WPI-AIMEC Marine Biology Integrative Analysis unit
Asamushi Retreat - March 18-20, 2024

Location: Asamushi Research Center for Marine Biology
Website: http://www.biology.tohoku.ac.jp/lab-www/asamushi/aboutus.html
Contact Information

Address: 9 Sakamoto, Asamushi, Aomori, 039-3501 〒039-3501 ⻘森市浅虫坂本 9 番地
Phone/電話:017-752-3388.
Email/メール:asamushi@grp.tohoku.ac.jp
Emergency contact: 080-3192-4955 (AMES mobile, or via LINE)
Meeting time and place:
7:30AM sharp! at Sendai Station on the 3F in front of the JR ticket office (Midori-nomadoguchi) – At that time Ames will distribute the tickets to all 9 participants (7students; 2 professors).
Access By Shinkansen and local trains
8:05AM Sendai (Tohoku Shinkansen)→ JR Shin-Aomori Station
https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/traininformation/
Change to local train, Ouu line - use same JR ticket
https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/destinations/aomori/
JR Shin-Aomori Station (Ouu line)→ 9:49AM JR Aomori Station
Change train to Aoimori Railway - buy new ticket
https://aoimorirailway.com/lang_en/
10:46AM JR Aomori Station (Aoimori Railway)→ 11:07AM Asamushi-Onsen Station
Eat lunch: Here are some examples of restaurants.

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From Kumano sensei: Tsurukameya Shokudo( 鶴亀屋食堂) is the best known place inAsamushi by people even from outside. It serves a huge amount of sea foods. Moderntype places are also running in Asamushi recently such as Apricot (アプリコット) andAsameshi Dining Room (浅めし食堂) among the places in the website, and Asamushi
Dorridor (浅虫コリドー) near the Asamushi onsen station.
Aomori station has plenty of options too but might be a bit early for lunch. Let’s see how
people feel that day.
Walk to Asamushi Research Center(1.8 ㎞, 22 min)
1:00PM Arrive at Asamushi Research Center for Marine Biology
Map on Website: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XdSV3pEgkbLnb4F46
Retreat Schedule
Monday 3/18:
13:00 Orientation at Asamushi Field Center
14:00 - Student & Faculty Presentations (10 mins) and Q&A (5 mins) (All members)
Presentation Content - Include 1-2 slides about you (background and something you
want to share) and the rest about your research project and how it relates to WPIAIMEC (Marine Biology Integrative Analysis Unit)
18:00-19:30 Dinner at Asamushi
20:30 Free time
NOTE: For coffee/tea times, there are no vending machines so people should
bring drinks/snacks. There is a convenience store MiniStop nearby, but it stilltakes 10 to 15 mins to get there depending on the traffic signal.
Alcohol: Since everyone is of legal drinking age, drinking alcohol is permitted
onsite, in the conference room or the cafeteria of the dormitory. People who wish
to have some drinks after dinner can bring their own (or buy at the MiniStop) anddo so in the designated areas. Feel free to bring cards or other games. Pleasedrink responsibly. No rowdiness will be tolerated.
It is imperative that we leave the place spotless. Please remain particularly
mindful to clean up spills immediately and do not tleave any empty bottles, cansor garbage lying around.
Asamushi Center is a smoke-free place.
Tuesday 3/19:2

8:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Asamushi
9:30AM Tour of surrounding coastal area by Kumano sensei
Possible boat ride for one and a half hours depending on the weather. Kumano sensei
has asked a technician to take us out on any day there is good weather, so we should
be prepared for a last-minute change of schedule
12:00-13:00 Lunch at Asamushi
13:30 Discussion on 3/25 mini symposium and student roles (Ames and Katayama)
15:00 Individual student meetings with Ames
17:00-18:00 Dinner at Asamushi
18:00 Free time.
Note: Those interested can join us at a brewery serving craft beers near AsamushiOnsen station. It is open from 17:00 to 20:00, So we would like right after dinner.
Wednesday 3/20:
8:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Asamushi
9:30AM Journal Club schedule and planning meeting for the semester
11:00AM Depart Asamushi
Walk to Asamushi-Onsen Station Walk (1.8 ㎞, 22 min)Eat lunch around the station
Asamushi-Onsen Station (Aoimori Railway)→ JR Aomori Station
Change to local train, Ouu line - use JR Shinkansen ticket
JR Aomori Station (Ouu line)→ JR Shin-Aomori Station
Change to Shinkansen - use JR Shinkansen ticket
14:38 JR Shin-Aomori Station (Shinakansen) → 16:29 Sendai (Tohoku Shinkansen)

Participants (7 students 5 professors)3

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Bryson Yerik Torgovitsky

2

Muhammad Izzat Nugraha

3

Tan Kei Chloe

4

Junho Hwang

5

Jocelyn Nathaniel Sutedja

6

Totsu Ayane

7

Yongstar Chanikarn

8

Dr. Katayama Satoshi

9

Dr. Cheryl Lynn Ames

10

Dr. Kumano Gaku

11

Dr. Iwasaki Aiko

12

Dr. Morita Shunpei

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