Transportation and Venue

Venue: Seaside House. https://www.oist.jp/seaside-house-0
Accomodation: Participants will be provided accommodation in shared twin rooms in Seaside House.
Facilities of Seaside House:
- Internet: WiFi available in public space. Wired LAN is available in guest rooms.
- Amenities: Shampoo and conditioner, body soap, hair dryer and room slippers.
- Laundry rooms: Equipped with washer-dryers, detergent and ironing board sets.
- Phones: Public phone available in the lobby area. Calling card is required to make a domestic/international phone call. You may wish to purchase international calling cards at major airports as they are not provided at Seaside House. Some credit cards work by entering your credit card numbers and PIN code. Phone equipped in each guest room is for in-house calls only.
Food: Food and coffee will be provided throughout the duration of the conference free of charge. Please, let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.
How to get to OIST from the airport
- Local buses at Naha Airport depart from Domestic Terminal and stop at the International Terminal. The ticket fare is paid directly to the bus driver when leaving the bus. Please note that you cannot pay with 10,000JPY/5,000JPY bills. Bus drivers do not speak English. Take a paper ticket (jousha-ken) when you get on the bus. A pre-recorded announcement for each bus stop will be made in Japanese. Push a near-by button to tell the driver you want to get off the bus. Check the display near the driver with your jousha-ken number for the actual fare.
- How to ride a local Japanese bus: https://groups.oist.jp/living-guide/transportation
- Expressway Bus #111, #117 "Kousoku Bus" and OIST Shuttle or Taxi
  - Get on Bus #111 "Kousoku Bus" bound for "Nago Bus Terminal" at Naha Airport bus stop No. 2.
  - Get off at Ishikawa IC. The bus takes about 1 hour from Naha Airport to Ishikawa IC and costs around 1,400 JPY.
  - You can find the Timetable for Buses #111 and #117 on the Okinawa Bus Ltd website.
    - http://okinawabus.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/02/111117timetable20170701en.pdf
    - http://okinawabus.com/en/rb/rb_routelist/
  - From Ishikawa IC, please use the free OIST Shuttle Bus. https://www.oist.jp/oist-shuttle-bus
- Local Bus #120 "Nago Nishi Kuukou Sen"
  - Bus #120 leaves from Naha Airport bus stop No. 3. It takes about 2.5 hours get to OIST and the fare is about 1,400 JPY.
  - For the OIST Main Campus, get off at the bus stop "Daigakuin Daigaku Mae" and walk 15 minutes up the hill.
  - To get to Seaside House, get off at the bus stop "Seaside House Mae".
  - We do not recommend using Bus #120 to go back to Naha Airport, due to heavy traffic on Route 58.

We encourage the participants to arrange their flight so that they arrive to Okinawa within working hours of the public buses (no later than 8:00pm). If there is any special reason for a participant to come outside of this time, please let us know. We will treat these cases one-on-one and we might provide some private transportation.