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Campus Information

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Using the internet

In the conference venue, you can access the net easily if you have valid eduroam account. Therefore, please make sure that your account is activated if you use the net with your eduroam account.

Travel Information

Please find the following information on this page.

• Travel to Kobe
• Local Transportation
• Accommodation
• About Visas

The Conference takes place in Kobe University Centennial Hall and Takikawa memorial Hall in Kobe University, JAPAN. We strongly recommend you to get the conference by public transport since it's conveniently located in terms of public transportation and we don't have enough car parking space. Please contact us if you'd like to get the conference by car nonetheless (we have to arrange your car parking space).

General Information

• Kobe University Access/Campus Map (the venue is No.37 with No.39 in Rokkodai Campus)
• Kobe City (official website in English)
• Official Kobe Tourism Site
• Wikitravel Kansai (information about ICOCA and Kansai Thru Pass)
• Information about Visa for Japan on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Travel to Kobe

Local Transportation

The conference talks place in the Kobe University Centennial Hall and Takikawa memorial Hall in Kobe, JAPAN.

• From Kansai International Airport (KIX):

  see Getting to Rokkodai Campus from Kansai International Airport page.

• From Sannomiya station:

  take a local train on Hankyu Railways (Kobe Line) bound for "Umeda" and get off at "Rokko" station (3rd stop annotated by HK13, time required: 5 min./fare: 190 yen). See also Getting to Campus from other main transportation terminals page and Train Route Finder (The nearest station to the venue is "Rokkou") for more information. We note that you must not take any Express Service trains since they do not stop at "Rokko".

  We do not recommend to use the JR (Japan Railways) Kobe Line since "RokkoMichi" is not the nearest station to the conference location. In this case, take a local train (or a rapid service train) and get off at "RokkoMichi" station (2nd stop, time required: 5 min./fare: 160 yen). We note that you must not take any Special Rapid Service (S. Rapid) trains since they do not stop at "RokkoMichi". Moreover, please make sure that there are cars annotated with "Women Only" which is only available for women.

  • From the nearest railway station (Hankyu Rokko):

    You can walk to the Centennial Hall and Takikawa Memorial Hall (see the route on Google Maps). The distance between Hankyu Rokko station and the conference location is about 650m.

    NOTE THAT the conference location is on the hill so you have to walk uphill. We recommend to take Kobe Municipal Bus No. 36 or a taxi if you have heavy luggage with you.

    1. Go straight in front of automatic ticket gates and turn to the left at the T-junction of a skybridge.

    2. Turn to the right at the end of the skybridge.

    3. Turn into an alley (turn to the left) just after the previous corner.

    4. Through the traffic light and turn to the right at the end of the alley.

    5. This is an entrance of Kobe University at the previous corner.

    X. The access map around the university.

    Or you take Kobe Municipal Bus No. 36 (not No. 16) bound for "Tsurukabuto-Danchi" and get off at "Shindai-BunriNogakubu-Mae" (3rd stop, time required: 5 min., fare: 210 yen, every about 8min.-10min.). The Centennial Hall is at (37) of Campus Map, the Takikawa Memorial Hall is at (39) of Campus Map and one of [36]s of Campus Map is the bus stop "Shindai-BunriNogakubu-Mae". We note that the distance between the bus top "Shindai-BunriNogakubu-Mae" and the conference location is about 450m (downhill). See the route on Google Maps.

  • From the nearest JR railway station (JR RokkoMichi):

    take Kobe Municipal Bus No. 36 (not No. 16) bound for "Tsurukabuto-Danchi" and get off at "Shindai-BunriNogakubu-Mae" (5rd stop, time required: 10 min./fare: 210 yen). The Centennial Hall is at (37) of Campus Map, the Takikawa Memorial Hall is at (39) of Campus Map and one of [36]s of Campus Map is the bus stop "Shindai-BunriNogakubu-Mae". We note that the distance between the bus top "Shindai-BunriNogakubu-Mae" and the conference location is about 450m (downhill). See the route on Google Maps.

    Or you can walk to the Centennial Hall and Takikawa Memorial Hall (see the route on Google Maps). The distance between JR RokkoMichi station and the conference location is about 1.5km.

  • By Taxi from railway stations:

    You can get the Centennial Hall by taxi from railway stations (Hankyu Rokko, JR RokkoMichi or Sannomiya ). We expect that it will be approximately 2,500 JPY from Sannomiya station, approximately 900 JPY from JR RokkoMichi, and approximately 700 JPY from Hankyu Rokko station. In this case, we recommend you to print the following information in advance and bring it with you.

    • [JPG] Instruction for taxi driver in Japanese (maybe on the front side)
    • [WEB] The route inner campus on Google Maps (maybe on the back side)

• More Information:
  • Annotated Campus Map (PDF file)
  • Google Map Street View
    • Hankyu Rokko station
    • Hankyu Rokko Bus stop
    • JR RokkoMichi station
    • JR Rokko Bus stop
    • Shindai-BunriNougakubu-Mae Bus stop
  • Address of the Kobe University:
    1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku
    Kobe 657-8501
    Japan
  • Travel guide to the Department of Mathematics, Kobe University
  • Travel Information RIMS Workshop Kyoto and ALC Kobe

Accommodation

Since the nearest station to the conference venue is "Rokko" (Hankyu Railways), we recommend you to book hotels near stations of Hankyu Railways (e.g. Sannomiya). Moreover, Sannomiya station is the terminal station where you can get on all the trains (except shinkansen) and buses to get Osaka/Kyoto/Himeji/Nara.

The following hotels are some recommendations from the viewpoint of the cost and the closeness to Sannomiya station. Please note that ISSAC 2014 does not have any official hotel and the conference week is the beginning of summer peak period (Kobe is one of major sightseeing places in Japan).

• HOTEL Villa Fontaine Kobe-Sannomiya
• Sannomiya Terminal Hotel(note: the closest hotel to the terminal station (Sannomiya))
• the b kobe
• Hotel Monterey Kobe/Hotel Monterey Amalie
• Daiwa Roynet Hotel Kobe-Sannomiya

If you'd like to find other hotels, we recommend you to use the following site.

• the official kobe tourism site (Area: Sannomiya/Motomachi)
• Rakuten TRAVEL (Choose Japan/Kobe and click "Search Hotels")

About Visas

If you apply for a visa to enter Japan, you would need an invitation letter. First, you need to read information about Visa for Japan on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

If you need the following documents for visa:

• letter of reason for invitation (in Japanese)
• schedule of stay (in Japanese)
• certificate of the local arrangement chair (in Japanese)

please provide the local arrangement chair the following information:

• The name of embassy or consulate (where you will apply for visa)
• Nationality
• Job (e.g. Professor, PhD. Student)
• Affiliation (e.g. Kobe University)
• Passport name (first name, middle name and last name)
• Gender (i.e. male or female)
• Birthday (year, month, day, age)
• Prehistory of purpose (e.g. submitted paper is accepted)
• Travel schedule (airports, arrival/departure date, hotel)
• Mailing address (for sending the documents by EMS)
• Telephone number (for sending the documents by EMS)
• Fax number (if available)

If you need the letter of invitation (this is not required for your visa), please provide the local arrangement chair the following information:

• Title (e.g. Ms., Mr., Dr., Professor)
• Your name (first name, middle name and last name)
• Affiliation (e.g. Kobe University)
• Business Address (or your address if you are student)
• Prehistory of purpose (e.g. submitted paper is accepted)
• Mailing address (if you need the original instead of the PDF)
• Telephone number (if you need the original instead of the PDF)
• Fax number (if available and if you need the original instead of the PDF)

Contact us

Please contact us through email: Local Arrangement Chair (Kosaku Nagasaka)