Events December 2007
2007-12-08 17:30:00 - 2007-12-08 20:00:00 | Special EventsChristmas party!! Saturday December 8th
***Fully booked!!***
This year's Christmas party will be at "Ola", a Mexican restaurant in Shinsaibashi, Osaka on Saturday December 8th.
http://homepage2.nifty.com/olatacos/
This event is limited to 40 people. Sign up early to make sure you don't miss out!
Sign-up deadline: Friday 30th November
Please email Rie to sign up.
Limited to IOC members only.
The Christmas present exchange is optional. If you would like to join in the gift exchange, bring a gift of around 1,000yen in value.
Leader :
Meet :
At the restaurant (see map on webpage)
http://homepage2.nifty.com/olatacos/
Reception 5:30-6pm
Party 6-8pm
Cost :
3,000yen for food and drink (nomihodai)
2007-12-09 12:00:00 - 2007-12-09 17:00:00 | Hiking *
Post Christmas Party Hangover Hike
Ok, so it's official - Sunday's hangover hike will be to Hieizan. The hike is supposed to take just over 4hours so we should be ok to start hiking at midday (but do bring a headlamp!)Meet at JR Hieizan Sakamoto at midday (there is a train that arrives from the south at 11:59).
Make sure that you take a Kosei sen train - ie the trains that go along the west side of Lake Biwako.
Bring lunch (we can have a late lunch at the top), warm clothes, raingear, headlamp, thermos? and a towel for the onsen (there's a super sento one train stop away in Nishi Otsu where we can stop on the way back).
Leader :
Meet :
Meet at JR Hieizan Sakamoto at midday (there is a train that arrives from the south at 11:59).
Make sure that you take a Kosei sen train - the trains that go along the west side of Lake Biwako.
2007-12-15 09:00:00 - 2007-12-15 18:00:00 | Hiking *1/2
SnowShoes hiking on Dec.15th --> Jan.14th
Postpone to Jan.14th(mon) national holiday.Horai san SnowShoes hiking on Jan.14th(mon)
One and half stars.
We will hike from Biwako Vallay Gondora Station up to Horai san (about 1200m above sea level) summit we'll get fine views of Lake Biwa.
After lunch, we will hiking down to Shiga Station. the walking will last about 4 hours at a good pace.
the local bus running from Shiga to Biwako Vallay .
http://www.biwako-valley.com/winter_season/english/
We will take up gondola one way.
Leader : Koji Otani (koji.o) | send e-mail
