Kobe meeting 2011.11.23

This is the information on the Japan-Russian meeting on the project "Setting experimental constraints on characteristics of Heavy Quarks production at Large Hadron Collider with ATLAS detector" in Kobe, Japan 23--25/November.

Scientific agenda

A preliminary agenda is available at this Indico page.

Practical Info

On your arrival at the Kansai Airport (KIX)

• The homepage of the Kansai airport link.
• Recommended way: take bus (coach) service from KIX to Sannomiya station. It has service of every 15-30 min. It is from bus stop #6 from the first (ground) floor. You need to purchase ticket in advance from a ticket counter or a vending machine located nearby the bus stop. see http://www.kate.co.jp/pc/e_time_table/e_kobe_tt.html

Where and when our Russian guests meet with us on 21st Nov

• Yuji will wait at the bus stop from KIX to Sannomiya station. Please see the map http://www.kate.co.jp/pc/e_time_table/e_map/e_kobe_map.html, the second one from the top. The bus stop location is shown as "getting-off place".
• We expect that your coach would be either of those leaving KIX at 17:35, 17:55, 18:15 or 18:35. They arrive between 18:40 and 19:40. We check your flight schedule and we (Takuya and Yuji) wait there until you come. We go together to Gakuji-so, your hostel. Phone (mobile) +81-80-5509-2811 (Yuji).

Kobe University Guest House ("Gakujiso")

• How to receive your keys: you can go there by yourself, telling my name to receive keys. Two Japanese students are assigned to Japanese-style tatami room and others with normal accomodation. Reception is open for 4pm-10pm. Not possible to receive key on 23rd (holiday).
• Payment should be done in Japanese Yen on the reception before 9:30am on the day you leave. Note: they do not accept any credit cards.
• Internet is available through wired ethernet. They have some cables for your disposal, but I suggest you bring a short cable.
• Access map is available here.
• Nearest station: JR (Japan Railway) Rokkomichi . About 5 min walk to the guest house.
• To Kobe University Rokkodai second (lower) campus where our meeting place is located: please take bus #36 from the Rokkomichi station. Please get off at "Shindai Bunri-Nogakubu mae" bus station. Cost: 200 yen.
• On the way back from the meeting place: it is about 1.2km downslope. We can walk.

Meeting Place - Kobe Univ. Centennial Building ("Shindai-Kaikan")

• in meeting room B (2nd floor)
• Location 37 in the campus map http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/access/rokko/campus.htm
• Entrance to the campus: north of building 24 in the map. Please get off the bus at "Shindai Bunri-Nogakubu mae" stop and walk towards the seaside to find the buliding 37.
• Yuji Y.'s office: bldg 23 in the map, 3rd floor, room 313. Phone (mobile) +81-80-5509-2811.
• Shop: Seven-Eleven (so-called convenience store) is located in front of the building 23. Also an ATM is available inside the shop. Don't expect that you can just go outside the university and find something: it is up on the hill and need significant exercise to access civilisation.

On the first session day, 23/Nov

Reception and lunch

• The first day 23rd is a holiday. We prepare lunch box. Dinner is reception from 7pm in cafeteria nearby the meeting place.
• On 24th, we go to cafeteria by ourselves for lunch.

Weather in Kobe

• Highs are 10-20 degrees, low are 5-15 degrees.
• It is mostly fine but changing. Once it rains, it may be heavy and continuous. You need an umbrella. Kyoto would look better when it rains, by the way.

-- KunihiroNagano - 02-Nov-2011