Earth Day Open Roda
To celebrate “Earth Day Tokyo 2009″ Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japan will be holding an open roda on Sunday, April 19th. So come on down to Inokashira Koen (井の頭公園) and let’s enjoy a day of fresh air, green grass, and capoeira.
After the roda we’ll go out for dinner. Whoever forgets to bring their “My Hashi” has to pay for someone else!
Date: Sunday 19th, April
Time: 1.00pm-5pm
Location: Inokashira Koen (井の頭公園). Next to the Ghibli Museum (ジブリの横) See below for map
Cost: FREE
Access: 15 minutes walk from JR Kichijoji Station
Bring your “My Hashi”
No Smoking Please
Keep reading for our Environmental Message and Google Maps.
The humble waribashi – disposable wooden, or literally ’split-apart’ chopsticks. Japan consumes a massive 25 billion sets of them every year – about 200 pairs per person.
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All over the world people will be celebrating our environment on Earth Day and thinking of ways they can save the earth. One way you can help save the earth here in Japan is by refusing to use Waribashi (disposable chopsticks).
Get your own pair of “My Hashi” and take them with you everywhere you go. There are thousands of shops where you can get your own portable chopsticks, from the 100yen variety to the now highly fashionable “My Hashi” online store, or collapsible chopsticks you can wear around your neck. Just pop into your local bento shop and have a look around. There are boundless designs to capture your heart, from Hello Kitty to Doraemon, Sakura to Mt. Fuji.
The most important Japanese phrase every visitor and local should know and use is “そのままで” (sono mama de – as it is). Use this one before the shop clerk wraps up your purchase in another one of the horrible plastics bags.
If you’re not convinced you should be doing something, then the movie you should watch is Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”. Get the DVD, or watch it online somewhere.
Another environmental movie you can watch online right now is “The Story of Stuff”. It’s only 20 minutes long, but packed full of important information.
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