October 31 (Sunday) – PICNIC, PARK FUN & RIVER CLEAN UP!!! （￥500 Participation Fee) (Cancelled in case of rain) (EASY) NEW!

Meeting Place and Time: The East ticket gate of Higashi Oojima Station at 11:00AM

Those going from Shinjuku, take the Toei Shinjuku Line train (going towards MotoYawata) at 10:31. This arrives at Higashi Oojima at 10:57.

People who ride their bikes there can take either of the following routes and ride with JAMBO members:

10:00 – Under Kasaibashi Bridge (Koto Ward) (David will be waiting there) 080-6546-7688

10:00 – Under SenjuShinbashi Bridge (Adachi Ward (Leszek will be waiting there) 080-4369-2537

10:45 – The two cycling groups will meet under the Funaboribashi Bridge and go to Higashi Oojima Station from there.

Event Place: Oojima Komatsukawa Park

Time: 11:30AM – 5:30PM

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People should bring picnic food and drinks (Christmas party sharing rules apply). There’s a supermarket near the station, so you can buy your goods there.

Especially for children, we can play frisbee, baseball, or whatever fun stuff you bring along.

We’ll do a garbage pick-up from 13:00 – 15:00PM at the nearby Arakawa River bank. If you’d like to join in, please bring work gloves if you have them.

October 30 (Saturday) – JAMBO HALLOWEEN COSTUME CHARITY PARTY at Miran Hall (Chitosekarasuyama Station on the Keio Line)

7:00-10:00PM GREAT TIME!!!

ENTRANCE FEE: ￥1,500 & bring snacks and drinks

There will be a costume contest, so bring a good costume (You can change at Miran Hall).　Jeff Harryman’s NEW JAMBO BOOK will be one of the prizes!!!

Proceeds from the entrance fee will be donated to Save the Children (http://www.savechildren.org/). JAMBO sponsors two children (one from the Philippines and one from Malawi in Central Africa) through this wonderful organization. The proceeds will go towards financial support of these children. 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 .

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Please bring some snacks/drinks.

In cooperation with Earth Embassy, JAMBO is collecting clothes for Ronnie Sseruyange, 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. If you have any summer clothes you’d like to donate, please let David know (at this email address) and bring them on October 30.

Meet at the JR Ohme Line’s Mitake Station’s Ticket Gate at 11:00AM. From Shinjuku, take the Chuo Line Rapid train going towards Takao at 9:26. This arrives at Tachikawa Station at 10:02. Get off there and change to the 10:07 Oume Line train (going towards Oume). This arrives at Oume (the last stop) at 10:38. Cross the platform and get on the 10:39 Oume Line train (going towards Okutama). This arrives at Mitake at 10:59. Be sure to arrive on this train as we will be unable to wait for the next one.

Leader: Jeff Harryman (080-3175-2506)

Meet with Jeff and others at the front of the 9:26 train at Shinjuku if you want to go from there there.

This trip will go from Mitake Station – Mitake Cable Car Station (by bus ￥270) – Mt Mitake (by Cable Car – ￥1090 round trip) – lunch – walk to shrine & overlook – Rock Garden & waterfall view – Mitake Station (by ropeway & bus) – Kabe Station (for Hot Springs – Optional)

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This tour is more for experiencing nature and taking pictures than getting exercise. Bring your camera.

If you want to go to the Hot Springs after the hike, please bring a change of clothes and a towel!

Ootsuki Station – Mt. Iwadono – Chigootoshi Cliffs – Ootsuki Station

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Take the Keio Line at 9:20AM from Shinjuku Station(going towards Kitano). Change at Kitano (arriving at 9:59, cross the platform and get on the 10:00 train going towards Takaosanguchi) and go to Takao station, arriving at 10:10AM. Change at Takao Station to the Chuo Line. Take the 10:18AM train going towards Ootsuki and get off at Ootsuki Station, arriving at 10:55AM. Using these trains, the total cost comes to 920 yen.

Meeting Place/Time: Ootsuki Station (Chuo Line) Ticket Gate 11:00AM (If you’re going from Shinjuku Station, we will meet on the front car of the Keio Line train at 9:20)

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 cliffs on this hike are especially spectacular!!!

October 16 (Saturday) – Int’l Friendship Party from 6:30-9:00pm at the Roppongi’s Quest (Map is at http://www.kokusaika.org/english/quest.html)

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For JAMBO members, the cost is Y3,000 for men and 2,500 for women w/reservation (or plus 500 yen if you go directly without making a reservation). All drinks, buffet dinner, green salad, veggies and party cake from Kyle’s Good Finds Bakery included. Reservations can be made with David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp or phone (03-6599-8112) by October 15.

Half of your admission fee will be donated to Save the Children (http://www.savechildren.org/). JAMBO sponsors two children (one from the Philippines and one from Malawi in Central Africa) through this wonderful organization. The proceeds will go towards financial support of these children. So you can have an enjoyable evening and help a good cause at the same time.

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 Roppongi Crossing’s ALMOND (above Roppongi Station) at 6:15PM on the 16th.