Venue/Travel

• Venue
• Travel Information
• Bus Information

The InterOp meeting will take place at:

Nara Prefectural New Public Hall Address: 101 Kasugano-cho, Nara, Nara 630-8212 Japan Tel: +81-742-27-2630 Fax: +81-742-27-2634 Web Page: http://www.shinkokaido.jp/english/index.html

Nara Prefectural New Public Hall was constructed in 1987 in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Nara Prefecture. It is located in the center of Nara National Park, which is famous for its beauty and 1,200 tame deer.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan provides the information about visa and entering Japan. If you need the visa, please check the following web site:

http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html.

The most convenient means of transportation is to take a direct flight to the Kansai International Airport.

From Kansai International Airport to Nara:

• Kansai Airport --> Limousin Bus (about 95minutes)--> Bus Stop: JR Nara (JPY 2,000; easiest)

• Kansai Airport --> (Kansai-kuko Line) 29 minutes --> Tennoji --> Kaisoku (Yamatoji Line) 29 minutes --> JR Nara (JPY 1,660)

• Kansai Airport --> Nankai RAPI:T (Nankai Line) 29 minutes --> Namba --> Limited Express (Kintetsu Nara Line) 31 minutes --> Kintetsu Nara (JPY 1,930)

Further details can be found from this page (Bus timetable, and so on).

From Kyoto to Nara:

• Kintetsu Kyoto --> Limited Express: 33 minutes / Express: 41 minutes (Kintetsu Kyoto Line) --> Kintetsu Nara (JPY 1,110 for a limited express and JPY 600 for an express)

• JR Kyoto --> Local Train (JR Nara Line) 58 minutes --> JR Nara (JPY 690)

From Osaka/Itami Airport to Nara:

• Osaka Airport(Itami Airport) --> Airport Bus (about 30 minutes) --> Kintetsu Uehommachi --> Kaisoku kyuko (Kintetsu Nara Line) 29 minutes --> Kintetsu Nara Staion is approximately 55 minutes. (JPY 620/bus + JPY 540/train)

From Osaka to Nara:

• Kintetsu Namba --> Kaisoku-kyuko [Rapid Service Express] --> (Kintetsu Nara Line) 32 minutes --> Kintetsu Nara (JPY 540)

• Hommachi --> (Subway / Kintetsu Higashi-osaka Line) 30 minutes --> transrate to Kintetsu Nara line at Ikoma , Ikoma --> Kaisoku-kyuko (Kintetsu Nara Line) 12 minutes --> Kintetsu Nara (JPY 790)

• JR Osaka --> Nonstop Kaisoku [Rapid Service] (Osaka Loop Line / Yamatoji Line) 48 minutes --> JR Nara (JPY 780)

 

The transfer from Shinkansen at JR Shin-Osaka or JR Kyoto station is convenient.