{"id":31132,"date":"2024-09-06T16:09:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T07:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/?p=31132"},"modified":"2024-11-18T16:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T07:38:20","slug":"icc-mt-takao-hiking-2024-10-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/news\/2024\/09\/06\/31132\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun hike with new friends!  ICC Field Trip to Mt. Takao (2024\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To start the 2024 fall semester, let&#8217;s go hiking at Mt. Takao!<\/p>\n<p>Mt. Takao is incredibly popular, seeing 2.5 million climbers per year. It earns rave reviews from people all over the world and even has three stars in France\u2019s Michelin Guide!<\/p>\n<p>Mt. Takao has historical spots like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.takaosan.or.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yakuouin<\/a>, the main temple of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, as well as a huge variety of nature: crystal-clear streams, 1600 species of plants, and over 100 different species of birds are found on the mountain. Have your phone or camera fully charged to capture the precious moments along the trail.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re worried about making it to the summit, you can travel halfway up on Japan\u2019s steepest cable car (31 degrees!), so even novice hikers can get to the top.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.takaotozan.co.jp\/course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mt. Takao information (hiking trail options, etc)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This event is a great way to make friends with people from all over the world and to create a great memory of your time at Waseda!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re planning to eat lunch at the summit, but please bring your own food and drink as you may not be able to buy food during the hike.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to see you there &#8211; sign up today!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Schedule<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>10:30 Check in<br \/>\n\u30fbOption A: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.takaotozan.co.jp\/timeprice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cable Car \/ Chair Lift<\/a> + Hike (1.5~2 hours)<br \/>\n\u30fbOption B: Hike only (2~2.5 hours)<br \/>\n13:00 (+\/-) Arrive at summit<br \/>\n13:30\u00a0 Finish\/Farewell<\/p>\n<h5>Date\u00a0&amp; Time<\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW171010674 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171010674 BCX8\">Saturday, October 12th, 10:30-13:30<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW171010674 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"EOP SCXW171010674 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW60175515 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW60175515 BCX8\">\uff0aCancelled if bad weather<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Place<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mt. Takao (Hachioji City) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\uff0aMeet at <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/4PbqNnENFEDo35LX7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Takaosanguchi Stn<\/a>. (Keio Line)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Eligibility<\/h5>\n<p>Waseda Students<\/p>\n<h5>Language<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MC: English &amp; Japanese<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Fee<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Free (just pay your own transportation)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Capacity<\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109090537 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109090537 BCX8\">about 80 people (by lottery)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109090537 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109090537 BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\uff0a<\/span>Results announced the day after the deadline.<span class=\"EOP SCXW109090537 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Registration<\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW31719776 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31719776 BCX8\">Via <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/gSexnJDNXF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this form<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Deadline<\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW197436094 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW197436094 BCX8\">Monday, Oct. 7th, 9:00am<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Before Applying<\/h5>\n<p>Please read and confirm your understanding of ICC\u2019s policies on Cancellation, Infection Prevention, Food Allergens and Reasonable Accommodations (<a class=\"addicn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/en\/events\/before-joining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h5>Enquiries<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ICC\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105,&quot;335559796&quot;:-50}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tel: 03-5286-3990<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=clGGs4eYOkuJ_5WjW5L0w1bf-PYKhMNEuRRv6rKz6ztUMFlDUkU4U0w4R01MSEVPRk1BVjBYR0NVSiQlQCN0PWcu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact Form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a fun hike and meet new people! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[82,137,135],"class_list":["post-31132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-events-en","tag-hands-on-activities-en","tag-visit-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33924,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31132\/revisions\/33924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}