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Spring Hike and Hanami

Saturday, March 16, 2024 - 10:30am to 1:00pm

๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ง โ€˜๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜โ€™ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ4

๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ:ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย ย March, 16th ย 10:30~13:00 (Bus Home) 10:30~15:00 (Round trip hike)ย 
๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:ย  ย  ย Mount Misao to Sougenji Temple
๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:ย ย  ย  ย  Behind baseball grounds, by Gokokujinjya shrineย https://maps.app.goo.gl/FNLLoBvnY4ktn7X96

๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ:ย ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  Catch tram to Higashiyama Terminal then walk to Gokokujinja

๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ.

๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป
We will meet at the parking just above the baseball diamonds. ย We will walk to Sougenji temple.ย  There is a famous cherry tree there by a lake.ย  It may be a little early, but it will be a nice walk. It's about a 4km hike to the temple and 4km back.

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One-Wayย  ย  ย  4km

Round tripย  ย  8km

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On the way home, you can take a bus which is 10 minutes back to the car park or 25 mins to Okayama station.ย  Or you could turn around and walk back.ย  It depends how genki you feel.ย 

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
Bring a warm coat, proper walking shoes with grips, drink and snacks.

Event in Planning: 
Scheduled
Cost for JALT Members: 
Free
Cost for non-JALT Members: 
Free