Direction to the conferefnce place
The conference will be held at Nara Kasugano International Forum, Iraka, in Nara park. It is approximately 2 km east from JR Nara station. Take a bus, route no.2 "Nara city loop, clockwise" from the bus stop no.2 at the east exit of JR Nara station, or the bus stop no. 1 from Kintetsu Nara station, and get off at "Todaiji daibutsuden Kasuga taisha-mae". The conference place is 3 minutes walk toward hills through the lawn from the bus stop. You can also take less frequent bus route no.7 "Kasugataisha-honden" from the same bus stop from JR and Kintetsu Nara station, and get off at "Nara Kasugano International Forum Iraka mae".
It is approximately 30 minutes walk from JR Nara station along Omiya-dori street toward hills.
【 Google map : Nara Kasugano International Forum】
Travel to Nara
The most convenient international airport for overseas visitors to Nara is Kansai Airport (KIX). From Kansai Airport, you can come to Nara by Airport Limousine buses or railways. Airport Limousine buses run directly to the two Nara stations. Using railways, there are two train services. Using JR, take Haruka limited express or a rapid service to Tennoji, and transfer to Yamatoji line to JR Nara station. Or you can take Nankai railways to Namba, and transfer to Kintetsu Nara line to Kintetsu Nara station. It takes approximately 1.5 hours and costs 1,700 (railway) - 2,400 JPY (Airport Limousine bus) for the travel, depending on the route, and an additional fee of 760 JPY is required if you take JR Haruka express.
If you take a domestic flight, you may arrive at Osaka Itami Airport. From Osaka Itami Airport take a Limousine bus to Nara stations.
From Tokyo, take JR Shinkansen Nozomi super express to Kyoto, and transfer to JR Nara line or Kintetsu Kyoto line. Using the Kintetsu line, if you take an express service to Nara you can arrive at Kintetsu Nara station directly, otherwise you need to make a transfer to Kintetsu Nara at Saidaiji.
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