Date: September 3 (Wed) 6.00pm - 8.00 pm

Place: Restaurant "TOOTH TOOTH GARDEN RESTAURANT" at Sannomiya, Kobe

Fee: 7,000 JPY

Note: there is a special price for accompanied persons. Ask at the registration desk for detailed infromation.

Date: September 4, afternoon

Place: Himeji Castle & Japanese Garden "Koko-en"

Location: 50km west from Kobe city (one hour by bus)

Fee: 2,000 yen

Himeji castle is one of the most famous and beautiful castles in Japan built in 1333. It was registered as the first Japanese world cultural heritage by UNESCO along with Horyuji Temple in December, 1993, enjoying the highest international reputation of all existing Japanese castles. Koko-en is a traditional Japanese style garden which was constructed in 1992, which is very close to Himeji castle.

Please buy a ticket of Excursion at the registration desk if you want to join. You will receive a leaflet of the excursion when you buy the ticket.

We keep tickets of excursion for participants who answered "YES" at the registration till 5:00pm on Sep 2. Unfortunately, we have only a small number of tickets for participants who did not answered "YES". Please buy the ticket as soon as possible if you want to join, and check at the registration desk on Sep 3 again if you cannot buy a ticket.