Social Events
Reception
** Attention!! The time and place of the Reception were changed!! **
Date: November 24 (Tue) 17:30 – 19:30
Venue: The Himeji Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI)
Conference Dinner
Date: November 26 (Thr) 18:30 – 20:30
Venue: The Himeji Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI), Himeji, Hyogo, JAPAN
Tours
There are three excursion tours.
The participants may choose one of them without any cost.
Date: 26th November, 2015 (Thursday).
Time: 14:30-18:15
Excursion 1: SPring-8 campus bus tour | |
SPring-8 campus is located 30km from the center of Himeji city. SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility and SACLA X-ray free electron laser facility are placed in SPring-8 campus. In the tour, “Cryo-electron microscopy system for life science” is also shown to the participants. | |
Excursion 2: Shoshazan Engyoji bus tour | |
“Shoshazan Engyoji” is located 9km from the center of Himeji city. It was founded by Shoku Shonin in 966. The complex of buildings is at the top of Mt Shosha. The area is one of the best places of the viewing of colorful leaves (koyo) in Japanese Autumn. | |
Excursion 3: Himeji Castle self-guided tour | |
National Treasure, World Heritage, “Himeji Castle” is located at center of Himeji city. The castle is now beautiful white colored because it is just after the repair construction. The participants get the entrance ticket and walk 15min to Himeji Castle. |