Venue
The Neuroinformatics 2010 Congress will be held at the Kobe Convention Center in Kobe, Japan.
The City
Kobe is a prominent port city in western Japan with 1.5 million inhabitants. One of the first Japanese cities to open up for foreign trade in the 19th century,
Kobe is a cosmopolitan center of culture, science, industry, music and fashion.
Nestled between the mountains and the sea, Kobe is known for the beauty of the surrounding area and its pleasant climate. Hosting the headquarters for hundreds of international corporations and with numerous universities and research institutes, Kobe is an ideal location for any international congress.
Getting there
Kobe is located in the Kansai region of western Japan, which also includes the cities Kyoto and Osaka. Kansai International Airport in Osaka is only a half-hour high-speed ferry ride from Kobe's domestic airport, which itself is an 8 minute Port Liner ride from the Convention Center and nearby hotels.
If you arrive to Nagoya Central Airport, take a train to Nagoya Station (30 minutes) where you change to the Shinkansen (bullet) train line. After about one hours ride, get off at Shin-Kobe Station.
From Tokyo's Narita Airport, one can either take an hour-long flight to Kansai Airport or Itami Airport, or travel to Kobe by Shinkansen train. For the train, first go to Tokyo Station (1 hour) and from there take the Shinkansen to Shin-Kobe Station (3 hours). The trains cost JPY 3000 (Narita to Tokyo) and JPY 15000 (Tokyo to Kobe) and run about every 20 minutes. The last train bound for Shin-Kobe from Tokyo leaves at 20:30 (arriving at 23:19).
For additional information, please visit the Kobe Convention Center.
