Exploring GEOTRACES data with Ocean Data View Sunday, 26 June 2016 (9-16h), Yokohama, Japan Training Center, Nippon Maru Memorial Park (2-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-Ku, Yokohama, Japan) No.1 Conference Room How to arrive to the venue “Nippon Maru Memorial Park (No. 1 Conference Room, Training Center)” Access from nearest stations: • 4 minutes walk from Sakuragicho Station on JR Negishi Line or Yokohama Municipal Subway-Blue Line (see figure 1). • 5 minutes walk from Minatomirai Station or Bashamichi Station on Minatomirai Line. (see figure 1). Figure 1. Main access to the venue • Aprox. 40 minutes from Haneda Airport Station or 90 minutes from Narita Airport Station (for further details see page 3). • Aprox. 35 minutes from Tokyo Station. • Aprox. 15 minutes from Shin-Yokohama Station. 1 The meeting room (No. 1 Conference Room) is inside the Training Center located in the Nippon Maru Memorial Park (figure 2). Figure 2. Nippon Maru Memorial Park Ex) Figure 3 shows the route from Sakuragicho station (eastern-south exit) to the Training Center, about 350m, 4 minutes by walk. Figure 3. Access from Sakuragicho station (eastern-south exit) to the Training Center 2 Figure 4. Training Center How to arrive to the venue from the airport From Haneda Airport: 20 minutes by car, 40 minutes by bus or 30 minutes by train Take an Airport Limousine Bus direct to PACIFICO Yokohama and walk 15 minutes (see figure 5) > Keikyu Bus: http://hnd-bus.com Take an Airport Limousine Bus for YCAT. Then change to Minato Mirai Line or take a taxi. > YCAT: http://www.ycat.co.jp/en/ Take the Keihin Kyuko Express (for Zushi) and get off at Yokohama Station. Then change to Minato Mirai Line. > Keihin Kyuko: http://www.haneda-tokyo-access.com/en/ 3 From Narita Airport: 90 minutes by bus or 100 minutes by train Narita Airport: http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/index.html Take the JR Narita Express to Yokohama. Change to Minato Mirai Line. >JR East Narita Express: http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/index.html Take an Airport Limousine Bus direct to PACIFICO Yokohama and walk 15 minutes >Airport Limousine: http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/en/ *When taking other buses, get off at YCAT (Yokohama) and then take Minato Mirai Line or a taxi. >YCAT: http://www.ycat.co.jp/en/ Figure 5. Access from Pacifico Yokohama to the Training Center 4 Lunch Simple sandwiches and drinks (coffee/juice/water) will be provided during the lunch time in the same lecture room. A Museum Coffee (hamapara-pizza) and vending machines are nearby. http://www.hamapara-pizza.com/ Other restaurants Optional Tour Tour to Sail Training Ship “NIPPON-MARU” and Yokohama Port Museum (located in same Nippon Maru Memorial Park) with English guide. (http://www.nippon-maru.or.jp/guidebook/guidebook-english.pdf) Time: 16:05-16:45 (immediately after the workshop) Tickets: 300JPY (50% off regular prices) Registrations during the coffee-break. 5 .