This page is to help you to reserve your accommodation and also to

Prepare you travel to Iwate for fun and good experience

To attend the WSAES Multi-conferences in Iwate;

We advise that you read these well-organized documents as

it is prepared for your sake, safety and pleasure to reach the conference avenue without any trouble.

★There are three files referenced in this document labeled as

These will help you on: How to travel from Morioka station to Appi Grand Hotel,

Bus travel file and Local Train travel file and Accommodation

Follow the document explanation as below: It will guide to these files again.

★There is a file on the end of the document for accommodation:

You need to download it fill it and send it as FAX to secure your accommodation.

Iwate Region is part of Tohoku region in Japan

For visa to Japan please scroll down to the end of this document

Iwate is reference name of Iwate Mountain

The conference Avenue: Hotel Appi Grand in Iwate Region

http://www.appi.co.jp/foreign_country/english/green/accommodations/index.html

The conference hall is supported by Iwate Prefectural University,

This conference avenue on October 5^th from 4PM to 6PM

The conference is held in Hotel Appi Grand on 4^th October 5^th October and 6^th October.

On 7^th October from 9AM we leave Appi Grand Hotel and have a simple excursion to Iwate Prefectural University Campus in Iwate and back to Morioka station around noon. (see below).

Participants are majorly, arriving from Tokyo to Morioka station by Shinkansen (Super Bullet Train), from Tokyo. It takes about 2 hours and half from Tokyo station to Morioka (using Hayate Shinkansen). Hayate: Is the name of the train series leaves Tokyo and stops in Omiya sta, Sendai sta and Morioka sta only, it travels at 265 Km/hour

http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/ You may use this file to help you on how to buy ticket and else

The trains are very frequent almost every one hour for Shinkansen Train. Japan is very well-provided with high speed trains and there is no need to worry. Sunday or normal day is no difference for train rate running.

JR passesHayate Shinkansen photo ac_info3

★We recommend you purchase "Flexible 4 which allows unlimited rail travel in JR East area (e.g. between Narita Airport and Morioka Station) for any four days.

How to use the Flexible 4-day JR East Pass

Select any four days within a one pass is issued. At the start of each day you use the pass, present it to a station staff or a train conductor to receive a stamp with the date.

Seat Reservations

* Making a Reservation at a Station

Visit a JR Ticket Office (Green window or Midori-madoguchi (in Japanese)) or Travel Service Center, located in any JR East stations, and present your JR East Pass to reserve a seat.

Narita Express operates between Narita airport and Tokyo station. It runs every one hour and provides an easy and comfortable way to travel to Tokyo station.

Narita Express website: http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/index.html

From Tokyo station to Morioka station (Real-life Camera->)

by Tohoku Shinkansen Train: 145 minutes:

It takes 2 hours and 25 minutes from Tokyo station to Morioka station by Tohoku Shinkansen Train.

Tokyo station map: http://www.tokyoinfo.com/english/index.html

Shinkansen information: http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/routemaps/shinkansen.html

The avenue is called Hotel Appi Grand and surrounding is called Appi heights (APPI KOGEN) is beautiful mountainous area near to Iwate Mountain.

All participants are recommended to stay at Hotel Appi Grand.

However we have organized the buses between Morioka and Appi Grand Hotel during the conference three days as free, so you can stay in Morioka city if you wish and use these free buses.

How to travel from Morioka station to Appi Grand Hotel?? Answer is below:

★We have provided to ways to travel from Morioka station to Appi Grand Hotel. You may select the best for your convenience.

It is advisable that you use the buses way.

If you can control your time to arrive on 3^rd Oct. then you may use the Buses as it be more convenient and well organized by our Organizing committee, check the Buses link below for more details.

You may use the local trains shown below; if you are arriving time not on 3^rd of October and out of the time schedule of organized buses.

★Buses: Please click here for details: ★Local Trains: Please click Here

There are signs of WSEAS-Iwate at Morioka station to help you be gathered and guided to our prepared buses. Also, there are sign and post for WSEAS-IWATE just look for them, very easy to spot it.

For those who may arrive Narita airport or else late evening and could not catch the last 8:20PM Shinkansen Train leaving from Tokyo to Morioka, please organize yourself to stay the night in Narita or Tokyo or else and take the morning train to Morioka to catch either the buses 10:20 AM or 14:10; and as indicated above.

We have received the following question:

If I wish to arrive on October 1^st is it possible to have the same rate, and is it possible to have busies?

Answer: Yes, it is possible to have the same rate if you use the booking form for reservation. The buses notified as free of charge on 3^rd of October are also available on 1^st of October and 2^nd of October as well. Please, mention this on your booking form.

★On 7^th of October we are all leaving at a special organized bus from 9AM (departure from the hotel). This is complementary from IPU (our university) (it is free of charge). This bus will make tour (excursion) in Iwate and Morioka then will go to it is final destination at noon to Morioka JR station. Those who are checking-out on 7^th of October and wish to take this bus should confirm to reserve the bus and their departure time at the Hotel reception. Also need to be ready to checkout and waiting in the Hotel loopy by 8:50 AM. Other who would like to stay in the hotel and be on their own can do so; they can use the free buses provided (Buses: )

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We have banquet on 5^th October so you need to be ready, for a variety of social dance and Japanese foods and folk music by Iwate.

We would leave by buses from Hotel Appi Grand around 3:30PM, so you need to be available by that time, so that we can enjoy the Iwate Prefectural University Session at our university, and also enjoy the varieties of Japanese foods with local music at the banquet we organized in the Grand Hotel in Morioka city, the best hotel in Iwate. We wish you have a nice stay with us in Japanese Culture. We will have all types of foods, so you do not to worry if you are vegetarian or Muslim or else. Everything is counted. Do not forget to bring you camera..

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★★For accommodation and Hotel reservation

Please click here or below to down load this file and fill the fields and send it as FAX to the Hotel:

FAX Number: +81-195-73-5025 MS-Word Version Click here:

Click here for example of how to fill the form:

If you have question on the buses or on hotels please send message to:

Dr. Jun Sasaki <email: jsasaki@iwate-pu.ac.jp> organizing chair.

Note: Paper acceptance issues inquiries;

registration issues inquiries are not our responsibility to response.

You need to contact WSEAS on this as responsible entity.

More information

What is APPI Please click here: