Social Program

- Time after the Poster Session 2 on Nov. 1st is taken for exploring Kyoto until the Dinner. As the dinner place is near the most historical area in Kyoto with a lot of tourist attractions (see the following map and also https://maps.app.goo.gl/Sep8SQuT2n1ukq1n7), it is a good opportunity for sightseeing before the dinner.

- Places to go:

1. Kiyomizu-dera Temple
https://www.kiyomizudera.or.jp/en/

2. Ninenzaka Street
http://2nenzaka.ne.jp/en/top/

3. Yasaka-jinja Shrine
https://www.yasaka-jinja.or.jp/en/

4. Hanamikoji Street
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g298564-d1956593-Reviews-Hanamikoji_Street-Kyoto_Kyoto_Prefecture_Kinki.html

- Option 1: Welcome drink at Heian Jingu Event Hall
Welcome drink will be served to attendees of the dinner at the Heian Jingu Event Hall from 6pm on Nov. 1st just before the dinner on Nov. 1st. Enjoy drinks while watching the Japanese garden of Heian Jingu shrine.

- Option 2: A short tour from Kodai-ji temple to the Heian Jingu shrine Attendees to this short walk will be taken to the Kodai-ji temple (https://www.kodaiji.com/e_index.html) by bus leaving the conference venue at 5pm. After looking around the temple grounds where fall colors are lit up, walk through a historic area toward the dinner place and will arrive at the dinner place just before 7pm.

Need a break from structured plans? How about a free stroll in Sakyo area, spending (surely more than) 2 hours wandering from the venue southwards, through potential landscapes with different scenery and road shapes.

- Section #1: Shirakawa-d­õri street (1 hr 50 min (8.0 km))
Intersects with several tourist attraction roads.
(site in Japanese)
https://kyoto-ankyo.com/column/2021112koramu.html

- Section #2: Short-cut Path? (1 hr 45 min (7.7 km))
Including the area of Kyoto University.

- Section #3: Along Kamo-gawa River (1 hr 50 min ~ 2h 10 min (8~9 km))
Popular river in Kyoto, in proximity to the world-class Shimogamo-jinja Shrine.