Travel

About Kinugawa-onsen

Kinugawa-onsen is one of famous hot spring resort towns along the Kinugawa River in Kanto area. From Tokyo, it takes 3 hours or so by rapid trains. There are many Japanese-style hotels with hot spring spas in Kinugawa-onsen. Kinugawa-onsen is close to Nikko, which is one of histrical interesting cities in Japan. Nikko has many good places for sightseeing, such as Nikko Tosyogu. The following links are useful to know about Kinugawa-onsen and Nikko. October and November are great seasons to visit Kinugawa-onsen and Nikko, since we may be able to see beatiful colored leaves.

Access to Kinugawa-onsen

Haneda or Narita - Kinugawa-onsen
  1. Arrive at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) or Narita International Airport
  2. Move to Asakusa Station or Kitasenju Station by trains
  3. Move to Kinugawa-onsen Station by trains
See https://kinugawa-onsen.jp/access/?lang=en for further information.

Maybe, you have two choices from Asakusa Station to Kinugawa-onsen Station (please make sure concrete train information by yourself):
  1. Asakusa Station --(limited express)--> Kinugawa-onsen Station.
  2. Asakusa Station --(limited express)--> Shimo-imaichi Station --(local train)--> Kinugawa-onsen Station.

Access to Conference Site

The conference will be held at Isshinkan. The access information is as follows:
    Address:
      542-3 Taki, Kinugawa Onsen, Nikko-shi, Tochigi, Japan Zip 321-2526.
      Tel: +81-(0)288-77-0008, Fax: +81-(0)288-77-0067
    Access from Kinugawa-onsen Station to Isshinkan (conference site):
    • Walk: The distance from Kinugawa-onsen Station to Isshinkan is about 1.5km. If you take a walk, you will take 20 minutes or so.
    • Taxi: You can take a taxi at exit of Kinugawa-onsen Station. A taxi takes 10 minutes or so to Isshinkan.
    • Hotels Circulator Bus: You can use the Hotels Circulator Bus. See here for further details. The schedule of the bus from Kinugawa-onsen Station is published in only Japanese: https://www.nikko-kotsu.co.jp/pdf/timetable-kinugawaonsen.pdf The fare (200 yen) of this bus have to be paid by only cash.

Map from Kinugawa-onsen Station to Isshinkan