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| Kobe Convention Center |
 The Kobe International Conference Center has a Main Hall with seats for 692 people for plenary meetings and the International Conference Room has capacity for 360 delegates. The Reception Hall caters for breaks and meals and 18 smaller meeting rooms are on hand for side-programs and theme sessions, etc. The Center has an optical fiber network and high-speed internet access on all floors with each room linked to a LAN system. The business center covers every other business service at competitive rates. |
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Kobe is located in Hyogo Prefecture, one of several prefectures in the mid-west of Japan that, together, are known as the 'Kansai Region'. This is Japan's premier tourism area for overseas visitors making Kobe an ideal base city for visiting world heritage sites, both to the east and to the west. Closer to the airport than any other convention centers in Japan! Kobe Convention Center are located on Port Island, about 10 minutes from downtown Kobe (Sannomiya) and only 8 minutes from Kobe Airport. |
| Transportation |
| International Flight(Arriving Kansai Int'l Airport) |
| Kansai International Airport (KIX) is the closest international gateway for Kobe and located around the Osaka Bay along a fast coastal highway. To transfer from KIX to Kobe: -Transfer by Taxi:About 70 minutes and approx. 22,000 Yen (KIX to downtown Kobe, Sannomiya). -Transfer by Limousine Bus:65 minutes and 1,800 Yen (KIX to downtown Kobe, Sannomiya) (Operations every 10~20 minutes between 06:20 ~ 23:15). -Transfer by Bay Shuttle Ferry:31 minutes and 1,500 Yen (KIX to Kobe Marine Air) (Operations every 45~60 minutes between 07:15 ~ 22:00). The KIX ferry dock is a 2 minutes free bus transfer from the airport terminal. |
| International Flight(Arriving Tokyo Narita ) |
| -Transfer by Domestic Air (Narita to Osaka Itami Airport):Narita is an international airport with some domestic flights to Osaka Itami Airport. Flight time between Narita and Osaka Itami is about 60 minutes. -Transfer by Domestic Air (Haneda to Kobe Airport):Narita arrivals should first transfer to Tokyo's domestic airport Haneda for flights to Kobe. Bus transfers between Narita and Haneda take 75 minutes and cost 3,000 Yen. Flight time between Haneda and Kobe is about 60 minutes. (There are also flights to Osaka Itami if Kobe flights are full). -Domestic Rail Transfer:See below for Shinkansen transfers from Tokyo to Kobe. Trains from Narita to Tokyo (Shinkansen) Station take about 60 minutes and cost approx. 3,000 Yen (by the Narita Express train). Buses from Narita to Tokyo take 80~110 minutes (depending on traffic conditions) and cost 3,000 Yen. |
| Domestic Flight (Arriving Kobe Airport) |
| Location of Kobe Airport / Marine Air Island:Kobe Airport connects by road or rail to downtown Kobe (Sannomiya) through adjacent Port Island and its Convention Center. -Transfer by Port Liner (Automated Guideway Transit):18 minutes and 320 Yen to downtown Kobe 'Sannomiya' or 8 minutes and 240 Yen to Port Island convention hotels. -Transfer by Taxi:Approx. 15 minutes and approx. 2,500 Yen to downtown or 5 minutes and approx. 1,500 Yen to hotels on Port Island. |
| Domestic Flight (Arriving Osaka Itami ) |
| -Transfer by Taxi:Approx. 30 minutes and approx. 12,000 Yen (to downtown Kobe, Sannomiya) or 50 minutes and approx. 15,000 Yen directly to hotels on Port Island. -Transfer by Limousine Bus:Bound for Sannomiya Station this bus takes 40 minutes and costs 1,020 Yen with operations every 15~30 minutes. |
| JR Shinkansen (Bullet) Train (Arriving at Shin-Kobe Station) |
| Bullet Trains to Shin-Kobe from Tokyo take about 2 hrs 50 minutes and cost approx. 15,000 Yen. Trains run about every 20 minutes. The last train bound for Kobe is at 20:30 (arriving 23:19) the first at 06:00 am. From Nagoya trains take 70 minutes and cost about 8,000 Yen. From Kyoto, about 30 minutes, costing about 3,500 Yen. -Transfer by Taxi:5 minutes and 660 Yen (to downtown Kobe, Sannomiya). -Transfer by City Subway:2 minutes and 200 Yen (to downtown Kobe, Sannomiya). |
| Local or Express Rail (Arriving at downtown Kobe, Sannomiya Station) |
| From Osaka trains take about 20 minutes and cost about 400 Yen by JR lines. From Kyoto trains take about 50 minutes and cost about 1,050 Yen. |
