The 20th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering

Green Chemical Reaction Engineering for a Sustainable Future

Sun 7–Wed 10 September 2008

Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, JAPAN

Venue & access

Kyoto

Kyoto, the cultural heart of Japan, is one of Japan's leading large cities, founded upon the Heian Capital, which was Japan's former capital built in 794 AD. Its population of 1.47 million citizens lives in harmony with a natural and cultural environment which has developed over time immemorial. Kyoto City is a place where you can truly savor first-hand a rich depth of culture and art steeped in tradition, and set against the changing backdrop of the four seasons, with each one possessing its own charm.

Kyoto has inherited a superb history of tradition and culture established over countless generations. It is also constantly creating new forms of culture and industry with its progressive and revolutionary spirit.

Distance to Kyoto [km]						4500	Novosibirsk
				370	Tokyo	7300	Moscow
500	Fukuoka	1200	Naha	1000	Sapporo	8800	Berlin
800	Seoul	1800	Taipei	6500	Honolulu	9000	Prague
1300	Dalian	2500	Hong Kong	9200	Los Angeles	9200	Amsterdam
1800	Beijing	4300	Bangkok	10500	Ottawa	9500	London
3000	Chengdu	5000	Kuala Lumpur	11000	New York	9700	Paris
6300	Pune	5000	Singapore	11600	Mexico City	9700	Rome
7400	Tehran	5500	Jakarta	14700	Bogotá	10000	Addis Ababa
8400	Riyadh	7800	Sydney	19500	Rio de Janeiro	11100	Lisbon
8500	Ankara	9000	Auckland	13200	Johannesburg	18700	Buenos Aires

Transportation from the airport to Kyoto

The most usual international airport for visiting Kyoto is Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Osaka. Train, limousine bus, and shuttle van services are available.

• Train (73 min, JPY 3,000) to Kyoto Station

  West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) operates an airport express train named Haruka. Haruka departs Kansai Kuko Station almost every 30 min from 6:34am to 10:16pm.

  See also JR's web, Access to Kansai Airport.

• Limousine bus (105 min, JPY 2,300) to Kyoto Station and some hotels

  Osaka Airport Transport operates limousine bus service. The departure interval is 35–60 min from 7:00am to 9:45pm.

  See also OAT's web.

• Shuttle van (1.5–2 h, JPY 3,500) to any place in Kyoto

  MK Taxi and Yasaka Taxi provide shared ride airport limousine van services. Booking is required. See the web pages of MK Sky Gate Shuttle and Yasaka Kansai Airport Shuttle.

Kyoto International Conference Center

Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto; http://www.icckyoto.or.jp/en/index.html) is located at the foot of the northern mountains of Kyoto Basin. ICC Kyoto is connected to the subway station (K01) Kokusaikaikan which can be accessed in 20 minutes from Kyoto Station (K11). ICC Kyoto (formerly KICH) was the first national conference facility in Japan, when it opened in 1966. More than 16,000 conferences and events have been held at ICC Kyoto, the No. 1 conference center in Japan, including the famous COP 3 meeting at which the Kyoto Protocol was agreed.

See the planned room layout (PDF). All the halls are located close to each others for the participants' convenience.