Northern Welcome Party
September 11th-12th
In Napo-to Park

NakagawaHost: Noriyasu Li (Northern Rep) – 090-6558-6674 nori_maki16@hotmail.com, Susan Carrasco (Nakagawa-cho ALT).

Network: Global

Price: 500 yen for non-HAJET members, free for all others (for the Saturday night meal). If you need to rent tents please contact me or Susan (cost to rent at tent is 500 yen).

Start Time: Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 1:00pm.

End Time: Sunday, September 12, 2010 anytime you want to leave the matsuri.

Location: Nakagawa Auto-Camp Site “Napo-to Park (ナポートパーク)” Right by Route 438, Nakagawa-cho is along Highway 40 aka Nayoro National Highway.

http://www.town.nakagawa.hokkaido.jp/sightseeing/index.html

Brings/food sitch: You, yourself, tent, camping gear, clothes, towel(s), frisbees, footballs, games, cards, fireworks (no “uchiages”) and any other camping apparatuses. BYOB, and you own extra veggies for those who don’t eat meat. Food only provided Saturday night for the BBQ, which will start around 5pm. The people of Nakagawa are getting some food together for us, and it will be an assortment of beef, pork, chicken, kushiyaki, jingis-kan, and some veggies. Also, bring whatever burgers/hotdogs/barbeque food you may want to eat. There is a convenient store near the campsite, if you’d like to buy drinks after you arrive, and for those who might need extra food. Bring grills if you have them too.

Activites: Those who have signed up for the Yosakoi and Log Pushing contest are set. Others who have not signed up but would like to part take in either activity please contact Susan or me. There is a matsuri (festival) going on Sunday morning/afternoon from 9:00am to 3:00pm…feel free to stay and check out the festivities after we break camp in the morning. There will be food at the matsuri as well. Other activities include park golfing, canoeing, going to the onsen, hiking, walking around town, and mingling.

Transportations: Car: Highway 40, right (if you’re goin up) left (if you’re comin down) at the traffic light by the “michinoeki,” another right at the next road, then the first left and you are there.

  • By Train: JR Teshionakagawa Station, 1.5km from the station to the campsite.
  • By Bus: No buses go through Nakagawa…please drive yourself/carpool or take the train to the station, and someone will pick you up.

Note: PLEASE thank any Nakagawa BOE people you might see at the BBQ, they have taken their time to help us put the welcome party together, and have kindly waived the campsite fee. They’re really excited to have a bunch of other ALTs come visit their town.

HEC tents rent out to groups of 3 or 4. Let us know if you want to be with a certain “tent group” or we’ll jus put people together as you arrive.