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Access to Kobe University Access to Conference Rooms Location of Kobe University From airports to the nearest stations • From Osaka International Airport o Take Osaka Monorail from Osaka Airport station to Hotarugaike station (about 3 minutes). o At Hotarugaike, change trains to Hankyu Takarazuka Line. Take Hankyu Takarazuka Line from Hotarugaike station to Juso station (about 15 minutes). o At Juso station, change trains to Hankyu Kobe Line. Take Hankyu Kobe Line from Juso station to Rokko station (about 25 minutes). • From Kasai International Airport o Take JR Kansai-Airport Line from Kansai-Airport station to Osaka station (about 70 minutes). o At Osaka station, change trains to JR Kobe Line. Take JR Kobe Line from Osaka station to Rokkomichi station (about 25 minutes). • From Kobe Airport o Take Kobe New Transit Port-Liner Line from Kobe-Airport station to Sannomiya station (about 20 minutes). o At Sannomiya, change trains to JR Kobe Line. Take JR Kobe Line from Sannomiya station to Rokkomichi station (about 5 minutes). From Sannomiya, Hankyu Kobe Line is also available. You may take Hankyu Kobe Line from Sannomiya station to Rokko station (about 6 minutes). From major stations to the nearest stations • From JR Shin-Osaka Station o Take JR Kobe Line from Shin-Osaka station to Rokkomichi station (about 30 minutes). • From JR Shin-Kobe Station o Take Kobe Subway Seishin-Yamate Line from Shin-Kobe station to Sannomiya station (about 2 minutes). o At Sannomiya, change trains to JR Kobe Line. Take JR Kobe Line from Sannomiya station to Rokkomichi station (about 5 minutes). From Sannomiya, Hankyu Kobe Line is also available. You may take Hankyu Kobe Line from Sannomiya station to Rokko station (about 6 minutes). From the nearest stations to conference rooms • From both JR Rokkomichi and Hankyu Rokko stations, take Kobe City Bus No.36 bound for "Tsurukabuto-Danchi" (or "Tsurukabuto-2chome-Domari"), and get off at "Shindai- Seimon-Mae" (about 10-15 minutes, fare: 200 yen). The route of Kobe City Bus No.36 from JR Rokkomichi is: .... --> JR Rokkomichi --(1 bus stop)--> Hankyu Rokko --(3 bus stops)--> Shindai-Honbu-Kougakubu-Mae --> Shindai-Seimon-Mae --> Rokko-Danchi-Mae --> .... o The bus stop (No.36) at JR Rokkomichi is in the rotary of the mountain side. o The bus stop (No.36) at Hankyu Rokko is also in the mountain side. Walk a little bit from the station. • Going up the stairs, you will find the main building (building No.1 below). .
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