Sendai International Center
Aobayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai

Homepage of Sendai International Center is HERE

Access to Sendai

Sendai

Sendai is located to the Pacific Ocean side at 300 km north of Tokyo. It takes about 2 hours from Tokyo by Tohoku-Shinkansen (bullet train) and 1 or 2 hours from most other cities in Japan by air.

Several choice of transportation to Sendai for foreign participants are available as follows.

(1)New Tokyo International Airport (Narita; NRT) to Japan Railway (JR) Sendai Station
Most airlines arrive at Narita (New Tokyo International Airport). However, there is no direct flight between Narita and Sendai. From Narita Airport, it is convenient to take the "Narita Express" (express train of JR) to Tokyo Station (60 min; normal ticket :\1,280 + express ticket :\1,660). You can also take the "Airport Narita" (rapid train of JR) to Tokyo Station (90 min; normal ticket :\1,280). At Tokyo Station, you then transfer to the Tohoku Shinkansen (bullet train) called "Yamabiko" and/or "Komachi" departing from tracks 22 or 23 (normal ticket :\5,780 + express ticket :\4,300 for the free seat and \4,810 for the reserved). It takes about 120 min to JR Sendai Station.
For traveling on express train or on bullet train, two tickets are required the express ticket and normal ticket. Be sure that you have both before getting in those trains. We advise you to ask for a normal ticket directly from Narita to Sendai in order to save money.

Tokyo Narita Airport
http://www.narita-airport.or.jp/airport_e/index.html

East Japan Railway Company
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/index.html

Japan Railway Seat Reservation Service
http://www.world.eki-net.com/e_Default.asp

Hypermedia Timetable (Digital Timetable & Course and Fare Search Software) http://www.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/

Hyper Timetable (THE DOMESTIC FLIGHT SCHEDULE and THE SHINKANSEN TIMETABLE)
http://www.hypertimetable.com/eindex.htm

THE DOMESTIC FLIGHT SCHEDULE http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ev7a-ootk/time/etime_022.htm

THE SHINKANSEN TIMETABLE
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ev7a-ootk/time/etime_01.htm

(2) Kansai International Airport to Sendai Airport
You can also take an international flight to Kansai International Airport (KIX), and then directly transfer to a domestic flight to Sendai Airport (4 flights a day). Alternatively, you can move from KIX to Osaka Airport (ITM) by shuttle bus (80 min, \1,700) and then take a domestic flight to Sendai (7 or 8 flights a day).

(3) International Flight to Sendai Airport
There are also several international flights arriving directly at Sendai from Seoul, Honolulu, Guam, Talien, Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong.

Sendai Airport
http://v-sendai.comminet.or.jp/~airport/english/index-e.html

Access to the congress site (Sendai International Center) from JR Sendai Station

Bus ¡§10 minutes from JR Sendai Station
You can also take the city Bus numbered W8-2, W8-3 or W7-1 from Sendai Bus Terminal, in front of Sendai Station (Bus Stop No. 9). Get off the bus stop called "Kokusai Center" (this bus stop is announced in English in the Bus).
Taxi ¡§ 7 minutes from JR Sendai Station (about \1,000)
On Foot ¡§30 minutes from JR Sendai Station (Straight along Aoba-dori Ave.)

Airport Shuttle Bus

A shuttle bus is in service between Sendai Airport and Sendai Station (about 40 min one-way) on a daily basis. The bus departs from the Sendai Airport Terminal Building at approximately 10-minute intervals.
One-way fare for adults is \910 (round-trip tickets are \1,640)

Sendai City Transportation Bureau¡¿Airport Limousine
http://www.comminet.or.jp/~kotsu-s/e/index.htm

Airport Limousine (Japanese only)
http://svc.ana.co.jp/airport/bus/sdj/sdj01.html

*Other Links

Sendai Tourism & Convention Bureau
http://v-sendai.comminet.or.jp/~sendaicb/index_e.html

Sendai City
http://www.city.sendai.jp/index-e.html

Miyagi Tourist Data Book
http://www.kankou-miyagi.net/english/search/index.htm

Japan National Tourist Organization
http://www.jnto.go.jp/