General and hotel information Useful information about Tokyo is available from following sites: General Information http://www.tcvb.or.jp/en/infomation/1checkout/index.html Tokyo Guide http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/RTG/RI/kanto/tokyo/tokyo/tokyo.html http://www.chijihonbu.metro.tokyo.jp/english/outside/outside.htm http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/OUTSIDE/outside.htm Venue of the meeting Chiyoda Media Plaza Kioicho 1-1, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0094 Japan Tel.: +81 3-3238-7401 or +81-3-5210-4306 (Direct to Convention Hall) Fax: +81 3-5210-4305 Chiyoda Media Plaza is located in Central Tokyo and near from Nagata-cho Subway Station. The location map is shown in Appendix 1 of Annex 2 Hotel Reservations Shown below are hotels near the meeting venue, hotels in other location, still convenient for the meeting, are listed in Appendix 2 to Annex 2. Please make a reservation by yourself at your convenience. If you need help for booking, please feel free to contact us. Nagata-cho Area, near Chiyoda Media Plaza Akasaka Prince Hotel: Yen 25,000-/Single http://www.princehotelsjapan.com/akasakaprincehotel/ Hotel New Otani: Yen 23,000-/Single http://www1.newotani.co.jp/en/tokyo/index.htm Capitol Tokyu Hotel: Yen 22,500-/Single http://capitoltokyu.com/english/index.html Excel Hotel Tokyu: Yen 18,000-/Single http://www.tokyuhotels.co.jp/en/TE/TE_AKASA/index.shtml Toshi Center Hotel: Yen 15,115-/Single http://www.toshicenter.co.jp/location/e_9000.htm Ginza Area Imperial Hotel: Yen 28,000-/Single http://www.imperialhotel.co.jp/cgi-bin/imperial_hp/index_e.cgi Daiichi Hotel Annex: Yen 20,000-/Single http://www.daiichihotels.com/hotel/annex/ Hotel Monterey Ginza: Yen 17,000-/Single http://www.hotelmonterey.co.jp/ginza/index.html Ginza Capital Hotel: Yen 10,000-/Single http://www.ginza-capital.co.jp/en/index.html Roppongi Area Hotel Ibis: Yen 13,300-/Single http://www.ibis-hotel.com/index-e.htm Hotel Baden Roppongi: Yen 12,000-/Single http://www.hotel-baden.co.jp/br_hotel/English/index.htm Roppongi Prince Hotel: Yen 17,000-/Single http://www.princehotelsjapan.com/roppongiprincehotel/ Accommodation Search Site http://www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp/english/hotelsearch/index.html http://www.jcha.or.jp/english/ http://www.e-stay.jp Transport Airport to City Limousine Bus: Limousine Bus services for Akasaka Prince Hotel, Hotel New Otani, Capitol Tokyu Hotel and Excel Tokyu Hotel are available (Yen 3,000-) from Narita Airport. http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/e/index.html Train: Narita Express is convenient for Tokyo Station and some other areas from Narita Airport (Yen 2,940-). http://www.narita-airport.or.jp/airport_e/access/train/index.html City Transportation Tokyo Subway Map 1 http://japan.co.jp/~pbw/tokyosub.htm Tokyo Subway Map 2 http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/foreign_map/english_map.html Tokyo JR Map http://www.jreast.co.jp/e-info/map_a4ol.pdf Climate Tokyo is sometimes hot and humid in the middle of June. The temperature will be in 20°C to 30°C. Averaged temperature in Tokyo: (C) (F) Jan 5.3 41.5 Feb 7 44.6 Mar 10.1 50.2 Apr 16.3 61.3 May 20.5 68.9 Jun 21.5 70.7 Jul 21.5 77.5 Aug 27.2 81 Sep 24.4 76 Oct 20.1 68.2 Electricity 100 volts AC, 50 Hz in Tokyo and eastern Japan, 60 Hz in Osaka and western Japan Sockets take a two-prong plug with flat-sided prongs. Exchange Rate http://www.narita-airport.or.jp/exchange_e/index.html Nov 13.9 57 Dec 9 48.2 CHIYODA MEDIA PLAZA CHIYODA MEDIA PLAZA 1-1 KIOI-CHO, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 102-0094 TEL: 03-3238-7401 NEAR SUBWAY STATIONS Subway Nagata-cho Station Exit 9b or Exit 5 (Hanzo-mon Line, Yurakucho-Line) 4 minutes walk Subway Nagata-cho Station (Nanboku-Line) Exit 9a or Exit 9b 3 minutes walk Subway Koujimachi Station (Yurakucho-Line) Exit 1 5 minutes walk Subway Akasaka-Mitsuke Station (Ginza-Line, Marunouchi-Line) Exit D 9 minutes walk