The Sakura Science Program has guidelines and requirements for the program for greeting and seeing off the participants: As such:

Arrival:

Sunday, JANUARY 25 at Kansai International Airport (KIX)

As you have been informed, You must follow the prescribed flight route and domestic transportation route.

Please prepare enough money for the transport to Takamatsu by JR Shinkansen (about ¥12,000), dinner money (¥1,000 – ¥3,000) and train fare to the school on Monday (¥500). Additionally, at check in, you will need to pay for your hotel fees, either in cash or by major credit card. Therefore you need to prepare enough money (JPY) for these items. (On Monday, January 26, you will receive your stipend for the program in cash. provided that you have submitted the required documentation).

From Takamatsu station, it is a 25 minute walk to the hotel, Business Hotel Kawaramachi, or one stop by local train (about ¥200).

REQUIRED HOTEL:
Business Hotel Kawaramachi
2-12-7 Kawaramachi, Takamatsu, Kagawa 760-0052
Tel: 087-813-2281
https://mitsushige-hotels.jp/kawaramachi/

LOCATION:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xFgDcrSxuzRLvmf77

Please book/reserve early as prices are likely to increase.

DEPARTURE:

Friday, JANUARY 31, from the Faculty of Agriculture

According to the requirements of JST, Sakura Science, the organizers MUST see you off on Saturday, February 1at Kansai International Airport (KIX).

Therefore, after the final presentation on Friday, January 31, you will be guided by the organizer by train to the hotel, Kansai Airport Washington Hotel. The train fees will cost about ¥15,000.

• You MUST depart with the organizer as a group on JANUARY 31  and stay at the Kansai Airport Washington Hotel on the night of JANUARY 31 . On February 1, you MUST go to KIX with the organizer. These are JST Sakura Science requirements.
• Your flight must leave Japan from Kansai International Airport and cannot go to any other airport in Japan (i.e. Haneda International Airport or Narita International Airport, etc.)

Please book/reserve early as it is a weekend (Friday) and prices are likely to increase.

REQUIRED HOTEL:
Kansai Airport Washington Hotel
Osaka Prefecture, Izumi-Sano, Rinku Orai-kita 1-7, Japan
Tel: 072 461 2222
WEBPAGE

Note: Please book early as prices will increase.

On the following day, you will be guided to Kansai International Airport (KIX). This is a program requirement, you must go with the organizer to the airport. You will have to pay for your hotel, bus and train fare. These costs have been included in your living stipend, so you will not received additional money on the departure day.