List of Contents Home First and Second Circular Schedule Scientific Program Symposium Site Access Registration Abstract Submission Proceedings Poster Sponsors Contact: Scientific Secretary   Dr. Hidetoshi AKIMUNE or   Dr. Hajime SUSA Department of Physics, Konan University, Kobe 658-8501, Japan tours2009@konan-u.ac.jp fax: +81-78-435-2539

Accommodation Hotel Reserevation There are the following two hotels in the Rokko Island from which you can reach the symposium site by a few minutes walking. Please make your own internet booking from the web sites given below at your earliest convenience. Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers. (expensive) Hotel Plaza Kobe.(Online English reservation system is not available.) The next choice would be hotels in Sannomiya of Kobe City. Internet booking of hotels in this area is also possible from following online booking sites. Shuttle bus service between Rokko Island and Sannomiya is available. (saburo-bus) Rakuten Travel Select "Japan", "Kobe" in "Destination" window on left side. Japan Traveler Online Select "Kobe" in the list on right side. Hotels.com Type "Kobe, Japan" in the column "Where are you going?". Room for young participans Guest rooms of the HIRAO Seminar House of Konan University Three rooms are available from Monday November 16 to Friday November 20 (checkout on Saturday) for such young participants from abroad as PhD students, post-docs and junior scientists. The accommodation fee is 3000 yen per night. Applicants must send a request to tours2009@konan-u.ac.jp and finish the on-line registration at the web site. Name Affiliation Arrival date Departure date The number of accompanying persons Successful applicants will receive a notice of an offer of the guest room. Because of the limited number of rooms, we regret to say that not all applicants can stay in the guest room.