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During the conference, we will set up
some events and tours for the conference participant to know more about
Japanese society, cultures and people.
1. Events
at the conference site
University students will show you some
of Japanese traditional cultures such as tea ceremony, flower arrangement
at the conference site when you need refreshment besides drinks. If you are
lucky, you may directly experience them coached by the students. Practice
makes your understanding perfect.
2.
Optional Sightseeing Tour by JTB
Participants and accompanying persons
can enjoy various tours featuring Tokyo
and Japanese cultures as options in the daytime or after the session. One
of the best organized tours is arranged by JTB.
Sunrise Tours
by JTB
Sunrise Tours come with
English-speaking guide service (with narration in other languages available
on some tours) and visit major tourist destinations throughout Japan.
Tours are readily assembled from over 100 tour components to form complete
itineraries that meet specific tourist requirements.
Among popular day tours are Tokyo
Half-Day and Full-Day Tours, Tokyo Night Tours, Excursions to Kamakura, Nikko, Fuji
& Hakone, Quick Trip to Kyoto using the
super-express Shinkansen, and Half-Day Tours in Kyoto
and Nara.
Popular longer tours include Two-to
Seven-Day Sunrise Holiday Tours,
Four-Day Shirakawa Village,
Takayama & Kanazawa Tours.
They enjoy an excellent reputation for
their comprehensive arrangements and attentive guide service. The most
Sunrise Tours can depart, even if only one person is booked.
To get details of the tours and book
them online, please access to http://www.jtbgmt.com/sunrisetour/index.aspx?aff=CD
Also, a JTB travel desk will be
available on site, next to the registration desk. It will provide any
travel information and reservation services to the conference participants
and their accompanying persons. For some tours with a maximum capacity,
making online reservation ASAP is highly recommended.
If you have any questions on Sunrise
Tours, please write an email to JTB at jomsa2008@jtb.jp.
3. Other Sightseeing Tours (Reservation by yourself)
1)
Tokyo Tour Guide Service sponsored by Tokyo
Metropolitan Tourism If you are interested in these Tokyo tour options, please access to the
following website:
http://www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp/index.html
(Access to Tokyo Tourism Info)
Click Tokyo tour guide service (if you choose
English) or Servicios de guía turística (if you choose Spanish) to make
reservation, or, access directly to:
http://www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp/english/tourists/guideservice/guideservice/index.html
(if you choose English)
http://www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp/spanish/tourists/guideservice/guideservice/index.html
(if you choose Spanish)
On these pages, you can choose the
Internet or Fax by clicking the button at the bottom to reserve the tours.
2)
Evening Diner Cruise Tours
Tokyo Tour in a Houseboat (Japanese
traditional wooden boat):
http://r.gnavi.co.jp/fl/en/b769900/
Sumida River Houseboat Dinner Cruise:
http://www.harumiya.co.jp/e/index.html
Tokyo Bay Dinner Cruise Tour
http://www.symphony-cruise.co.jp/english/
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