Information for participants
TPFC2019, day 1 (Feb. 18)
1. First, resister your attendance at the registration desk (9:15-10:00).
2. At the registration desk, please also pay the banquet fee (4,000 JPY), if you are attending theconference dinner.

TPFC2019, day 2 (Feb. 19)
1. Please register for the day at the registration desk. TPFC symposium is requested to confirm
their attendance every day.
2. The poster preview session will be held concurrently with the extended lunch break. A
complimentary light meal will be provided on the site. Please also note that nearby coffee shop
Tully’s and the restaurants in the Lalaport shopping mall are unfortunately closed on this day.
3. Before the lunch/poster session, group photos will be taken. Please follow the instruction fromthe TPFC organizers.
4. A conference dinner will follow the symposium on this day.

Conference Dinner
The conference dinner will be held on Tuesday evening, February 19, at Comesta (Italianrestaurant) on the first floor of Mitsui Garden Hotel Kashiwano-ha.
http://comestadome.jp/kashiwanoha/ [in Japanese]
Fee: If you join the conference dinner, please pay the banquet fee of 4,000 JPY at theregistration desk on the first day.
Cancellation: If you have expressed your intention to attend the dinner but become
unfortunately unable to attend it, please let us know immediately but no later than Feb 18.
Cancellation notice after this will result in a cancellation charge.
Participation w/o prior reservation: Conversely, if you become able to join the banquet eventhough you previously told us you would not be able to, please let us know as soon as possible.
Some seats are still available.

Poster preview session
Prior to the poster session, on 19th in 12:20-14:20, a “poster preview session” is scheduled
for each poster presenter to provide a brief introduction on her/his poster using one slide in one
minute.

Poster awards
All poster presenters are the candidates for poster awards. The poster award winners will bechosen by the invited speakers and senior participants during the poster session. The winners
will be announced and celebrated during the conference closing ceremony on February
20 at 5 PM.

TPFC2019, day 3 (Feb. 20)
1. Please register for the day at the registration desk.
2. Please return your name holder when you leave.

Venue Floor Map(Kashiwa Campus Station Satellite)Where to Eat
A wide variety of restaurants and a food court are available on the third floor of the Lalaport
shopping mall http://kashiwa.lalaport.jp/en/shopguide/gourmet.html. The restaurants there openfrom 10:00 or 11:00 to 21:00/ 22:00 (Hours vary from restaurant to restaurant. For details, pleasecheck the website.) Please note that Lalaport will be closed on Tuesday, Feb. 19 for its regular
statutory inspection. We will serve a light meal as lunch for the participants in the Symposium onFeb. 19.
For breakfast, the restaurant in the Mitsui Garden Hotel serves breakfast. However, wegenerally do not arrange breakfasts at the Hotel even if we booked a room for you. You canrequest breakfasts at the Hotel by yourself but there will be an additional fee. For less expensive
breakfast menus, a MacDonald’s and a Tully’s Coffee are located near the hotel/station. You canalso buy boxed meals, sandwiches, rice balls, brewed coffee, etc. at the Lawson and Family Mart
convenient stores. The former is located in front of the Mitsui Garden Hotel and the latter is next
to the train station.

General information
Directions
To TPFC Symposium Venue (Kashiwanoha Campus Station Satellite of UTokyo)
http://tpfc.issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/venue.htm*Note: The Symposium Venue is just at the front of the Kashiwanoha-Campus railway stationand next to Mitsui Garden Hotel.

How to Get Around (Public Transportation)
To get around the greater Tokyo area (including the Kashiwanoha Campus area), the best way isto use public transportation. To figure out the best route to your destination, this online planner
may be helpful: https://world.jorudan.co.jp/mln/
To make things easier, it is highly recommended to buy a prepaid train card, “Pasmo”(http://www.pasmo.co.jp/en/) or “Suica” (http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/suica.html). With thisrechargeable e-card, you don’t have to go through the hassle of buying a ticket every time youchange trains; All you need to do is to scan the card at the gate (on entry and on exit). The train
fare is automatically deducted from the prepaid card’s balance at the station gates.
You can buy a Pasmo card from ticket machines at the Narita Airport/ Airport Terminal 2
Station (http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/faq/index.php). To get a new card, youneed to pay a deposit of 500 JPY, which will be refunded together with the remaining balance
when you return the card. The e-card can be used for trains, subways, buses, vending machines,
some shops and convenient stores, and our campus co-op shops and cafeterias.
Suica cards can be bought from ticket vending machines at JR stations. A refundabledeposit of 500 yen is also required. Although the refund of the deposit does not involve any fees,
the refund of the remaining balance on your Suica card requires a service charge of 220 yen(which is deducted from the remaining balance). To avoid payment of this charge, you may want
to use up the full balance on your card before returning a card to the ticket counter. If the balanceis zero, no service fee will be charged but you will still be able to receive the 500-yen deposit.

Cash, Credit Cards & ATMs
Although credit cards are increasingly accepted, cash is still the major payment method in Japan.
Indeed, smaller retailers often accept cash only. We therefore would like to advise you to prepare
sufficient cash before arriving at ISSP, especially if you are staying the Kashiwa Guest House,
where your bill must be paid in cash. If needed, you can withdraw cash from an ATM of Japan
Post

Bank

https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/en/ias/en_ias_index.html

orSevenBank

http://www.sevenbank.co.jp/intlcard/index2.html. Before leaving for Japan, please make sure
your credit or debit card is available for use in Japan and check service charges for international
withdrawals.
Around the symposium/workshop venues, you can find ATMs accepting non-Japanesecards in the locations specified below. In addition to these locations, automated teller machinesof Japan Post Bank and Seven Bank accept foreign cards. Unfortunately, you cannot withdraw
cash with your cards issued outside Japan at other domestic banks’ ATMs, including those on
the Kashiwa campus.

Sightseeing
http://tpfc.issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/sightseeing.htm
If you would like to know where to visit and how to get around in the greater Tokyo metropolitan
areas, you can find a lot of useful resources on the Internet. Here are a couple of useful sites:
http://www.gotokyo.org/en/index.html
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2019.html
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/japan/tokyo#interests(Note: We have no affiliation with any of these services or websites.)