Thanks to the opening of the 24-hour operating Kitakyushu Airport, access to the Kitakyushu International Conference Center has become especially convenient with early and late flight routes to the Tokyo metropolitan area.
The Conference Center has direct access from JR Kokura station’s North Exit – 5-minute walk.
All sessions of the symposium will be held at the Main Hall (capacity: 585 people) in the Kitakyushu International Conference Center.
(direct access from JR Kokura Station)
There is only international flight (Seoul – Kitakyushu) available on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
So, the most international attendee from abroad should arrive via Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
By Air (Kitakyushu Airport)
Tokyo 1 hour 25 min.
By Shinkansen Bullet Train
Tokyo 4 hours 45min.
Nagoya 3 hours 8min.
Shin-Osaka 2 hours 14min.
Hiroshima 50min.
By Air (Fukuoka Airport)
Sapporo 2 hours 10min.
Tokyo 1 hour 30min.
Seoul 1 hour 25 min.
Shanghai 1 hour 35 min.
From Fukuoka airport, you can use (1) Express Bus for Kokura station or (2) a subway and “Japan Railway (JR)” trains for Kokura station which is very close to the Conference site. Use of the express buses may be simple whereas it may take more time than (2) by 30 min.
(1) Express Bus
Access Information between Fukuoka Airport-Kokura by bus (including time table)
(2) Subway and JR trains
Firstly, use SUBWAY from Fukuoka airport to Hakata Station.
The airport station of SUBWAY is in the domestic Terminal 2. If you arrive at an international Terminal, move to the domestic Terminal 2 using free “Airport bus” between international and domestic terminals.
See details here(Move and Click “Transportation”).
Next, transfer to JR trains at Hakata station.
Buy a ticket from Hakata to Kokura (Shinkan-sen Fees: about 3,500 Yen).
From Kitakyushu airport, you can use (1) Airport Bus for Kokura station or (2) a taxi for Kokura station which is very close to the Conference site.
(1) Airport Bus (40 min. from Kitakyushu Airport to JR Kokura Station)
The Airport Bus stops in front of the Passenger Terminal Building (1st floor).
Fee: 600 JPY (one-way)
Access Information between Kitakyushu Airport-Kokura by bus (including time table)
(2) Taxi (30 min. from Kitakyushu Airport to JR Kokura Station)
Fee: around 6,000 JPY (one-way)
http://english.kitakyu-air.jp/access/access.html
