Flight to Japan, Tokyo: Narita (NRT) or Haneda (HND)
- From Europe: direct flight from Major cities
- Paris, Zurich, London, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Moscow, etc...
- From US: direct flight from major cities
- New York, Chicago, Los Angels, etc...
Airport to Ueno station
- From Haneda airport: Take Mono Rail to "Hamamatsu-cho" JR station (25 min). Then take JR-Yamanote line to Ueno (15 min). Ueno station is the closest JR station to University of Tokyo. Ticket costs about 650 Yen.
- From Narita airport: Take "Skyliner" to Ueno which is express train of Keisei Railway. (40 min) Ticket costs about 2500 Yen.
U-Tokyo Hongo Campus
- From the Ueno station
- On-foot: Through the park, it takes about 20 min to the venue.
- Bus: Take "Gaku01" line from Ueno to "TodaiKounai".
- By metro
- Hongo-sanchome of the Oedo line(E08) or Marunouchi line(M21). 8 min walk to the venue.
- Todaimae of the Nanboku-line (N12). 9 min walk to the venue.
Campus Maps (Hongo Campus) is from this Link
Venue: Fukutake Hall : Fukutake Learning Theater
Location: link to google map
- The main hall is on the second underground floor.
- Lunch and smoking area map (login as a participant is required to see the map)
Tips
- Suica: pre-paid card for public transpotation. You can buy at airport and any JR train station. You can use this card at many stores (including cafeteria in University, convienent store in town) to buy food / drink / snacks. For charging, cash is needed.
- Mobile Suica can be used on some mobile phones. Please see here.
- Pasmo: Pasmo is practically nearly equivalent to Suica, but selled by other companies.
Visa to enter Japan
Full detailed information can be found from this page (link to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan).
- Countries or Region for Visa exemptions are listed HERE.
- The procedure to obtain the short-term stay an be found HERE.
- Please check your expiration date of your passport, it should be valid over your stay in Japan. (for special case, you may be asked for 6 month validity)
If you need to obtain your visa, please send an email to organizers to start this procedure. We will support to prepare a set of documents you need to submit.
It would take 5 days to 1 month to receive your visa after submitting your document. The visa is valid for three months, therefore we recommend to start this application from July 1st.
