July, 3rd | Saturday - July, 4th | Sunday | Watersports *1/2
The kayaking is not too hard, and they have two-person kayaks, so beginners can partner with more experienced kayakers.
We’ll be camping on the beach, so we’ll need to make arrangements for tents.
Price: cost per person for guides, kayaks, and 3 meals: approximately Y15,000 + transportation.
Transportation: If we can arrange a combination of drivers, we’ll do that. Otherwise transportation will be about Y6,000 round trip from Osaka (including express trains to and from Okayama, bus, and ferry to Ushimado). Participants can arrange for their own transportation and meet us at the Maeshima Ferry terminal.
Bring: Tent, sleeping bag, light, swimsuit, towel, sunscreen, bug spray, rain gear, Frisbees, balls, etc., musical instruments, alcohol and other drinks (our guides provide water)
Sign up deadline: June 29th. When you sign up, please tell us the following:
1. your level of kayaking experience
2. if you have a tent or can bring an IOC tent
3. if you have a car
4. if you’re a vegetarian
5. where you live
Restrictions and cancellation: This activity is open to non-members as well as members, but non-members need to pay in advance. Please don’t cancel. There will be cancellation fees for late cancellation. In the event of heavy rain, the event will be canceled. For light rain, we’ll go ahead and go (in previous years the rain didn’t bother us).
Ushimado Water Trail: http://ushimado.watertrail.com/photoliv/liblary.htm
Leader : Josh Wilson (ichifish) | send e-mail
Co-leader : Junko Abe (junko_a76) | send e-mail
Meet :
tentative meeting place: Osaka
Cost :
approximately Y15,000 + transportation
Ushimado Sea Kayaking Adventure July 3rd and 4th!
This is a repeat of the popular Ushimado Kayak trip that we’ve done three times before. For this trip we’ll meet our guides on Ushimado Island around noon on Saturday, then spend the afternoon kayaking around the islands of Seto inland sea. We can also swim and fish. In the late afternoon our guides will set up camp for us on the beach, and while we set up our tents, explore the island, and play in the water, they’ll fix us a great dinner. After dinner we’ll relax around the campfire. In the morning our guides will make breakfast, and then we’ll have a half day of kayaking and fun before returning to Ushimado, where we’ll have lunch and finish the tour around 4:00pm. Check out the July 2006 - 2008 editions of “The Horse’s Mouth” to read about previous years.The kayaking is not too hard, and they have two-person kayaks, so beginners can partner with more experienced kayakers.
We’ll be camping on the beach, so we’ll need to make arrangements for tents.
Price: cost per person for guides, kayaks, and 3 meals: approximately Y15,000 + transportation.
Transportation: If we can arrange a combination of drivers, we’ll do that. Otherwise transportation will be about Y6,000 round trip from Osaka (including express trains to and from Okayama, bus, and ferry to Ushimado). Participants can arrange for their own transportation and meet us at the Maeshima Ferry terminal.
Bring: Tent, sleeping bag, light, swimsuit, towel, sunscreen, bug spray, rain gear, Frisbees, balls, etc., musical instruments, alcohol and other drinks (our guides provide water)
Sign up deadline: June 29th. When you sign up, please tell us the following:
1. your level of kayaking experience
2. if you have a tent or can bring an IOC tent
3. if you have a car
4. if you’re a vegetarian
5. where you live
Restrictions and cancellation: This activity is open to non-members as well as members, but non-members need to pay in advance. Please don’t cancel. There will be cancellation fees for late cancellation. In the event of heavy rain, the event will be canceled. For light rain, we’ll go ahead and go (in previous years the rain didn’t bother us).
Ushimado Water Trail: http://ushimado.watertrail.com/photoliv/liblary.htm
Leader : Josh Wilson (ichifish) | send e-mail
Co-leader : Junko Abe (junko_a76) | send e-mail
Meet :
tentative meeting place: Osaka
Cost :
approximately Y15,000 + transportation
