Welcome Reception [Monday evening] - Done.
A welcome reception will be held at a multi-purpose room on the ground floor of the conference venue on the 20th of May. Please come to the room at 7 p.m. Your name tag will be checked at the entrance.
https://www.epochal.or.jp/en/access/
Excursion [Wednesday afternoon] - Done.
Please get in a sightseeing bus in front of the conference venue as soon as the morning sessions are over on the 22nd of May. 2 buses will leave at 13:15 and another bus will come at 13:20. Your lunch box and a green tea are available in a bus. We will visit a historic town, Sawara, a Japanese sake brewery and Kashima Jingu Shrine. All buses visit the same destinations. It will take about an hour to get to the first parking.
[Sawara]
Sawara area prospered as a water town during the Edo period, and the townscape with merchant houses remains along the Onogawa River. It is also famous as "a town on the map" since Tadataka Ino was adopted as a son-in-law in this place.
[Japanese sake brewery]
We will visit Aiyu sake brewery which was established in 1804 by Kanehei Tsuneshichi on the basis of the skills cultivated in Koji making. The word Aiyu has a meaning of loving one's friends and being in harmony with each other. After the Sake brewery tour, you can enjoy local Sake shopping.
[Kashima Jingu Shrine]
According to ancient documents, Kashima Jingu Shrine is said to have been founded in 660 BC. Only three shrines including Kashima Jingu were called Jingu until modern period, and they are in a class of their own in terms of a long and honorable history. There are approximately 600 Kashima Shrines in Japan now, and the Kashima Jingu Shrine is the headquarters of them. People prayed for safety at Kashima Shrine before their departure on a journey, and this culture was developed as Kashima-dachi.
Conference Dinner [Thursday evening]
A conference dinner will start from 7 p.m. on the 23rd of May in the Ariake-no-ma room at [Shinonome] where it takes 15 minute from the conference venue on foot. Your name tag will be checked at the entrance. Japanese, Western, Chinese eclectic cuisine is served on the table as large plates for sharing. A vegetarian / no pork table is available near the entrance door by request in advance.
https://www.hg-shinonome.co.jp/english/access.html
