The 5th MSJ-SI
Mathematical Society of Japan
Seasonal Institute

Schubert Calculus


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Getting started
Culcure
Traveling basics
Access to OCU
Useful maps
Emergency contact
Internet, tel, etc
KKC (hotel)
OCU GuestHouse

Conference page
Megumi's (highly opinionated)

Guide to Japan for foreign participants

Emergency contact information

  • Conference organizers:

    In case of emergency, or if you are really lost, the organizer Shizuo Kaji, will all have cellphones and will be available to help you.

    Cellphone numbers are as follows. Phone numbers are given exactly as you would dial it from a standard payphone in Japan. (See the section "Communications: internet, telephones, etc" for more on using pay phones.)

    • Shizuo Kaji: 090-3622-2705

  • Kansai Kenshu Centre front desk phone number: 06-6608-8260

    It is recommended that you carry this phone number with you at all times. The people at the KKC front desk do speak some English so they should be able to help you in an emergency.


  • Have this with you at all times during the conference:

    • Your conference nametag (look on the back).

      When you register for the conference and receive your nametag, you will see that on the back of your conference nametag there is a list of emergency contact phone numbers (including those of the conference organizers above), the address (in Japanese) of the Kansai Kenshu Centre, and an explanation (in Japanese) that you are a foreign participant in a mathematics conference hosted by Osaka City University. In the event of an emergency, or if you are truly lost, if you show the back of your nametag to a Japanese person or police officer, they should be able to help you.

    • Your passport.

      It is recommended that you carry your passport at all times while you are in Japan. This is a legal requirement, and the police will not overlook it (i.e. failure to produce your passport on request is likely to result in considerable inconvenience!)