1 2016Q1 CMC Meeting Logistics March 31 – April 1, 2016 Tokyo, Japan

2 2016Q1 CMC Meeting Venue Dates: March 31 – April 1, 2016 Meeting Venue: Kikai Shinkou Kaikan Shiba-koen, Minato-ku Tokyo Japan Hotel: Shinagawa Prince Hotel Takanawa, Minato-ku Tokyo Japan Tel:

3 Getting to the Shinagawa Prince Hotel From Narita Airport –There are Narita Express trains which go directly from Narita airport to Shinagawa Station. –After exiting customs, there should be a JR ticket counter opposite the gathering area. Can get tickets there. –There will be signs to take the escalator down underground to the JR station. There is also a JR ticket counter underground before the ticket wickets. –There are two train lines which depart from the airport, JR, and Keisei. Make sure you take JR and not Keisei. –Shinagawa station will be the next stop after Tokyo station. However, be careful to sit in the assigned seat and assigned car on the train. The train may split at Tokyo station, so you may end up going somewhere else (usually Shinjuku) if you are on the wrong part of the train. Train travel time is about 70 min. –Hotel is about a 5 min. walk from Shinagawa Station to the west JR: Japan Railways

4 Getting to the Shinagawa Prince Hotel From Haneda Airport –From Haneda airport, can take the Keikyu train line to Shinagawa Station. Train station is underground. Do not confuse that with the Tokyo Monorail line, which is above ground. –There are two types of trains, ones which may go direct to Shinagawa station, or one where you will make a train change at Keikyu Kamata Station. Train travel time can range anywhere from 13 min. to 30 min. –Once at Shinagawa Station, the hotel is about 5 min. away on foot to the west

5 Getting to/from the Kikai Shinkou Kaikan (KSK) Meeting Venue from the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Take the Taxi from the Hotel to the Venue –Taxi’s should be plentiful from the lobby of the Shinagawa Prince Hotel. Travel time may be anywhere from 15 min. – 30 min. depending on traffic. No need to tip hotel personnel. –Almost all taxi’s take credit cards. However, it is a good idea to carry cash (Japanese yen) in case your card does not register with the scanning machine. Fare should be around 1500 yen – 2000 yen. No need to tip driver. Take the Taxi from the Venue to the Hotel –Can go across the street to the Tokyo tower to get a taxi if there isn’t one waiting at the KSK building. Communicating with the taxi driver –Print out Slides 9 and 10 and show it to the taxi driver

6 2016Q1 Tokyo Venue Kikai Shinkou Kaikan (Machinery Promotion Hall) Tokyo Station Kikai Shinkou Kaikan

7 2016Q1 Tokyo Venue: Hotel Kikai Shinkou Kaikan Shinagawa Prince Hotel Taxi (15 – 20 min.) (Need to be careful in that across the street there is another hotel named Takanawa Prince Hotel (same chain))

8 Kikai Shinkou Kaikan Tokyo Tower

9 From Hotel to KSK 行き先： 機械振興会館 港区芝公園 Tel: To: Kikai Shinkou Kaikan Shiba-koen, Minato-ku Tokyo Japan Tel:

10 From KSK to Hotel 行き先： 品川プリンスホテル 港区高輪 Tel: To: Shinagawa Prince Hotel Takanawa, Minato-ku Tokyo Japan Tel:

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