Travel Information

The Conference takes place in the Kobe University Takikawa memorial Hall in Kobe, 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 in Rokkodai Campus)
• Kobe City (official website in English)
• Official Kobe Tourism Site
• Wikitravel Kansai (information about ICOCA and Kansai Thru Pass)

Travel to Kobe

• Kansai International Airport (IATA code: KIX):

  It is the largest international airport in Kansai region (see the official website: Kansai International Airport and Wikipedia). The airport is about 75 minutes from Sannomiya (the center of Kobe City) by bus (1,800yen). The timetable is here. Another alternative is train: it takes about 105 minutes (1,660yen) and we recommend you to use Train Route Finder. To get to the conference location directly, see also From Kansai International Airport page.

• Osaka Itami Domestic Airport (IATA code: ITM):

  The largest domestic airport in Kansai region (see Wikipedia). There are flights from Narita International Airport (IATA code: NRT) which is the largest international airport in Japan, and Haneda Airport (Tokyo International Airport (IATA code: HND)). The airport is about 40 minutes from Sannomiya by bus (1,020yen). The timetable is here. Another alternative is train: it takes about 55 minutes (560yen) and we recommend you to use Train Route Finder. If you want to get to Sannomiya station, please use "From: Osaka-Airport" and "To: Hankyu-Sannomiya" since otherwise you will not get correct answers if you use "Itami-Airport".

• Kobe Domestic Airport (IATA code: UKB):

  A domestic airport close to Kobe City (see the official website: Kobe Airport Terminal and Wikipedia). There are domestic flights to this airport from Haneda Airport (Tokyo International Airport (IATA code: HND)). The airport is about 18 minutes from Sannomiya by monorail train (320yen). The timetable is here.

• More Information:
  • Google Map (around Takikawa memorial Hall)
  • Train Route Finder (NOTE THAT you have to input "Sannomiya" and then select "Hankyu-Sannomiya" or "Sannomiya(Hyogo)" for Sannomiya station)

Travel to the conference venue (in Kobe University)

The conference talks place in the Kobe University 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, time required: 5 min./fare: 180 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 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".

• From the nearest railway station (Hankyu Rokko):

  You can walk to the Takikawa Memorial Hall (see the route on Google Map). The distance between Hankyu Rokko station and the conference location is about 650m. See also walking route finder results in Japanese (Mapion and MapFan).

  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.

  6. Round the conference venue to get the entrance.
  

  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: 200 yen). The Takikawa Memorial Hall is at (31) of Campus Map and (16) of Bunri Nou Gakubu Map (in Japanese). We note that the distance between the bus top "Shindai-BunriNogakubu-Mae" and the conference location is about 450m.

• 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: 200 yen). The Takikawa Memorial Hall is at (31) of Campus Map and (16) of Bunri Nou Gakubu Map (in Japanese). We note that the distance between the bus top "Shindai-BunriNogakubu-Mae" and the conference location is about 450m.

  Or you can walk to the Takikawa Memorial Hall (see the route on Google Map). The distance between JR RokkoMichi station and the conference location is about 1.5km. See also walking route finder results in Japanese (Mapion and MapFan).

• 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
    Phone: +81 78-881-1212
  • Travel guide to the Department of Mathematics, Kobe University
  • Travel Information RIMS Workshop Kyoto and ALC Kobe

More Information

• Information about Visa for Japan on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
• Websites of railways
  • JR - WEST (Japan Railway West: public transportation in Kobe and vicinity, including Osaka and Kyoto)
  • Guide to using Hankyu Railways (PDF file)
  • Train Route Finder (The nearest station to the venue is "Rokkou")

Accommodation

Since the nearest station to the conference venue is "Rokkou" (Hankyu Railways), we recommend to book hotels near stations of Hankyu Railways (e.g. Rokkou or Sannomiya).

• Rakuten TRAVEL (Choose Japan/Kobe and click "Search Hotels")
• Kobe Student Youth Center
• Expedia
• Hotels Combined (students/teachers rebate)