APSAR 2013 Technical Tours
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The JAXA tours are so special that it requires
ADVANCE REGISTRATION of your name with the following Form.
Your ID is needed on site for participation.
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JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc. (JTB GMT), appointed the official
travel agent for APSAR 2013, will handle and operate the tours.
Online Application Form
INQUIRY DESK:
JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc., Convention Center (CD100720-618)
2-3-11 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-8604, Japan
Phone: +81-3-5796-5445
E-mail: apsar2013 [at] gmt.jtb.jp
OP-1: JAXA Tsukuba Space Center & Tsukuba Tour
Date Sep.
27(Fri.)
Fare JPY10,500
per person
Course EPOCHAL TSUKUBA 9:00 = JAXA Tsukuba Space Center = Lunch,
= TSUKUBASAN Cable Car & Ropeway = Inaba Sake Brewery = 19:15 EPOCHAL
TSUKUBA
Guide English-speaking guide service is included
Meals 1 Lunch
Minimum number of participants necessary for the tour 30 persons
Transportation Bus
*)JAXA Tsukuba Space Center <<Your ID (e.g., passport) is required for participation>>
As JAXA's central site for research and space development, the Tsukuba
Space Center (TKSC) offers tours of its facility and exhibitions for a
better understanding of its work. At our exhibition hall “Space Dome,”
you can look at many space-related exhibits at close range including full-scale
satellite models, real rocket engines, and a life-size model of the “Kibo,”
the Japanese Experiment Module for the International Space Station. Also,
at “Planet Cube,” we hold a special exhibition featuring some seasonal
or up-to-date theme. Please come to visit us to find the most up-to-date
technology.
Inaba Sake Brewery
Inaba is one of the most traditional Japanese Sake breweries in Ibaraki
prefecture established in the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Please
enjoy the Japanese taste loved by Shoguns and Bakufu samurais 150 years
ago as well as the people today in the 21st century.
OP-2: JAXA Tsukuba Space Center [Half Day Tour]
Date Sep.
27(Fri.)
Fare JPY3,500
per person.
Course EPOCHAL TSUKUBA 9:00 = JAXA Tsukuba Space Center = 12:00 Tsukuba Station.
Guide English-speaking guide service is available only at JAXA.
Meals No meal
Minimum number of participants necessary for the tour 25 persons
Transportation Bus
See the above note *)
OP-3: ASAKUSA 1 Day Tour
Date Sep.
27(Fri.)
Fare JPY10,500
per person
Course EPOCHAL TSUKUBA 9:00 = Brand New Sightseeing Spots = Lunch,
= ASAKUSA (Senso-ji, Nakamise-Dori) = Edo-Tokyo Museum = 19:15 EPOCHAL TSUKUBA
Guide English-speaking guide service is included
Meals 1 Lunch
Minimum number of participants necessary for the tour 30 persons
Transportation Bus
Asakusa
Sensoji is the oldest and most impressive temple in Tokyo. The main hall
was first built in 645 to house a tiny golden statue of Kannon, the goddess
of mercy, that had been repeatedly hauled up in fishing nets despite being
thrown back into the river. The statue was enshrined in the main hall where
it ostensibly remains today -- a sight too holy to be seen. The temple
was destroyed in the air raids of March 10, 1945, and the present building
is a 1958 reconstruction. The temple precincts bustle with people praying,
buying fortunes, shopping or sightseeing. Many come for the curative powers
of smoke billowing from the bronze urn burning incense in front of the
main hall. People rub the smoke on their joints in the hope of easing aches
and pains.
Nakamise, a 250-meter approach to Sensoji Temple, is one of the oldest
shopping streets in Japan. The arcade dates from the late 17th century,
when local people were granted the special right to open shops along the
approach to the temple. Their shops sold toys, sweets, snacks, and souvenirs.
The shopping street was destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923
and also in the air raids of 1945. Today's shops sell traditional knickknacks,
rice crackers, and festival foods. The street bustles and in color and
motion, suggesting Old Edo.
 Asakusa area
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