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Geographic Location of Nagano City
The Carbon 2008 Conference Venue is
Nagano City (The NAGANO Convention & Visitors Bureau (
NAGANO-CVB, http://www.nagano-cvb.or.jp/english/index.html
), nestling among the 'Japanese Alps'
at 418 m above sea level, at 36.67°N/138.19°E.
- Route A from
Tokyo (Narita) International Airport (NRT) or
Tokyo (Haneda) Airport (HND).
- Route B from
Nagoya (Chubu) International Airport (NGO) or
Osaka (Kansai) International Airport (KIX).
Route A:
- From Terminal 1 or 2 of
Tokyo (Narita) International Airport, take the
Narita Express train to Tokyo Station (1 hour).
- From Tokyo Station, take the Nagano
Shinkansen
express to Nagano City (1.5 hours).
(For Route A, temporary visitors to Japan can travel economically on
Japan Railway (JR) by purchasing a flexible 4-day
JR East Pass
for unlimited travel during any 4 days within one month, at a cost of
20,000 yen. This is less expensive than the combined Narita Express and
Nagano Shinkansen round trip ticket. You can either buy the JR pass
directly at Narita Airport, or purchase it outside Japan and exchange
it for the pass at Narita Airport. The
actual pass (104kb)
covers
a large portion of the main Honshu island (1017kb), including
many points of interest (2675kb), and comes handy even in the
Greater Tokyo area(971kb).)
Route B:
- From Nagoya (Chubu) International Airport (NGO)
first take a bus or a train to Nagoya JR Station. From Nagoya JR Station take the Chuo Line to
Nagano City (3 hours).
- From Osaka (Kansai) International Airport (KIX)
first take a bus or a train to Shinosaka JR Station. From Shinosaka JR Station take the Toukaidou Shinkansen to
Nagoya JR Station.
Local Map of Nagano City:
The Carbon 2008 conference venue is located about 100 meters from the main (Zenkoji) exit of the
Nagano Japan Railway (JR) Station.
Hotel Metropolitan Nagano Homepage:
English: http://www.jrhotelgroup.com/eng/hotel/eng109.htm
Japanese: http://www.metro-n.co.jp/index.html
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