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5th International UNESCO
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| May 11 | Shuttle bus service will be provided from Shimabara Fukko Arena to Icebreaker Party Venue.
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| May 12-15 | Shuttle bus service will be provided for the participants every morning from each accommodation area to the conference venue (Shimabara Fukko Arena).
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| May 14 | We will provide shuttle bus to each accommodation area after the dinner party .
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Venue
The conference will be held in Shimabara's memorial halls, Shimabara Fukko Arena and Mt. Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall (Gamadas Dome), which were constructed on the devastated area of the last eruption. The area is situated near the mouth of the Mizunashi River and offers an excellent view of Mount Unzen. Shuttle bus service will be provided for the participants every morning, noon, and evening from May 11 to 15, 2012.
Access to Venue
Very limited (not daily) flights arrive at Nagasaki Airport (NGS) from Shanghai, China, and Seoul, Korea. Most flights originating outside Japan will arrive at airports in Narita (NRT), Haneda (HND), Chubu (NGO), Osaka (KIX and Itami, ITM), or Fukuoka (FUK) before departing for Nagasaki Airport or train depots for Shimabara.Please contact your travel agency for details.
| i. | Narita and Haneda: There are no direct flights between the Narita and Nagasaki airports. Delegates will have to proceed to Haneda Airport (Tokyo International Airport) by limousine bus or by train, which takes about 75 min or 2 hours, respectively. Taking a limousine bus, which costs JPY3,000, is easier but sometimes time consuming owing to traffic jams. The alternatives are the Keisei-Toei-Keikyu or Japan Railway (JR)-Keikyu lines from Narita to Haneda, which costs about JPY1,500-2,000 and takes around 2 h. Although several trains will take delegates directly to Haneda, others require multiple transfers. Nagasaki Airport is about a 2-hour flight from Haneda.
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| ii. | Chubu: Nagasaki Airport is about a 70-min flight from Chubu Central International Airport in Nagoya. Flights connecting Nagoya and Nagasaki depart twice a day as of September 2011.
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| iii. | Osaka: Delegates who arrive at Kansai International Airport (KIX) should transfer to Osaka (Itami, ITM) Airport for arrival at Nagasaki Airport, which takes about 70 min by limousine bus and costs JPY1,900. Charters depart from the ground floor of the arrival building every 30 min.
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| iv. | Fukuoka: Delegates who arrive at Fukuoka Airport have to transfer to Shimabara by subway and trains, which costs JPY4,370. A 5-min subway trip connects Fukuoka Airport and JR Hakata station. From there, JR express trains (called Kamome) depart for Nagasaki every half to one hour. A transfer to Isahaya Station from Hakata takes 100 min. From that point, delegates can take the Shimabara Railway (not JR) or a shuttle bus prepared by GEOPARKS 2012 to arrive in Shimabara, which takes about one hour. Note: Delegates and their companions who plan to attend pre- and post-conference excursions should contact the excursion leaders at arrival and departure airports for transportation details.
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Transportation from Nagasaki Airport
Delegates may take advantage of the shuttle bus service offered from Nagasaki Airport to the city center of Shimabara on Thursday (May 10) and Friday (May 11) before the conference and from Shimabara to Nagasaki Airport on Tuesday (May 15) and Wednesday (May 16) after the conference. The bus trip between Nagasaki Airport and Shimabara via Isahaya JR Station takes about 100 min. In addition to the shuttle bus service, public buses service is available between the airport and Shimabara and costs JPY1,750.
