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CONFERENCE SITE |
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PACLIC18 is held at the International Conference Center of Waseda University, which is located in the Nishi-Waseda campus of Waseda University, about 10 minutes' walk from Tokyo Metro Tozai-line Waseda Station (T-04), about 4 minutes' walk from Waseda terminal on Arakawa line of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Transportation streetcar (tram) service.
International Conference Center is on the first and third floors of the building marked by the number 18 and designated as Center for Scholarly Information on the Nishi-Waseda campus map listed below. Do not go to building 22, which is Center for International Education.
The main entrance to the International Conference Center on building 18 is nicely hidden behind a conspicuous stairway to the second floor, which leads to the main entrance to the library. You have to stay on the ground floor level and go around this stairway to get to the main entrance to the International Conference Center.
PACLIC18 is being held in Meeting Room #1 on the third floor. Registration fee payment and other monetary transactions are handled only in the morning before the sessions begin, possibly during lunch and probably before the informal reception. Just come to the presentations first and pay later if you miss those hours.
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GETTING to DOWNTOWN TOKYO |
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If you are going to stay in pricy hotels, they would offer you information in English on how to arrive. Limousine bus services may be available that would take you directly from the airport to the hotel. The following paragraphs are a quick and informal attempt to give you some general idea on how to get to downtown Tokyo from Narita or Haneda, the two Tokyo International Airports.
From Narita, you can take either Keisei Skyliner or JR Narita Express train services. (Keisei and JR also offer other train services from the airport, which are not too inconvenient.) When you take Keisei Skyliner, it takes about an hour before you arrive at Nippori station, where you might want to change to JR Yamanote Line, and a few minutes later, you arrive at Keisei Ueno, where you either take a taxi or change to Tokyo Metro Subway Ginza-line or Hibiya-line. Everything depends on exactly where you are going, and it wouldn't make much sense to try to give you any further generic advice.
If you arrive in Haneda, you can either take Tokyo Monorail train service and change at Hamamatsucho terminal to JR lines or take Keihin-Kyuko line that connects to everywhere at various stations. In either case, you should know your way around or ask for detailed transfer information if you are not familiar with Tokyo public transportation systems.
There are two major subway systems in Tokyo, Tokyo Metro and Toei. Tokyo Metro used to be a government funded organization but was privatized as of April 1st of 2004 and Toei is transportation services offered by the Bureau of Transportation of Tokyo Metropolitan Government. You also have to have some sense of JR railroad services to get around in Tokyo, and there are a number of other 'private' railroad services including Keisei and Keihin-Kyuko. (Strangely, JR is the former national railroad services that was privatized, but they still call other services 'private'.) Busses are convenient, but they go around making mysterious turns, and usually the drivers are not fluent in languages.
If you are taking subway rides between your hotel and the conference site, buying one of those PASSNET prepaid cards is a good idea. You don't have to worry about how to figure out the exact fare in advance when you start your ride and not to forget to use the orange-marked machines when you transfer. This also works with most 'private' railrods too, so it's rather handy when you move about in downtown Tokyo. The only drawback is that JR does not accept it. They have their own cards.
The following list takes you to some of the English pages that you might want to check before you leave for Tokyo.
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SUGGESTED ACCOMODATIONS |
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There are numerous hotels in Tokyo that are rather reasonable or very expensive. In general, you can find a hotel room for something like 8,000 yen up to 35,000 yen per person per night. For domestic participants, or for those who can read Japanese, the best deals often are the official hotel web sites. They quote special 'internet-only' rates, which are significantly better than the best rates you get over the telephone. Also, there are many internet hotel reservation sites that you might want to try. For visitors from abroad, your local travel agents might offer you good deals for the better hotels in Tokyo.
Listed below are some of the relatively reasonable hotels (except for the first one) that provide easy access to the conference site. If you can read Japanese, or if you know your way around in Tokyo, there are many other hotels that you might want to consider. Please note that Japanese hotels often, but not always, quote their rates as per person per night, not as per room per night. Also, additional service charge of 10% and consumption tax of 5% usually apply.
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- Rihga Royal Hotel Tokyo:
http://www.rihga.com/tokyo/index.html
$$$$, 6 minutes' walk to the conference site. Definitively most convenient but probably too expensive for academic visitors unless you get a really good discount.
- Tokyo Green Hotel Suidobashi:
http://www.greenhotel.co.jp/suidobashi_e.html
$, 3 minutes' walk to JR Suidobashi Station, one JR stop to JR Iidabashi Station, change to Tokyo Metro Tozai-line Iidabashi Station (T-06), two Subway stops to Tokyo Metro Tozai-line Waseda Station (T-04), and finally 10 minutes' walk to the conference site.
- Tokyo Green Hotel Korakuen:
http://www.greenhotel.co.jp/korakuen_e.html
$, 1 minute' walk to JR Suidobashi Station, one JR stop to JR Iidabashi Station, change to Tokyo Metro Tozai-line Iidabashi Station (T-06), two Subway stops to Tokyo Metro Tozai-line Waseda Station (T-04), and finally 10 minutes' walk to the conference site.
- Tokyo Green Hotel Ochanomizu:
http://www.greenhotel.co.jp/ochanomizu_e.html
$, within half hour from the conference site if you know your way around with the Tokyo subway systems. Otherwise, try the other two Tokyo Green Hotels.
- Taisho Central Hotel
http://www.taisho-central-hotel.com/e-index.html
$, next to (or virtually above) Tokyo Metro Tozai-line Takadanobaba Station (T-03), one stop to Tokyo Metro Tozai-line Waseda Station (T-04), and finally 10 minutes' walk to the conference site. You can also use buses or simply walk. Do not expect too much of the room or service.
- Hotel Grand Palace
http://www.grandpalace.co.jp/html/english/index.html
$$$, next to (or virtually above) Tokyo Metro Tozai-line Kudanshita Station (T-07), three subway stops to Tokyo Metro Tozai-line Waseda Station (T-04), and finally 10 minutes' walk to the conference site. If you read Japanese, try their economy plan, which is half their regular quoted rates. Otherwise, rather pricy but access to the university is excellent.
- Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway Map with Alpha-Numeric Station Numbering
http://www.tokyometro.jp/network/pdf/rosen_eng.pdf
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The above are just suggestions from local organizers. If you know your way around in Tokyo, there are many other possibilities. Expensive hotels tend to have English web pages. You might also want to try Internet hotel reservation services but it could be rather difficult to get a sense of where each hotel is located unless you are familiar with the local names within Tokyo. |
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NOTICES
- PACLIC 18 Organizing Committee does not endorse any of the services or establishments mentioned in this web page.
- Inquiries should be sent to: paclic18-sec@decode.waseda.ac.jp
- Copyright © 2003-2004 PACLIC 18 Organizing Committee. All rights reserved.
First drafted September 20th, 2003. Last revised November 28th, 2004.
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