Training Course Venue, Access, and Travel Information

Venue Address

The University of Tokyo Hongo Campus 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan Faculty of Engineering Building No. 1 (see the map). Seminar Room A on the 4th Floor (navigation signs will be installed from the building entrance)

Access to the venue from the Forest Hongo Hotel

The Forest Hongo Hotel is located very close to the Main Gate of the Hongo Campus. It takes about 5 minutes on foot to reach the Faculty of Engineering Building 1.

View Forest Hongo Hotel to Engineering Bldg. No.1 in a larger map

Access to the venue from the Narita Airport

If you are coming to the venue directly from the Narita Airport, then please follow the instructions given on the Accommodation page using the Keisei Skyliner train to the Ueno station. From the Ueno station, please take a taxi. You may wish to show this note in Japanese to the driver. From the main gate of the Hongo campus, go to the Engineering Building 1 as shown in the map above.
Total time: around 60 minutes depending on traffic; total fare: 3500 JPY

Access to the venue from the Haneda Airport

If you are coming to the venue directly from the Haneda Airport, then please follow the instructions given on the Fores Hongo Hotel website to get to the Tokyo station, change to the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi line and go to the Hongo-sanchome station. Then walk to the main gate of the Hongo campus of the University of Tokyo.

View Hongo-sanchome station to Engineering Bldg. No.1 in a larger map

Travel Information

• Currency Exchange
  The currency is the yen. The exchange rate was 1USD = 102.70JPY on 20 May. Money can be exchanged at major banks and limited number of hotels.
  Banknotes: 1,000, 5,000, 10,000 yen. Coins: 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 yen.
  


• Traveler's Cheque, Credit Cards & VAT
  Traveler's cheques are not as widely used in Japan as in most other countries and are accepted only by major banks and hotels. Major credit cards are widely accepted for payment, however, foreign credit cards (not issued by Japanese banks) are not usually accepted by ATMs in Tokyo for cash withdrawal. ATMs accepting foreign credit cards are at the Narita Airport and in central Tokyo (e.g. Ginza). Conventional checks are almost unheard of in everyday life. The consumption tax (VAT) rate is 5%.
  


• Insurance
  Participants are strongly advised to arrange their own overseas travel insurance.
  


• Time
  In relation to Greenwich, Tokyo is +9 hours.
  


• Electrical Appliances
  100-110 volts and a flat two-pronged plug, type A, are used. A Japanese quirk: 60 Hz in western Japan; 50 Hz in eastern Japan, including Tokyo. Please use your own electrical outlet adapter to adjust the AC plug on your equipment to the above-mentioned Japanese AC power supply as it is difficult to purchase it locally. Please bring the power transformer such as from 200V AC to 100V AC.
  


• Tipping
  Tips are not required or expected in Japan, at hotels, restaurants and anywhere else. A 10-20 percent service charge is included in some bills.
  


• Passport and Visa
  Visitors from nations whose citizens must have visas should apply to a Japanese consular office or diplomatic mission in their country.
  


• Climate and Travel
  The rainy season begins in mid-June in Tokyo, which means mostly overcast weather with higher probability of moderate rain. The air is becoming rather humid, with temperatures around 25ºC during days and aroung 20ºC during nights.
  Actual Weather forecast is available here.
  Travel and Sightseeing information at the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) website.