Advance Notice and Access Guide for“ISSP International Workshop on Soft Matter Physics”[ISSP/SOFT2010]
Important Places• The Workshops will take place in Lecture Hall of ISSP A632 (Aug. 9-12 and Aug.
25-27).
• On Aug. 24, the place will be changed to a room in another building: IPMU LectureHall. (See page 8 )• On Aug. 23, Special Intensive Lectures by Profs. Gompper, Angelova, and Boxer will
be held in Room No. 301 of Inter-Faculty Building 1, Ochanomizu
University. (See pages 6 and 7)• Participants can use Rooms A514a for discussions. A615 can also be used, unless it isused for lecture.
• A coffee room on the 5th floor A512 is assigned for the participants of the Workshop.
You can take free coffee/tea there.

Presentation Material
We post the presentation material (PowerPoint or PDF file) of your lecture and/or talkon the Workshop web page. After your presentation, our staff will ask you to copy yourfile into a USB memory.

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Access/Transportation
Location of ISSP
Institute for Solid State Physics [ISSP], our workshop site, is located in Kashiwa
Campus of University of Tokyo. It takes about one hour from central part of Tokyo. Therailway map below shows the locations of ISSP [1], Ochanomizu University (8/23lecture site) [3], Narita and Tokyo International Airports, Tokyo Stations.

The information below is the access guide for the participants. For access informationand Campus and Floor Maps, please also refer to ISSP page:
http://www.issp.u‐tokyo.ac.jp/maincontents/access_en.html

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[a] Access from Tokyo Station to ISSP
From Tokyo Station, we have access for Shinkansen (Super-express trains), Limited
Express to Narita Airport (“Narita Express”), and other local trains. To come to ISSPfrom Tokyo Station,
1. Take the Yamamote Line or Keihin-Tohoku Line Local Train to Akihabara.
2. Transfer at Akihabara to Tsukuba Express (TX) Line and take local trains orsemi-rapid trains

toKashiwanoha-Campus[Rapid trains do not stop atKashiwanoha-Campus stations].
3. Take the Bus (Tobu bus): see [b][b] Bus From Kashiwanoha-Campus Station to ISSP
From Kashiwanoha-Campus Station to ISSP, it takes 30 minutes on foot. We
recommend you to take a bus.
A) “TOBU Bus” – When you go out of Kashiwanoha-Campus Station from theWest Exit, and you will find Bus Stops. Please find buses with No. “西柏 03”,
“西柏 04”, or “西柏 10”. Then get off at Todai-mae (東大前) . The fare (160yen) can be paid either by IC-card (SUICA, PASMO) or cash.
B) Shuttle bus is also available in the morning and evening. See page 11.
C) On taxi, it cost around 5 minutes and 800 yen.
[c] Transportation to Nara
We assume that some of the participants of ISSP/SOFT2010 will also attend to“International Symposium on Soft Matter Physics 2010 (17th-20th Aug.)” in Nara. We
can get to reach Nara by using Tokaido Shinkansen (Super-express trains). From TokyoStation,1. Take the JR-Tokaido Nozomi Super-Express Train (Nozomi) to Kyoto. Nozomi
is running very frequently (every 20 min). You can buy tickets at the tellerwindow.
2. Transfer at Kyoto to JR-Nara Line local train (Platform No. 8,9, and 10), andyou can get to JR-Nara Station. From JR-Nara Station, you can get to theconference site by bus or taxi.
Please also refer to the Nara-Symposium site:
http://symposium10.softmatter.jp/access.htm

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Access from Narita Airport to ISSP

From Narita Airport to Kashiwa Station

By train: Keissei Narita Sky Access LineNarita Airport—Shin-Kamagaya 新鎌ケ谷—Kashiwa 柏 (40-50min)
1.Take the Narita SkyAccess Line, Express Train to Shin-Kamagaya. (880 yen)
From Narita Airport Station: Ride from Platform No. 1 (Keisei Line)
From Airport Terminal 2 Station: Ride from Platform No. 1 (Keisei Line)– (Be careful not to take the Limited Express “Skyliner”!)
2. Change to Tobu-Noda line for Kashiwa (240yen)
At the Shin-Kamagaya Station, ride from Platform No. 2 (Tobu Line)

Access from Kashiwa Station to ISSP
By taxi: Please mention “Tohdai” or “Tokyo Daigaku” (University of Tokyo inJapanese) to the driver. About 20 min. ride, about 2,000 yen. Please show this paper tothe driver. He should know where to take you.

By bus: Take a bus for KOKURITSU GANSENTA (National Cancer Center in Japanese).
Bus No.01 or 44 at bus terminal #2 at Kashiwa
StationWest

TOHDAI-MAE

Exit.
orGet
theoffateitherlaststop,

KOKURITSU GAN SENTA. Bus No. 44 does
not stop at TODAI-MAE. About 25 min. ride,
280 yen. Pay when you get off. Walk a few
minutes to ISSP.
Map around Kashiwa Station4Access between Haneda (Tokyo International Airport) and ISSPBus is available. There is a bus stop “National Cancer Center (国立がんセンター)”, which is close to ISSP [about 500m]. Please refer to the map in page 8.
From Bus stop No. 13 in Haneda International Airport [both in 1st and 2nd terminals],find the bus to “Kashiwa Station West (柏駅西口)”. Paying 1,500 yen just when getting
on the bus, you can get direct access to National Cancer Center (please do not miss thisstop), which is the first stop of the bus. We here put a timetable.
- Departure time from Haneda Airport
2nd terminal
8:45, 10:55, 12:00, 14:25, 15:25, 16:25, 17:25, 18:25, 19:25, 20:05, 20:40,21:25, 22:25

1st terminal
8:50, 11:00, 12:05, 14:30, 15:30, 16:30, 17:30, 18:30, 19:30, 20:10, 20:45,21:30, 22:30- Departure time from National Cancer Center:

5:03, 5:53, 6:53, 8:00, 9:00, 10:50, 11:57, 15:07, 16:17

Useful Sites
Tokyo Tourism Information is available on the Web:http://www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp/english/

Subway information:
http://www.tokyometro.jp/global/en/ (Tokyo Metro)
http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/english/index.html (Toei Subway)

Train route finder
You can find some train information of route and connectivity on the Web:http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/5

Access to Ochanomizu University (8/23 lecture)

A : Myōgadani Station (Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)○B : Entrance of Ochanomizu University○MAP AROUND OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY

Ochanomizu University CAMPUS MAP
The lectures will take place in Inter-Faculty Building 1

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The closest station to Ochanomizu University is Myōgadani 茗荷谷 in ofTokyo

Metro Marunouchi Line.
A) From Tokyo Station (JR) to Ochanomizu University: Going out of the“Underground Marunouchi Central Ticket Gate (丸の内地下中央口)”, pleasetransfer toTokyo Metro Marunouchi Line. Take the trains from Platform No.

2 (toward Ikebukuro), and get off at Myōgadani.
B) From Narita Airport to Ochanomizu University: Uou can have directaccess to Tokyo Station by “Narita Express”. From Tokyo Station, pleasechange toTokyo Metro Marunouchi Line according to A).

C) From Haneda International Airport to Ochanomizu University: Take
Tokyo Monorail to Hamamatsucho 浜松町 , and change to the Yamanote Line toTokyo, then takeTokyo Metro Marunouchi Line according to A).

D) From Ochanomizu University to ISSPm: Ochanomizu University toISSP: Take

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line to Kōrakuen 後楽園 . Following

the Transfer guide sign in the station, you can reach Kasuga 春日 ofToei

Oedo Line, and then go to Shin-Okachimachi 新御徒町 to change to Tsukuba
Express (TX). Getting on a Local or Semi-Rapid Train, you can reachKashiwanoha-Campus 柏の葉キャンパス , the closest station to ISSP.

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Campus Information
Campus Map

IPMU (8/24)

IPMU, the workshop site for Aug. 24, is the next building to ISSP. The Lecture Hall(shown in the right picture) is on the ground floor of IPMU. The registration desk forparticipants of the 2nd week will be set in front of the Lecture Hall.

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Access to the Guesthouse of Kashiwa Campus
Please read the following information if you stay at the guesthouse on Kashiwa Campusof University of Tokyo.
If you arrive before 16:00 on weekdays, please visit the International Liaisons
Office (Room A307, 3rd floor, ISSP Main Building) during the office hours (10:00 –16:00 weekdays). They will give you the keys and some information about theaccommodation.
If you arrive after 16:00 or on weekends, please pick up your package from agatekeeper at the gate-house by telling your name. Your package contains the keys ofguesthouse (one is for the entrance door and the other is for the room door.)
There is a guardsman on duty at the entrance gate, 24 hours a day. If you have problem,
please contact him.

Guesthouse Payment:
We will ask participants staying at the on-site guesthouse to pay the fee in Japanese Yencash. Those who get support from ISSP also have to pay it, since the fee is not
automatically subtracted.

9Other useful information

Shops and ATM around ISSP•Lalaport
Large shipping center in front of Kashiwanoha-Campus Station. There are manyrestaurants, super market, and others inside.

•Convenience Stores near Kashiwa campus
FamilyMart [500m East, closest to ISSP]LAWSON [700m West]
Seven-Eleven [1km West]•ATM
Many ATM’s in Japan do not accept credit card issued abroad, but you can use somecards at “Seven Bank” ATM inside the Seven-Eleven Convenience Store near theCampus (See the map in page 6). Accepted cards are VISA, PLUS, MasterCard,Maestro, Cirrus, American Express, JCB, and Union Pay.

IC cards for public transport [Suica/Pasmo]“Suica” (or “Pasmo” with the same function) is a rechargeable smart card, which canbe used to ride on trains and buses, in areas around Tokyo. It can also be used for
shopping in some shops. Simply touching it on the gate in the train station (card reader
in the buses) when you ride on and get off, you can pay the fare. You can buy Suica(Pasmo) in the train station ticket issuing machines with 500 yen deposit (this deposit
charge will be paid back to you after you returned it in some other station). For details,
please see
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/suica.htm
http://www.pasmo.co.jp/en/

If you use “Narita Express” to go from Narita to Tokyo, we recommend to buy apackage with discount:
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/suica‐nex/

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11UT Students & Employee

UT Kashiwa Campus ‫ޓޓ‬Kashiwanoha Campus Station

SHUTTLE BUS
Apr. 1, 2010 ᳸ Sep. 30, 2010
(except Sat, Sun, National Holidays)
Fare

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Employee : Prepaid Ticket‫ޓ‬㧖Prepaid Ticket needed.
‫ޓ‬㧖Tickets are available at Coop Store in Kashiwa Campus.
‫ޓ‬㧖1,600 JPY for 11 pieces (non-refundable).
‫ޓ‬㧖Cash is not acceptable.

Visitor : Free (Inform your visiting department)
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