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The '''AJET Welcome Beach Party''' is an annual event held in August each year at [[Kō Beach]] in [[Shima]], usually the first weekend after the arrival of Group B.  It gets most of the incoming JETs in Mie on the same beach for a full day and many recontacting JETs are there as well as many of them are interested in meeting the new JETs.
 
The '''AJET Welcome Beach Party''' is an annual event held in August each year at [[Kō Beach]] in [[Shima]], usually the first weekend after the arrival of Group B.  It gets most of the incoming JETs in Mie on the same beach for a full day and many recontacting JETs are there as well as many of them are interested in meeting the new JETs.
 
==What to Bring==
 
*Beach towel
 
*Food
 
*Drinks (beer, tea, water, etc), as well as a cooler
 
*Sunblock
 
*A chair
 
*Beach umbrella (available at your nearest Jusco or home goods store, usually for less than ¥500)...
 
'''Note''': the nearest supermarket is '''not''' within walking distance, and there are some food vendors on the beach, but they mainly sell flavored crushed ice and ice cream, so we recommend you bring it all with you.
 
  
 
==Train Times - 2010 Schedule==
 
==Train Times - 2010 Schedule==

Revision as of 21:02, 13 July 2010

The AJET Welcome Beach Party is an annual event held in August each year at Kō Beach in Shima, usually the first weekend after the arrival of Group B. It gets most of the incoming JETs in Mie on the same beach for a full day and many recontacting JETs are there as well as many of them are interested in meeting the new JETs.

Train Times - 2010 Schedule

Though any number of trains can get you to Ugata Station by 10:45am, each year a big group of JETs all take the same train to Shima. Those who would like to ride down with a bunch of other JETs should take the following train.

Coming from the north (Nagoya Line)

You will be riding a Kintetsu express train bound for Toba (鳥羽).

  • Kuwana: 07:52
  • Kintetsu-Tomida: 08:00
  • Kintetsu-Yokkaichi: 08:05
  • Shiohama: 08:09
  • Ise-Wakamatsu: 08:16
  • Shiroko: 08:21
  • Edobashi: 08:30
  • Tsu: 08:32
  • Tsu-Shinmachi: 08:35
  • Hisai: 08:40
  • Ise-Nakagawa: 08:45
  • Matsusaka: 08:53
  • Iseshi: 09:08
  • Ujiyamada: 09:10
  • Isuzugawa: 09:13
  • Toba: 09:37 (everyone will switch to a Kashikojima-bound local at Toba)
  • Shima-Akasaka: 09:42
  • Shima-Isobe: 10:02
  • Ugata (arrival): 10:10

Coming from the west (Osaka Line)

You will be riding a Kintetsu rapid express train bound for Ujiyamada (宇治山田), and will change to an express train bound for Toba (鳥羽) at Ise-Nakagawa.

  • Nabari: 07:42
  • Kikyōgaoka: 07:45
  • Iga-Kambe: 07:51
  • Aoyamachō: 07:54
  • Sakakibara-onsen-guchi: 08:13
  • Ise Nakagawa: 08:23 (arrival), change to express for Toba which leaves at 08:45.

Bus Times - 2010 Schedule

Ugata Station --> Kō Beach

Times for the bus bound for Anori (安乗) -- bus #91 -- to get to Kō Beach

  • 09:20
  • 10:50 - this is the bus that those JETs riding the above train will take
  • 12:10
  • 13:30
  • 14:50

Kō Beach --> Ugata Station

  • 14:05
  • 15:25
  • 16:56
  • 17:56
  • 18:59
  • 19:56 (last bus)
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