Hokkaido Sightseeing Trips

Dear attendees of LRD2019.

The deadline for signing up for the pre-conference and/or the post-conference trips has been extended to Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Since the fall is a busy tourist season in Hokkaido, it cannot be extended any later than that due to difficulties in making last minute arrangements.
The minimum numbers of participants for either trip is 6 persons. The trips will be cancelled if we do not achieve minimum numbers of 6 or more.
After May 1, you will still be able to make individual local travel arrangements with:
Kaori Ikeda

Hokkaido Treasure Island Travel
Email: kaori.ikeda@hokkaido-treasure.com
https://hokkaido-sightseeing.com/en/about/

Pre-conference tour

The pre-conference trip is from September 12 to 15th in the south of Hokkaido and a post-conference trip is scheduled for the east of Hokkaido from September 19th to 24th.

Many people might be interested in taking the new, recently opened Shinkansen line (Hayabusa Shinkansen) from Tokyo to the terminus at the shin-Hakodate station in the south of Hokkaido. The trip takes just over 4 hours. So, we have arranged the pre-conference trip to start in Hakodate on the afternoon of September 12th so that those of who want to can (at their own expenses) take the Hayabusa Shinkansen to join the pre-conference tour that will go from Hakodate to Sapporo arriving in time for conference registration.

Hayabusa train #1 leaves Tokyo at 6:20 and arrives in shin-Hakodate at 10:50 or Hayabusa #5 leaves Tokyo at 8:20, arriving at 12:22. Train #5 arrives at a perfect time to join the pre-conference tour. Alternatively, for those who prefer to fly into Chitose Airport there are convenient local trains from Chitose to Hakodate that will allow you to join the tour the afternoon of September 12th.

The Itinerary for the pre-conference tour

Post-conference tour

The post-conference tour is from September 19th to 24th and goes to some of the fabulous areas in the east of Hokkaido and ends with a flight back from Kushiro to Chitose airport where you can transfer to your flights home. See itinerary below.

The Itinerary for the pre-conference tour

Those who are interested could take the local train to shin-Hakodate and catch the Hayabusa Shinkansen back to Tokyo for international flights.

Deadline: In order to reserve your spot we need to have final numbers by April 30, 2019. Please respond to tallen@ualberta.ca or ishida@tokushima-u.ac.jp with a copy tokaori.ikeda@hokkaido-treasure.com

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