(1) How to get to your hotel from the airport
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How to get to Osaka City University (OCU), Sugimoto Campus,
or the Hotel in Kansai Kenshu Center (KKC) from Kansai International Airport.
(KKC is located next to OCU, Sugimoto Campus.)
A recomended way to get to OCU, Sugimoto Campus or KKC from Kansai International Airport is by train of
Japan Railway (JR) West.
(Notice there is another line, Nankai Railway, in Kansai Airport.
Please take JR West train, NOT Nankai Railway.)
1. Proceed to the 2nd floor of the Airport building for the Japan Railway (JR) Kansai Airport Station
to buy a ticket for JR Sugimoto-cho Station (860 yen, available until 11:40 p.m.),
and take the JR Rapid Train (Kanku-kaisoku) bound for Tennoji/Kyobashi Station.
2. At JR Sakai-shi Station, change trains to the JR Hanwa Line and take a local train to
JR Sugimoto-cho Station.
3. Near the exit of JR Sugimoto-cho Station, there is a map of OCU, Sugimoto Campus.
From JR Sugimoto-cho Station, please come to OCU, Sugimoto Campus or KKC on foot.
It will take about 5 minutes to OCU, Sugimoto Campus, and 15 minutes to KKC.
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Excursion
We will make an excursion to Kobe Area on Wednesday afternoon.
We visit two museums, Sake Museum and Earthquake Memorial, and then have
dinner at a restaurant on Mt. Rokko enjoying a million dollar view of Kobe
at night.
| 13:30 |
Departure by bus.
Please bring a lunch by yourself. |
| 14:30-15:50 |
Hakushika memorial Museum of Sake (Web site)
This museum was established by Tatsuuma family which has been brewing HAKUSHIKA
(white deer) SAKE since 1662.
The museusm consists of two buildings, Kinen-Kan (Memorial Hall) and Sakagura-Kan
(Sake Museum), where we can enjoy various exhibitions related to sake and
Hakushika.
At a museum shop we can also taste. |
| 16:00-17:30 |
The great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial (Web site)
After going through the tremendous destructive power of earthquakes at
a theater with big screen, we learn how people have collaborated and survived
the tragedy of the great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
A translator for English, Chinese or Korean language will be provided to
those participants from abroad. |
| 18:20-20:00 |
Dinner at a restaurant, Rokko View Oalace, on Mt. Rokko. (Web site)
Dinner enjoying great view of Kobe City from the top of Mt. Rokko.
Please let us know your preference, beefsteak or fish. |
| 21:00 |
Return to Osaka City University |
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