シードキャンプ開始　２００９年４月２５日
ギャザリング開始　２００９年５月２４日
満月　６月８日
クリーンアップキャンプ（片付け）開始６月２３日

日本語の情報は、World Rainbow Gathering コミュニティー
http://mixi.jp/view_community.pl?id=217418
を参照してください。

下記は、World Rainbow Gatheringコミュ管理人のAkariさんrが、Yahoo Groupに掲載したメッセージを転記したものです。
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/japancaravan/



Hello family,

We know that you are waiting to hear more about the gathering that we updated
information on the top page of this Japan caravan yahoo group, which are:

The Japan gathering will be nearby Nioi #13 stone circle, a sacred place for the
indigenous people Ainu, in Nioi, Biratori-cho, Hokkaido, the most northern
island of Japan. The exact location will be announced just before the gathering
starts.

Seed camp starts April 25
Gathering starts May 24
Full moon is June 8
Clean-up camp starts June 23

This gathering will be the one of the Black Current Gathering.
The site is already found (it's private land) and we are happy to have good
resources (beautiful valleys and a river nearby) and good local connections with
Ainu people.
The seed camp will start on April 25 and if you have the time, please join the
seed camp and help build up a great gathering. It's a priceless experience to
observe and be a part of the gathering from the very beginning to the end.

The average temperatures in Hokkaido at the time of the gathering are likely to
be 11 degrees (Celsius) in May, and 16 degrees in June, and we won't get much
rain (about 70-80 mm in a month).

For family coming from abroad, Hokkaido has an international airport,
Shin-Chitose airport, but the flights are limited. Now the direct flight from
Bangkok to Hokkaido is 21,400 B (open 1 year), but it is very changeable so keep
your eyes on reasonably priced thickets if you plan. There are some
overnight-ferries going over to Hokkaido from other areas like Ibaragi (nearby
Tokyo), Nigata, Aomori or Kyoto. Also there are some overnight-trains to
Hokkaido, but it's as expensive as domestic flights. It might be easier to get
to Shin-Chitose airport then take a bus to the area of the site. Hitch-hiking is
a good option in Japan and it is possible to do the whole Tokyo-Hokkaido trip by
hitch-hiking in a few days, but Hokkaido is another island so you will have to
take a ferry or a train at least from Aomori to Hokkaido. Air Do
(http://www.airdo.jp/ap/index.html) is the most reasonable for domestic airlines
in Japan (110-120 US$ for one way), but it's only possible from Tokyo, Sendai,
and Nigata on main island of Japan.

Also keep in mind that Japan has strict drug policies and it will be very wise
to keep any form of illegal substances away from the gathering. It is getting a
common thing that many festival-goers get busted and arrested during the events.
[Although we'll write this in the invitation with all the `bring – don't bring's
it may help to say it already to help family visualize and make possible a
non-drugged gathering. I'd also rather use `illegal substances' than `drugs' not
to start again the discussion of what is a drug and what not.]

Meanwhile, the spam issue of this group is taken care of and if you have changed
your e-mail delivery options because of spam, now is the time to set it back to
normal. This message is sent as a special notice but normally we e-mail the
rest. There is also a mixi group for Japanese speaking family. The address is:
http://mixi.jp/view_community.pl?id=217418

See you all at the gathering.
Wishing you abundant of love, peace and light,