The international neural microcircuitry conference, Okinawa main meeting, "Signal Processing Mechanisms of Cortical Neurons" will be held in Okinawa Japan in early summer 2010. It is a nice occasion to discuss with most cutting edge neuroscience researchers from all over the world. We hope to see you there.
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Conference information
Dates: June 24th (Thr) ~ 27th (Sun)
Place: Kanucha Resort, Okinawa, Japan
@@@Karaya Hall (24th, 25th), Rain Forest Hall (25th`27th)
Early-registration period: February 1st ~ March 20th, 2010
Standard-registration period: March 21st ~ June 20th, 2010
Poster registration period: February 1st ~ March 10th, 2010
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Kanucha Resort hotel reservation
You may reserve Kanucha Resort through its web page.
We assist attendees for the discount rate room reservation.
Click "discount rate room reservation form" which is active from Feb 1st.
The expense for one night accommodation with breakfast for each person:
June 23rd, 24th & 27th stay, twin: 19,000 JPY, triple: 17,000 JPY, quad: 15,500 JPY, quint: 14,000 JPY
June 25th & 26th stay, twin: 23,500 JPY, triple: 21,500 JPY, quad: 19,000 JPY, quint: 16,500 JPY
The one night expense for child is about 2/3.
We accept this service before April 23rd to guarantee your request.
You can submit this form on or before May 31st, but we appreciate your advanced request.
discount rate room reservation form
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For attendees who live in outside of Okinawa, it is a cheaper way to attend the conference to purchase a travel package to Kanucha Resort from the main airport in Japan. This includes flight tickets, shuttle bus between Naha airport and Kanucha Resort, 3- 6 night stays with breakfast and coupons (one meal or marine activities). The expense depends on room type and number of people sharing a room. Single rooms is available with the travel package, although it is extremely expensive. We can arrange for other attendees to share a room with you.
travel package price (4 nights)
Single room: 140,000 - 200,000 JPY
Twin room: 80,000 - 130,000 JPY, Triple room: 70,000 - 120,000 JPY
Quadruple room: 70,000 - 110,000 JPY, Quintuple room: 60,000 - 100,000 JPY
Some packages are not on sale yet, so the package price above are a speculation depending on the similar package of the last year.
We can assist attendees who wish to purchase the travel package. Click "travel package application form" button which is active after Feb 1st.
Travel package conditions:
1) You can get the travel package to Kanucha from these airport only:
Tokyo (Narita, Haneda), Chubu (Nagoya), Osaka (Kansai) and Fukuoka.
2) You must fly back to the same airport as your departure.
3) You can choose 3 - 6 nights travel package.
4) Arrive at the domestic airport on the list (above) on June 23rd or early morning on 24th, so you can take the domestic flight to Okinawa to catch up the conferene opening.
5) In case of failure for arrangement of flights to/from Okinawa to match your international flights, we conatct with you by e-mail to find out the solution.
6) You can select rent-a-car
option with extra charge.
7) If you are oversea resident, please send travel package application form before finalizing your international flight. We can help to find out the best fit travel package for you and you can evaluate the expense between the package and your own travel plan.
We accept this service before April 23rd, however we would appreciate your registration ASAP.
You may submit this form till May 31st, however we can not guarantee getting your travel package. It might be sold out then.
Travel package application form
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Cheaper choices
You may find a cheaper travel package. With the package you stay in a reasonable beach side hotel located about 10 km away from Kanucha, although you travel to Kanucha by taxi or rent-a-car everyday. We may assist you to get the package. Let us know it in comment box.
You may find cheaper hotels which are located about 5 - 10 km away from Kanucha. You can stay in single room for 5,000 - 10,000 JPY, although you travel to Kanucha by taxi or rent-a-car everyday. We may assist you to book the hotel. Let us know it in comment box, with your preference of hotel type, either city hotel in Nago city downtown area or a reasonable beach side resort hotel or inn.
In either case, the deadline and cancellation are the same as the other service.
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Meals
Kanucha Resort has hotel restaurants. Visit Kanucha map for the location of the restaurants. One meal costs from 1,000 JPY. Full course meal costs between 3,465 JPY ~ 15,015 JPY.
You can go to local restaurant in nearby native villages as well.
Local restaurant
There are local small restaurants in nearby villages; Abu village, Mihara village and Teama village. They are very reasonable price restaurant for the natives and serve local food, such as Okinawa noodle and dishes. You can find one dish costs much less than 1,000 JPY. They are located about 1 km away from Kanucha Resort. Take taxi or rent-a-car to the restaurant.
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Excursions
Conference sessions are held in the mornings and evenings. Free time will be available in the afternoons, which can be spent with cutting edge neuroscientists. We will be planning to organize afternoon excursions for the meeting. Please pay the fee at the hotel. This could include; snorkeling, excursions to a beach on uninhabited island, Churaumi aquarium, and much more. If you have any preferences or suggestions, please let us know your requests when you register. You can find more information about possible activities at the Kanucha Resort as well. For details, please visit the Kanucha Resort web page.
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Related conference
The fifth international neural microcircuitry conference, JST session“Microcircuitry of Cortex" will be held in Miraikan in Tokyo immediately following this conference, June 29th and 30th, 2010. We hope to see you there.