GEOSS Joint Asia-Africa Water Cycle Symposium
Tokyo, 25 – 27 November 2013

Access to the Venue
Please visit the website of your hotel to see their instructions on how to get there. Below are somemaps of the Hongo campus and surrounding areas with locations of the Hotel Forest Hongo, the Hotel
Coco Grand Ueno Shinobazu and the Keisei line Ueno station and the JR line Ueno station. In addition,instructions on how to get from the Narita airport and the Haneda airport to the Ueno and Tokyostations using either an express train or limousine bus are provided below. Please note that theSymposium organizers will not arrange a pick-up service at the airport.
Map of the University of Tokyo Hongo Campus

Access to the venue from closest train and subway stations:
Nearest station (Subway)
Hongo-sanchome ( Marunouchi Line ) 8 minutes' walk
Hongo-sanchome ( Oedo Line )6 minutes' walk
Kasuga ( Mita Line )10 minutes' walkTime requiredOchanomizu
Subway Marunouchi-Line (for Ikebukuro) -> get off at Hongo[Subway]
Stationsanchome Station.
(JR Chuo-Line, JR
Subway Chiyoda-Line (for Toride) -> get off Yushima Station[Subway]Sobu-Line)or Nezu Station.
[ToeiBus][ToeiBus]
Okachimachi(JR YamanoteLine, other lines)[ToeiBus]Ueno(JR YamanoteLine, other lines)[ToeiBus]

茶 51 for Komagome Station South Exit or 東 43 for Arakawa-dote-soshajo -> get off at Todai-Akamon-Mae, Todai-SeimonMae, Todai-Nogakubu-Mae stops.
07 for the University of Tokyo -> get off at Tatsuokamon,Todai-Byoin-Mae, Todai-Konai stops.
02 for Otsuka Station or
69 Otakibashi-shako-mae ->get off Hongo-sanchome Eki-mae stop.
02 for Otsuka Station or
69 Otakibashi-shako-mae ->get off Yushima-yonchome stop.

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学 01for the University of Tokyo -> get off at Tatsuokamon,Todai-Byoin-Mae, Todai-Konai stops.

Ueno and Hongo Campus Map

JR lines Ueno
StationForest
ForestHongo
Hongo

Venue:
Venue:
Ito HallIto HallKeisei Ueno
ForestStationHongo
Coco
CocoGrandGrand1. Access from the Narita Airport
A. To the Ueno station (closest to the venue, Forest Hongo Hotel and Hotel Coco Grand Ueno
Shinobazu):
Take the Keisei line Skyliner train from the Nartita airport to the Ueno station and either walk (20 minto the venue, 5 min to the Coco Grand Hotel, 25 min to the Forest Hongo Hotel) or take a taxi.
Time required: 41 min
Fare: 2400 JPY

B. To the Tokyo station(a) Take the JR Narita Express (N'EX) Train from the airport to the Tokyo station.
Time required: 59 min
Fare: 2940 JPY

(b) Take the Airport Limousine Bus to the Tokyo station.
Time required: 75 - 125 min
Fare: 3000 JPY
2. Access from the Haneda Airport
A. To the Tokyo station(a) Take the Airport Limousine Bus to the Tokyo station.
Time required: 30 - 45 min
Fare: 900 JPY(b) Take the Tokyo Monorail line to the Hamamatsucho station (terminal) and change to the JR
Yamanote line inner loop, direction to the Tokyo station. Please visit the Tokyo Monorail Line Webfor detailed instructions on how to use the Tokyo Monorail and JR lines to get to the Tokyo station.
Time: 22 minutes
Fare: 620 JPY(c) Take the Keikyu line to the Shinagawa station, change to the JR Yamanote line inner loop,direction to the Tokyo station. Please visit the Keikyu Line Web for detailed instructions on how to use
the Keikyu and JR lines to get to the Tokyo station.
Time: 25 minutes
Fare: 560 JPY
JR Yamanote line inner loop schemeB. To the Ueno station
Take either the Keikyu line or Tokyo Monorail line and follow the instructions above on how to get to theTokyo station. Do not get off at the Tokyo station and continue to ride on the JR Yamanote line inner
loop up to the Ueno station. Please note that the JR Ueno station is not identical with the Kesei Ueno
station but it is located very close. Refer to the Ueno and Hongo Campus area map above.
Also please visit the Keikyu Line Web and Tokyo Monorail Line Web for detailed instructions on howto use the Keikyu or Tokyo Monorail lines and JR lines to get to the Ueno station.

Recommended access to the Hotel Coco Grand Ueno Shinobazu and Hotel Forest Hongo:
1. Hotel Coco Grand Ueno Shinobazu:- from Narita: use the Keisei Skyliner to the Keisei Ueno and then walk (~300m) to yourhotel- from Haneda: see the instructions above to get to the JR Ueno station and then walk(~500m) or take a taxi to your hotel
2. Hotel Forest Hongo:- from Narita: use the Keisei Skyliner to the Keisei Ueno and then take a taxi (about 2000
JPY) or walk to your hotel (~2km)- from Haneda: see the instructions above to get to the Tokyo station, change there to theTokyo Metro Marunouchi line and go to the Hongo-sanchome station. Take a taxi orwalk (~1km) to your hotel. You can also take a taxi from the Tokyo station, it takes about
20 minutes and costs 2500 JPY.