Summary
- Tokyo has two airports. Haneda is much closer than Narita.
- The nearest train station to the conference venue (MIRAIKAN) is the "Fune-no-kagakukan (船の科学館)" station of the Yurikamome Line
- There are many hotels with good access to the Yurikamome line
- You can get to those hotels via airport shuttle bus service
- If you try to reach the Yurikamome line from the rest of the train network, in most cases you will transfer at the "Shinbashi (新橋)" station
Conference venue
Main Venue
MIRAIKAN Science Museum
2-3-6, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan.
Satellites & Poster Sesssions
AIST Tokyo Waterfront Bio-IT Research Bldg (Annex, an 11 story whitish building)
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
2-4-7, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan.
Access to the conference venue
Access from airports by bus
Airport limousine bus service is available from both airports to most of the hotels listed below. For example, service is available to the Grand Pacific le Daiba From Narita, Keisei line is convenient. If you take the "Sky access express", you can get to "Shimbashi (新橋)" station via direct service and then transfer to the Yurikamome line from there. If you take other trains, you will first arrive at the "Nippori (日暮里)" station, then you change train to "JR Yamanote line (green line)" or "JR Keihin-Tohoku line" (sky-blue line) at Nippori to Shimbashi. Transfer to Yurikamome line at Shimbashi. From Haneda, Keikyu line is convenient. From Haneda, Tokyo Monorail is also convenient. Another choice in the Tokyo monorail line which has frequent trains from Haneda airport to its terminal station "Hamamatsu-chō (浜松町)". To get from there to the Yurikamome line you may walk approximately 500 meters to the Yurikamome "Takeshiba (竹芝) station.
From Haneda, the fare should be about 5000 Japanese yen or less and ride about 20 minutes. No reservation is needed, just pick up a taxi up at the airport. From Narita, the fare should be about 25,000 Japanese yen including toll road fees and the ride 60 minutes or more depending on traffic. GRAND PACIFIC LE DAIBA
－ the nearest hotel, about a 10 minute walk from the conference venue.
Hotel Nikko Tokyo
－ also about a 10 minutes walk from the conference venue.
HOTEL AZUR TAKESHIBA
－ 2 minutes walk from the Yurikamome line "Takeshiba (竹芝)" station
Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel
－ 3 minutes walk from the Yurikamome line "Kokusai-tenjijō-seimon (国際展示場正門)" station.
Hotel Sunroute Ariake
－ 3 minutes walk from the Yurikamome line "Kokusai-tenjijō-seimon (国際展示場正門)" station.
Hotel Villa Fontaine Shiodome
－ 1 minute walk from the Yurikamome line "Shiodome (汐留)" station.
Dai-Ichi Hotel Tokyo
－ 5 minutes walk from the Yurikamome and JR "Shinbashi (新橋)" station.
Ginza Grand Hotel
－ 3 minutes walk from the Yurikamome and JR "Shinbashi (新橋)" station.
Access from airports by train
http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.html
http://www.haneda-tokyo-access.com/en/
Some of the trains go to "Shimbashi" station directly. Transfer to the Yurikamome line at Shimbashi.
http://www.tokyo-monorail.co.jp/english/
Access from airports by taxi
Accommodation
Hotels in walking distance from venue
Hotels along the Yurikamome Line
Views of Odaiba
Diver City Tokyo Plaza
Venus Fort
Odaiba Marine Park
Aquacity Odaiba
Fuji Television
Ooedo-Onsen-Monogatari
Palette Town
Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Center
Rainbow Bridge