Directions
(the Venue, Airport Information, and Directions to Hotels & the Venue)

There are two airports in Osaka: Itami Airport (Osaka domestic airport) and Kansai International Airport(KIX).

If there are direct flights to Osaka from your nearest international airport, the destination is Kansai International Airport(KIX). KIX is located approximately 50km south from the conference hotels.

If there is no direct flights, please fly to either Tokyo or Fukuoka first and then fly a domestic flight to Itami Airport. Itami Airport is located much closer than KIX, approximately 5-10 km away from the hotels and venue.

1) From KIX
• http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/english/access/index.htm

2) From Itami Airport ==== Take taxi to your hotel
(You can take monorail/train/subway to hotels, but taxi is the most convenient way to get to hotel from Itami)


• To Esaka (Shin Osaka Esaka Tokyu-Inn, Sunny Stone Hotel) : Approx. 3000-4000 yen
• To Senri Chuo (Senri Hankyu Hotel) : Approx.2000 yen
• To Minami-senri (Hotel Mare Minami Senri): Approx.3000-4000 yen
  

3) Hotel website (Direction information in English)
• Senri Hankyu Hotel http://www.senri-htl.co.jp/2003_e/access.html
• Shin Osaka Esaka Tokyu-Inn http://www.tokyuhotels.co.jp/en/TI/TI_ESAKA/map.html
• Hotel Mare Minami Senri : PDF map is HERE
• Sunny Stone Hotel (not available)

About Subway (Kita-Osaka Kyuko) Senri-Chuo Station

• From Senri Hankyu Hotel : (pdf)
• From Shin Osaka Esaka Tokyu-Inn and Sunny Stone Hotel: (pdf)
• From Hotel Mare Minami Senri: (pdf)

Osaka University Campus Map
Convention Center is #50
Handai Honbumae Bus Stop is left next to #55 (3-5 min. by walk to the venue). The detailed pdf map is here.


Osaka University Access Map

1) By bus From Senri-Chuo Station
• Take Hankyu bus to Handai-Honbumae (Osaka University Administration Bureau). (10-15 min.)
• Walk to the Convention Center from the bus stop (3 min.)

2) By taxi from Senri Chuo Station
• Take taxi to Osaka University Converntion Center, Osaka University in Suita Campus (10 min.)

3) By Osaka Monorail From Handai-Byoin-Mae (Osaka University Hospital) Station,
• Walk to the Convention Center (15 min.)

4) By taxi from Hankyu Railway From Kitasenri Station (end of the Kitasenri Line)
• Take taxi to Osaka University Converntion Center, Osaka University in Suita Campus (5 min.)