mt. Hinode – Yoshino Plum Park (near Hinatawada Station).

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The hiking time is about 6 hours, but if you get tired, you can hike about 3 hours, then take a cable car and train to Yoshino Plum Park. This hike as spectacular scenery and ends up at Yoshino Plum Blossom Park (ranked number 1 amongst 90 national plum blossom parks throughout Japan). Please see:
http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/amuse/event/318987/

Forest Restoration Project in Takao (Cutting down old trees and making hiking paths)(Fee: 200 Yen for Insurance)

9:30AM – 3:30PM
(Bring your own beverages and lunch box)

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This project is a 15 minute walk from Takao Station. Any interested people may contact David for more details by March 3 (since reservations are necessary).