Venue
Koshiba Hall, The Univeristy of Tokyo (Hongo campus)
7 Chome-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo City, Tokyo 113-0033
Google map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/p55by4WbVdcf7bY48
Tranportation
Most of participants will come from Nagasaki after HP2024, therefore take a domestic flight and arrive at Haneda airport in Tokyo.
From Haneda airport to Tokyo city
Via train:
From Haneda airport to Tokyo city, Tokyo Monorail Line or Keikyu Line connect you to JR Line. For Monorail Line, change the train at Hamamatsu-cho (浜松町) station (last stop) to JR Yamanote Line. For Keikyu Line, change at Shinagawa (品川) station to JR Yamanote Line. In both cases, take JR Yamonote Line (山手線) bound for Tokyo station or Ueno (上野) station (Yamanote Line Inner Loop "内回り") to the station close to your hotel.
https://tokyo-haneda.com/en/access/train/index.html
Note that some trains go toward Keikyu Yokohama instead of Keikyu Shinagawa Station. We recommend you to take the Tokyo Monorail Line if you are not familiar with Keikyu line.
Via bus:
From Haneda airport to Tokyo station, you can also take express bus to Tokyo station or Akihabara station. Please see more detail in the following page:
https://tokyo-haneda.com/en/access/bus/index.html
From Narita airport to Tokyo city
From Narita airport to Ueno station, take the express train called "Keisei Skyliner" (~40min). See more detailed information in the follwoing page:
https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/access/
Direction from the nearby station to Koshiba Hall
There are several stations of public transportation such as JR Line and Tokyo Metro subway near Koshiba Hall in the University of Tokyo. Below is a list of possible routes from the nearby station to the venue on Google map. Please check the route depending on the place you will stay and how long it takes on foot.
From Ueno (上野) station, ~20 minutes
(JR Line, Keisei Line, Tokyo Metro subway)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/pZrh7TfvLWo42UXh9
- About 20 minutes walking distance from Ueno station to Koshiba Hall by walking through Ueno park.
- or take a bus "上01" and get off at the bus stop "Toudai-Kounai" meaning "inside Univ. of Tokyo".
From Hongo-sanchome (本郷三丁目), ~12 minutes
(Tokyo Metro subway)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/93DwaEy6BPRwqNNm6
From Nezu (根津) station, ~10 minutes
(Tokyo Metro subway)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Xp1Ygdv4mKhBcv9p8
From Yushima (湯島) station, ~16 minutes
(Tokyo Metro subway)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/sZmbiHsqDh3q7Cfj9
From Today-mae (東大前), ~9 minutes
(Tokyo Metro subway)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/A33qKZ8TBaaGpE3YA
More information on the local tranportation can be found in the link below:
https://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/access.html
Information about "Welcome Suica" and other tranportation IC card
The "Welcome Suica" is a e-money card for moving around and shopping. Once you have this card with enough balance, you just need to touch the card to the ticket gate (the fare will be automatically deducted from the balance) and don't need to buy a paper ticket.
https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/welcomesuica/welcomesuica.html
＊This card can be also accepted in any convenience stores and most supermarkets and vending machines in Tokyo.
＊You can recharge money to the "Welcome Suica" card at any stations.
＊Please note that no refunds can be made regardless of the validity period status or balance loaded on the card.
Visa
Please check whether you need a visa to visit Japan in the following page:
https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/
We can provide an invitation letter as well as some documents needed for a visa application. If you say "Yes" in "Do you need VISA?" in the registration form, we will contact you via email and proceed with the preparation. If you do not receive any email from us, please let us (gunji@cns.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp) know.
If you need only an invitation letter, please register first and then contact us via email (gunji@cns.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp).
