About Japan

• Climate: The temperature of late January in Tokyo ranges between 4 C. deg. and 12 C. deg..

• Currency Exchange : Only 'Japanese Yen' is acceptable at regular stores and restaurants. Certain foreign currencies may be accepted at a limited number of hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops. There are several banks around the conference site where foreign currencies exchange are available by presenting your passport. Japanese banks are open 9:00 to 15:00. No monetary exchange services are available at the conference site.

• Traveler's checks and credit cards: Traveler's checks are accepted only by leading banks and major hotels in principal cities, and the use of traveler's checks in Japan is not as popular as in some other countries. Master Card, Diners Club, Visa and American Express are widely accepted at hotels, department stores, shops, restaurants and nightclubs.

• Shopping: The business hour of most department stores are open from 10:00 to 19:00. They are open on Sundays and national holidays.

• Tipping: In Japan tips are generally not necessary, since a 10-15 % service charge is added to the bill at hotels and most restaurants.

• Transportation: Narita Airport and Haneda Airport are the international airports close to Tokyo. Train and bus connections are available from Narita Airport to Tokyo railroad station. People usually use mono-rail from Haneda Airport to Hamamatsu-cho railroad station, and transfer to trains which connect to downtown Tokyo. Either train or subway is convenient to go to NIHONDAIGAKU-Kaikan.

Travel in Japan

For travel in Japan, you can catch information at the following sites

http://www.geodesicjapan.com/HelpVisitTokyo/ --- Information for foreigners.

http://www.hotelstravel.com/japan.html#ti --- Travelers Guide

http://www.ntt.co.jp/japan/JNTO/Kyoto/ --- A Guide for Kyoto

http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/asia/japan/travel/ --- Link Site Information of Japan.

http://teams.lacoe.edu/japan/web.html --- Event Guide etc.

http://www.eurotechnology.co.jp/japantech/ --- High Technology in Japan

http://web2.jtb.co.jp/TJsite/index-e.html --- Travel Information

http://www.vowel.or.jp/eng/japan.htm --- Kyoto Information

http://www.travel-library.com/asia/japan/ --- Travel Information List

http://www.jtb.co.jp/eng/index.html --- JTB HomePage

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~felsing/jstuff/trip.html --- Travel in Japan　

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