Events July 2006
2006-07-01 10:30:00 - 2006-07-02 12:00:00 | Special Events *Biwako Camp, Jul. 1st-2nd
*** Cancel due to bad weather ***
One Star,
The new hot summer is approaching. Following last year success, we will have a camp and BBQ event, instead of the July regular meeting. The date is July 1st-2nd and the place is Makino which is located North West of Biwako in Shiga prefecture.
http://www.ex.biwa.ne.jp/~takagihama/
How to access (from Umeda):
JR Osaka(8:45) : take Shinkaisoku ( for Imazu) on No.8 platform
JR Oomitakashima: change to JR Kosei line to arrive at JR Makino(10:32)
From Kyoto, you can directly take the Kosei line to Makino.
Here's our rough plan:
<Saturday July 1st>
We will meet at Makino station at 11am and walk to the camp site (10mn) to settle in. From there, 3 different groups will be made depending on the afternoon activities:
1. Hiking: Kei already suggested 3 courses.
2. Cycling: Kei also suggested one course and reserved 5 Mamachari.
3. Canoeing: 3 hours course for beginners (People who have experienced also can join this).
We all should be back at the camp site around 5pm to prepare dinner (BBQ)
<Sunday July 2nd>
We will have breakfast together and held the meeting just after. We will also have to clean the camp before 11am.
After, it’s not organized yet but we can make other groups for hiking or cycling.
Cost : Transportation by JR from Umeda: 3780yens, from Kyoto: 3660yens (but 1110yens if you take the local lines…)
Bus (Hiking): 620yens,
Rental bike (Cycling): 1000yens,
Onsen (Hiking and Cycling):600yens.
Rental canoe (Canoeing): approximately 3000yens/3 hours,
Camp and food: 2000yens
If you want to sign-up for this event, please don’t forget to choose one activity. The number of people for the canoe may be limited. We also encourage people to be leader for these activities, please tell us if you don’t mind. There may be several groups for one activity depending on the number of people. We may cancel some activity as well if there’re not enough people.
Please tell us if you have a tent or not. IOC tents should be used for those who don’t have any tent.
The deadline for sign up: June 25th.
If you’re not a member, we will ask you to pay for the camp and food (2000yens) before the deadline (use IOC Post Office Account: #14010-10080821. Name: "IOC").
For the members, no cancellation will be accepted after the deadline. It means you will have to pay 2000yens anyway.
Yuri
Leader : Yuri Takakura (yuri.t) | send e-mail
2006-07-08 12:00:00 - 2006-07-09 18:00:00 | Watersports
Watersports weekend on Jul 8-9th
*** This event was cancel due to bad weather ***I'm planning snorkeling and scuba-diving in Kumano (Mie prefecture). Of course you can just relax at the seaside too. We'll leave Friday night by cars and head to Kumano-city through the night and camp at Kumano-nada beach.
8th snorkeling at Kumano bay
Onsen in the evening
Cook Mexican food the night
Camp at the same place
9th It's optional, you can choose 1 or 2.
1, Odaigahara hiking
http://www.vill.kamikitayama.nara.jp/kankou_2.html
  2, Snorkeling again
Onsen in the evening
http://www.vill.kamikitayama.nara.jp/kankou_8.html#kodokoro
Bring tent, sleeping bag/towel kit, mattress, snorkeling equipment, suimsuit , raingear and hiking shoes (hikers at Odaigahara), onsen-kit, Saturday breakfast and lunch , suncream, bugspray, plate, cup, spoon, fork and chopsticks, torch, long sleeve shirt for snorkeling in case (water might be still cold)
Cost
camp; free
onsen; 1,000-1,200
highway (go and back, from Osaka); guess 700/person gas; guess1,500/person and food
Rie
Leader :
2006-07-09 10:30:00 - 2006-07-09 20:00:00 | Hiking **
Ibuki Hike on Jul 9th
Two Stars,Mt. Ibuki is 1184m height and famous for great view and the flower garden on the top. I had this event last year with great friends and would love to have it this year, again. Please join me if you can^^) It is about 6 hours walking.
Meeting Place/Time: Ibuki tozanguchi at 10:30
<<Transportation to Ibuki>>
*From JR Osaka:take Shinkaisoku on the 8th platform at 7:26-arrive JR Nagahama at 9:29 (Yuri will take this train)
*From JR Kyoto: take Shinkaisoku on the 2nd platform at 8:02-arrive JR Nagahama at 9:29
*From JR Nagahama:take Kokoku bus at 9:44 -arrive Ibuki tozanguchi at 10:27
<<Transportation from Ibuki>>
*From Ibuki tozanbuchi: take Kokoku bus at 17:01 and arrive JR Nagahama at 17:40
*From JR Nagahama: take Shinkaisoku at 17:59 and arrive JR Osaka at 19:43
Trans. fee for round trip from Osaka:5180yen.
Yuri
Leader : Yuri Takakura (yuri.t) | send e-mail
2006-07-14 22:00:00 - 2006-06-17 21:00:00 | Hiking **
Tateyama trekking Jul. 14-17th
Two StarsThis event is Tateyama trekking for only members.
We leave for Tateyama by bus at 22:10 on July 14th.
On 15th and 16th, we enjoy the trekking of 3,000m mountains.
On 17th, We arrive at JR Osaka at 21:30.
I will make details soon.
Deadline:June 17th
Members:6 people
Cost:About 35,000yen
Leader : Kei Sasabe (kei.s) | send e-mail
2006-07-21 12:00:00 - 2006-07-29 18:00:00 | Hiking ***1/2
Tateyama to Kamikochi traverse, Jul 21st - 29th
Three and harf stars.This is supposed to be the ultimate seven-day hike in Japan! It is long but not incredibly hard and no technical skill is required. But as we don’t want to go to any mountain hut (very expensive, crowded … and I cannot eat typical Japanese breakfast anymore!), we will camp, and thus carry tent and food most of the time. So, you need to be perfectly fit to join this trek. Remember you will have to hike 8-10 hours per days with a 15Kg backpack and for 7 days. It is possible to shorten the trek (several escape routes) but only if two persons agree to do it together.
7/21: Leave Osaka/Kyoto (21:50/23:00) by a night bus to Murodo
7/22: Hike to Tsurugisawa (base camp) and climb (without bag) Tsurugidake
7/23: Hike to GoshikiGaHaraSanso through Dainichidake (Onanjiyama)
7/24: Hike to YakushiToge through YakushiDake
7/25: Hike to KurobegorooGoya through KurobegorooDake
7/26: Hike to YariDakeSanso
7/27: Hike to HotakaDakeSansoo through ObamiDake, NakaDake, MinamiDake, KitahotakaDake and KarasawaDake (5 pics over 3000m!)
7/28: Hike to Kamikochi through OkuHotakaDake and MaeHotakaDake. Then, we will take some rest at Kamikochi, have onsen, nice dinner, long sleep and leave by bus on the 29th back to Kyoto /Osaka.
For those who want to go back straight home, a possibility (but more expensive) would be to take a bus to Matsumoto and there a train back to Osaka and arrive on Saturday 28th in the late evening.
Bring: Good hiking shoes, tent (possible to share with someone else of course; and to borrow an IOC tent), mattress and sleeping bag, rain gear, flashlight, small camera, cooking material and food for 7 days (light dried food, cookies, pasta… nothing heavy…). For this kind of hike the weight of the backpack is fundamental: it should be as light as possible! So, take a minimum of clothing, it’s better to be smelly than having a pain on your back!
Cost:
Camping: usually 500 yens / night
Overnight Bus from Osaka/Kyoto to Murodo: 11000 yens
Bus from Kamikuchi to Kyoto/Osaka: 8000 yens
Bus from Kamikuchi to Matsumoto: 4400 yens
Train from Matsumoto to Osaka: 10500 yens (With Limited express and Nozomi).
We also advise participants to get their insurance plan for this event.
Leader :
Co-leader :
2006-07-28 21:00:00 - 2006-07-30 21:00:00 | Cycling **
Shimanami cycling Jul. 28-30th
Two Stars,Shimanami Sea Road is waiting for you.
The road is between Imabari and Onomichi.
We enjoy the cycling looking at the great bridges.
We leave Kobe for Imabari by ferry at 22:30 on July 28th.
We enjoy the cycling on 29th and 30th. We stay at YH.
From Onomichi, we go back Osaka by train.
Deadline : June 24th.
Members : 6 persons
Cost : 15,000yen (Lodge, ferry, train and to cross bridges)
If you use a rental bike with helmet, you pay 2,000yen.
Bring : Bike(if you have), helmet, gloves, rainwear,
Onsen kit, food, drink
Leader : Kei Sasabe (kei.s) | send e-mail
