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The INTERACT 2001 Conference will be held at Waseda University Conference Centre, Shinjuku in Tokyo. The Conference Centre is located on Nishi-Waseda Campus of Waseda University which is located west of Tokyo city centre. You can travel to the Conference Centre by train, metro, bus and tram.
Local travel information is available on Waseda University's Campus Map.
The main gateway to Japan is Tokyo International (Narita) Airport which is located about 60km from downtown Tokyo. Major airlines fly to Japan on a regular basis.
Although Narita Airport is called New 'Tokyo' International Airport, it is actually located in the countryside of Chiba prefecture, close to Tokyo. Getting around Tokyo from Narita Airport requires approximately one-hour train travel time.The simplest way is to take JR train (Narita Express) and will cost about 3,000 Yen. See the map and timetable about the Narita Express from Tokyo International Airport to Tokyo metropolitan area.
Limousine bus to Shinjuku station is also available. It takes about 70 minutes and costs 3,000 Yen.
For further travel information, visit other Web pages:
Tokyo is a well-known city; one of the largest cities in the world (about 10 million people) and the capital of Japan.
Japan is located at the Far East of Asia and is known as the "land of the rising sun." It consists of four main islands--Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu--and about 4,000 smaller islands. Tokyo is on the island of Honshu.
Japan is one of the world's leading industrial and trading countries and the first Asian country to develop a technologically advanced industrial economy.
There are many web resources on Japan. Japan Information Network has comprehensive information on Japan including cultural information, virtual museum, and virtual tour. NTT Communications also has Japanese information on Web.
