Summer Festa in Isumi 2014 Start on July 1 , 2014

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Let enjoy summer of Boso peninsula in Isumi !
Summer Festa is going to start this year again.
You can enjoy fruit picking, playing in the sea, cooking country dishes, and more.

1. Mackerel Fishing
Enjoy fishing mackerel with your children, boyfriend/girlfriend, and group !

Duration: July 20 (Sun) – Aug 31 (Sun) 1PM-3PM
(No event on August 4, 13, 14, 15, 18)
Fee: Adult (High school age and older) 4,000 yen; Child (Junior high school age and younger) 2,000 yen
Bait and fishing tackle included.

2. Surfing & Body-board
Would you make your surfing debut at Isumi, Mecca of surfing ?

Duration: July 1 (Tue) – August 31 (Sun)
Fee: 5,400 yen – Approx. 2h. Equipment rental available at additional cost

3. River Cruise
Enjoy river cruise at Isumi River.

Duration: July 1 (Tue) – August 31 (Sun) (Closed on every Monday)
Fee: 5,400 yen/person (including insurance, equipment rental, and consumption tax)
For more details and application, please contact: Isumi Paddle Club (TEL: 0470-62-5073)

4. Nature Observation
Let’s observe wildlife of summer and autumn in Isumi

1) Lotus admiring week (July 15 – 21)
2) Plants observation at seashore (July 19)
3) Let’s seek life in the channel of firefly at the center (July 26)
4) Observation of summer constellation (July 26)
5) Mini-program – special week “Summer play of countryside” (August 5 – 10)
6) Let’s go to Dragonfly Bog to see dragonfly (August 23)

5. Fishing American Crayfish
Duration: Every day (except for closed day of the center)

For more details and application for No. 4 and 5, please contact: Isumi Environment and Culture Village (TEL: 0470-86-5251)

6. Catching Japanese spiny lobster with hands and making dried fish (mackerel)

Duration: August 9 (Sat), 10 (Sun), 13 (Wed)
Fee: 2,100 yen/person (3 horse mackerels, 1 Japanese spiny lobster)
For more details or application, please contact: Alpha Co., Ltd. (TEL: 0470-64-0077)

7. Excited from Children to Adults! Farm tour to learn the animal’s life
Learn, Taste, Enjoy! -Farming experience

Duration: July 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 21, 26, 27, August 2, 3, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17
Fee: 1000 yen (Elementary school age and older); 500 yen (Below elementary school age); Infant free
For more details or application, please contact: Takahide Farm (TEL: 0470-86-2131)

8. Pear picking
Picking pear that is sweet and less sour. The pear was grown using less agricultural chemicals and more organic fertilizer.

Duration: August 23 (Sat) – September 10 (Wed)
For more details or application, please contact
・Odaka Farm (TEL: 0470-87-2164)
・Otani Farm (TEL: 0470-87-4739)

9. Blueberry Picking
July 25 (Fri) – August 25 (Sun)
Would you pick blueberry in the richly green environment?
* Duration and Fee depend on the farms. Please check details on the web page or brochure.

10. Fig Picking
How about sweet fig picking at the place full of nature?
Duration: August 9 (Sat) – August 31 (Sun), Prior booking required
For more details or application, please contact: Goheiyama Farm (TEL: 0470-66-0479)
Free admission, Picked fig 1000 yen/kg

11. Ornamental Charcoal Making [NEW]
Duration: July 27 (Sun)
Fee: 700 yen

12. Making Tofu with Lunch [NEW]
Duration: August 17 (Sun)
Fee: 1000 yen
For more details or application for No. 11 and 12, please contact: Isumi Kyarabuki Promotion Group (TEL: 0470-86-2969)

13. Isumi History Visit Tour
Would you visit a place to enjoy panoramic view of wide clear Pacific Ocean, Kujukuri beach, and city of Isumi?
Duration: August 2 (Sat), 3 (Sun)
Fee: 2500 yen (including lunch)

14. Getting on a Mini Railroad
Duration: August 9 (Sat), 10 (Sun)
Basically free. Donation box will be placed
For more details or application for 13 and 14, please contact: NPO Taitosaki Lighthouse Club (TEL: 0470-87-3527)

15. Cooking Country Dishes by Rakudokai
July 12 (Sat) – August 25 (Mon)
Futomaki-Sushi (Sushi roll) (1 fried egg, 1 rolled sushi), Pizza
Duration: July 12 (Sat) – Every Saturday and Saturday (*No event on July 20 and August 17)
Fee: Futomaki-Sushi 3000 yen / person; Pizza 2500 yen/person
For more details or application, please contact: Rakudokai (TEL: 0470-87-2660)

16. Making Soba
Making handmade soba with buckwheat powder harvested in Isumi.
July 1 (Tue) – early September
For more details or application, please contact
– Misaki Soba Kobo (TEL: 0470-87-2074)
– Handmade Soba Hiraga (TEL: 0470-87-3036)
Fee: 1 set (5 servings) 2500 yen

17. “Indigo” Raw Leaves Dyeing
Dyeing using Raw leaves is only for summer season. We use local Indigo for dying.
Duration: July 13, 14, 27, 28, August 10, 11, 24, 25
Fee: Adult 2500 yen/person (silk scarf) *High school age and older
　　Child 1000 yen/person (Cotton handkerchief)
For more details or application, please contact: “At Home Cotton Project(Homey Cotton Project)” (TEL: 080-1211-0508)

* The event on July 13 will be held at Isumi Life Market in Chimachi.
13:00 – 15:00　Please book in advance.

18. Making Soba starting from sowing seed in Isumi, Boso

Collaboration event of NPO Isumi Lifestyle Lab and Summer Festa
Would you make Isumigawa Soba using buckwheat powder harvested in Isumi city.
Duration: August 2, early October, Middle November
Fee: Adult 1500 yen each time (lunch of handmade soba included)
*participation free for elementary school age or younger (lunch 1000 yen)
For more details or application, please contact
・NPO Isumi Lifestyle Lab (TEL: 0470-62-6730)
・Handmade Soba Hiraga (TEL: 0470-87-3036)

*The number is limited. We look forward to your participation.

*Detailed information will be uploaded on the website of Isumi City once it is ready,
or, please contact the relevant organizations.

The brochure is also available at our office. Please stop by our office if you would like the brochure.

( Miho / Yasuko )

“7th Isumi Health Marathon” entry opened

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A great number of runners from Tokyo as well as local runners participate in this marathon every year.
A peaceful country view, cheer from roadside, and kind staffs receive a favorable reception.

“7th Isumi Health Marathon”

Race category: Half Marathon / 10 km / 5 km
Reception: Misaki Fureai Kaikan, Isumi-shi, Chiba

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Information

• The Marathon is held on December 6 (Sat.) and 7 (Sun), 2014
• The entry opened on July 7, 2014 and will be closed once capacity reached.
• Race category: Half Marathon / 10 km / 5 km
• 7th Isumi Health Marathon (Masuda Akemi Cup) brochure was released on June 30, 2014.

For those who would like a brochure or dedicated bank transfer form, please send us an envelope with the following items enclosed to the address below.

1) Information on how many brochures required (any piece of paper).
2) Return postage stamp (82-yen stamp for 1 brochure, 92-yen stamp for 2-3 brochures, 140-yen stamp for 4-6 brochures, 205-yen stamp for 7-10 brochures)
3) Return addressed envelope (with your name and address)

Address:
7400-1, Ohara, Isumi-shi, Chiba, 298-8501
Isumi-shi Kyouiku-iinkai, Shougaigakushuuka-nai,
Isumi Kenko Marason Jikkouiinkai Jimukyoku
(Executive Committee Office of Isumi Health Marathon, Lifelong Learning Section, Isumi-shi Education Board)
TEL：0470-62-2811

”Tour for ecological lifestyle in Isumi, Boso Peninsula” conducted on May 31, 2014.

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This was the first tour in 2014!
The theme of the tour was “Ecological Lifestyle.”

The tour was full, and 17 participants joined the tour, which was more than the fixed number.

Many were from Chiba prefecture, but some also came from Tokyo.
The age range was wide from 20’s to 70’s.

We met at our office of Isumi lifestyle.com as always and got on a bus to start the tour!

Firstly, we visited a place “Kayuso”, where a couple moved from Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa enjoy their ecological lifestyle that is environmentally friendly.
This time, we heard their wisdom that is adopted in their daily life while they enjoy their lifestyle.

The most impressive words among many stories were “not to waste anything as much as possible” and “to reuse everything until it is no longer usable.”
I felt it may be the lifestyle that is harmonized with nature.

They say “we are not stingy. We enjoy. ”

After we heard a lot of stories at “Kayuso”, we visited an activity base of “Kuwata, Satoyama no kai” for lunch.
(*”Satoyama” is a community forest where farmland meets the forest.)

Over the beautiful paddy field, there was a self-build cottage.
We had a “Satoyama lunch” there.

The menu was Futomaki-sushi and deli made by a group “Rakudokai” in which local moms and grandmas enjoy cooking local dishes. Plus, homemade pizza of a bakery, “Ansatoyama”.

It was really a big portion and was tasty!
More than anything, eating outside in the nature brought an open atmosphere.

Everybody enjoyed their lunch.

After filling up our stomach, we walked around the Satoyama where conservation activity was taken place by “Kuwata, Satoyama no kai.”

Some area was steep, but the view was nice and it was pleasant!
I didn’t know there was such a nice place! It was new finding.

After the walk, we stopped at farmer’s store and then visited Brown’s Field.
We heard about their daily activities.

It was a hot day, but the time passed so quickly.

The participants say, “I could have talked many people. I talked closely with local people and felt the atmosphere of the Isumi. It was good” “I spent a very meaningful day” and “I enjoyed a lot.” They are very satisfied.

(Chie /Yasuko)