Welcome to Kobe The Japanese Friends of 3GPP Ericsson Japan, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Huawei Technologies Japan, KDDI, KYOCERA, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC, NEC, Nokia Networks Japan, NTC, NTT DOCOMO, OKI, Panasonic, Qualcomm Japan, SHARP, SoftBank Mobile, Sony Mobile Communications Japan 3GPP SA4#85

Welcome to Kobe The Japanese Friends of 3GPP warmly welcomes all of you to Kobe where one of the main cities with the major international port in Japan could provide you nice harbor view with Mt. Rokko holding the hot spring “Arima” behind. You can also expect various kinds of delicious international food as well as “Kobe beef”. Enjoy your stay in Kobe and have a successful meeting! 2

About the area Kobe is one of the major cities in the western part of Japan, and is located almost in the center of Japan and faces to Osaka bay. Kobe has the atmosphere affected by the modern foreign cultures as one of the major international port for about 150 years. Kobe is famous for its harbor view and its night view from Mt. Rokko as well as “Arima Onsen (Arima hot spring)“ in the Mt. Rokko. You can also expect various kinds of delicious international food as well as “Kobe beef”. See also: 3

4 Neighbor Map Kansai International Airport Sannomiya Station The Venue Kobe Airport Shinkobe Station Shimin Hiroba Station *The nearest station to the venue

Some tips on the local area 1 Kobe International Conference Center Kobe Portopia Hotel The Timetable of the bus between Kansai International Airport and Sannomiya : Trains Connection Search: -The nearest station of the venue is “Shimin Hiroba”. -The nearest station of the transfer station to the bus for the Kansai International airport or to JR is “Sannomiya” - The nearest station of the Kobe Airport is “Kobe airport” 5

Meeting rooms arrangement Coffee breaks: 10:30 to 11:00 & 15:30 to 16:00 at the coffee place on the same floor In case you have made your room reservation via JTB, your room rate includes breakfast, (consumption tax). 6

7 Venue Maps Kobe Portopia Hotel Kobe International Conference Center (The Venue) Shimin Hiroba (Convention Center) Station *The Nearest Station Covered walkway to the venue from the station

8 Floor Map Meeting Floor (5 th floor) Entrance 8

9 Meeting Rooms Main Breakout1 Breakout2 Secretariat Reception Coffee Break

Some tips for lunch1 *You can find the leaflet (below) is in the reception 10 Kobe International Conference Center (The Venue) Shimin Hiroba (Convention Center) Station *The Nearest Station Kobe Portopia Hotel A B K A Convenience Store C D E F G H L M I J

11 Some tips for lunch2 *You can find the leaflet (below) is in the reception A B C D E F G H I J K L M It might be better to ask whether credit card is available before you order if you would like to pay by credit card. (many restaurants doesn't accept payment by the credit card for lunch.)

Attention, please! 12 Meeting rooms will be opened at 7:50 am and locked after 9 pm. The meeting rooms will not be locked in the daytime. Please do not leave your personal belongings or PCs unattended when you leave your meeting room. Please contact meeting coordinators if you have any question : Mr. Imai of ILCC Co., Ltd. at the reception desk on the same floor

13 Some tips for dinner The web site “Tabelog” page is useful in looking for where to eat *Hyogo is the prefecture of Kobe-city Choose the genre of dishes (ex. Steak) You can sort by the ranking If this evaluation value is more than , the restaurant must be excellent. It is basically reliable although sometimes not. The average p (One cost is for dinner, and the other is for lunch). You can also check the information of the restaurant to click in the map.

Enjoy your stay and have a successful meeting!