June 25-27 (Friday – Sunday) – SPECIAL JAMBO Event (starting the Eco-House& other fun) at the Solar Cafe near Kawaguchi Lake! Reservations necessary!

You can take the train (Chuo Line to Ootsuki, then Fuji Kyuko Line to Kawaguchi-ko) or the Chuo Highway Bus to Kawaguchiko Station, leaving from the Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal (West Exit) quite often. This is about 2 hours, costs 1,700 yen and reservations are necessary and can be made at 03-5376-2222. From Kawaguchi-ko Station, take the bus to Koyodai (about 20 minutes), get off at Koyodai and walk up the road (in the same direction as the bus) about 3 minutes. Solar Cafe is on your right. The last bus from Kawaguchi-ko to Koyodai is at 17:45.

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People will be coming at different times, so please come whenever you’d like on the 25th or 26th.

You can camp if you bring your own tent and sleeping bag. There may be indoor space as well.

Indoors – 3000 yen/night

Camping – 1500¥ (with your own tent)

Dinner – 1500¥

Breakfast (optional) – 1200¥

Contact me (at this email address) by June 10 for reservations for staying over (not for transportation).

Schedule:

June 25 – Evening (Sustainability Discussion with Jake and others)

June 26 – Daytime (work with Jake on the JAMBO sponsored eco-house); Evening (Yukari Hot Springs – 1000 & Dinner at the Cafe)

June 27 – Day (planting, hiking, relaxing, whatever you like); late afternoon – return to Tokyo

June 20 (Sunday) – Totoro Forest Hiking! （¥500 Participation Fee) (Canceled in case of rain) (Easy – Geared for children)

(Bring your own beverages and lunch box)

We will meet at Seibu Ikebukuro Line’s Shimoyamaguchi Station’s ticket gate at 10:50AM or at the front of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line platform at Ikebukuro Station at 10:07AM. Take the 10:10AM Seibu Ikebukuro Line express train (going towards Seibu Kyuujoumae) at Ikebukuro Station. This arrives at Shimoyamaguchi Station at 10:46AM. (360 yen)

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Actual walking time is about 3 hours, going to Totoro Forest and finishing off with a view of 7,000 irises, which should be in bloom.

Course: Shimoyamaguchi Station – Asama Shrine – Totoro Forest – Hakkoku Green Area – Kitayama Park – Higashi Murayama Station (Shinjuku Line)

June 12 (Saturday) – Int’l Friendship Sushi Party from 6:30-9:30pm at the Polygon (behind the Oriental Bazaar on Omotesando)

Map: http://www.kokusaika.org/english/polygon.html

For JAMBO members, the cost is ¥3,500 for men and ¥3,000 for women w/reservation (or plus ¥500 if you go directly without making a reservation). All beer, wine, cocktails, sot 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 June 11.

Half of your admission fee will be donated the Green Belt Movement (an organization in Kenya which works with reforestation and community development)..　http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/ is their homepage.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 Exit A1 of Omotesando Station at 6:15PM on the 12th.

AND

Bhajans Night – Song and Bhakti Yoga

(in English) in Hiroo – 7:00 – 9:00PM

For more information, see http://www.yogatree.jp/ for more information, or email:
events@yogatree.jp
japankat8@yahoo.com
Or call Katrina: (03) 3498-1558

Admission: Donation (¥2000 suggested)
25% donated to Jambo International Center •
Leszek Rybicki will give a presentation about JAMBO in the beginning of the program