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Price
3,000 yen per person
Reservation
A few more seats are now available. Please reserve your seat by email. We will confirm your reservation at the conference desk./May 22

Friday 30 May, 2003


In addition to the conference, delegates are invited to take tours of Miyagi and Yamagata Prefectures in the post conference tour. The tour fee includes transportation, lunch, entry to Onsen bath, etc.

Program (Tentative)


9.30 - Leave from Sendai by bus

10.30 - Visit to Yamadera temple in Yamagata prefecture, climbing 1,100 stone steps. Climbing up and down would require about one hour.

11.30 - Lunch: Soba - Japanese buckwheat

14.00 - Bath in Japanese On-sen: Open air hot-spring. (15 mins walk from bus)

15.45 - Visit to Mt.Zao 's Crater Zao quasi-national park

The park is located in the center of the Zao Mountain Range, being the border of Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures. You can enjoy the beauty of nature here. The mysterious Okama crater lake is also called Goshiki-numa, meaning five-color marsh since its water color changes several times in a day.

16.30 - (optional, if time allows) Visit the Miyagi Zao Kokeshi Museum, displaying the traditional kokeshi dolls and lacquered toys by prefecture, style and craftsman.

18.00 - Back to Sendai

Remark: The arrival time is subject to traffic condition.