Institute of International Education
2006 U.S. Higher Education Fairs in Asia

Nagoya, Japan
October 21, 2006 (Saturday)

- Fair Schedule
- Fair Venue
- Who Attends the Fair?
- Fair Cost
- Shipping Information
- Visa Information
- Hotel Information
- Links to Country & City Guides
- Fair Coordinator Contact Information

Fair Schedule
 
1:00 pm Set-up
2:00 pm Fair opens
5 :00 Fair ends
 
Fair Venue
 

Nagoya International Center Building, Exhibition Room, 4/F
1-47-1 Nagono, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 450-0001
Access: 5 minutes walk from JR Nagoya Station


Fair Costs
 
Date
Country
City
Price (US$)
IIE Member
Non-IIE Member
Literature Only
10/21 (Sat)
Japan
Nagoya
900
950
N/A

Who Attends the Fair?
 


More than 350 visitors attended the Nagoya Fair in 2005. Visitors are self-sponsored potential undergraduate and graduate students, high school students, their parents, English teachers from Universities, and related agencies.

In the previous fairs in Nagoya, the US exhibitors commented that each student spent much longer time with the exhibitors for counseling, in comparison with the other fair sites, particularly Tokyo with its high attendance.


Shipping Information
 


OCS will again be working with IIE this year as an official shipper of exhibitor materials.

Participating institutions who choose to ship with OCS will not need to make any international shipments. Instead, all boxes can be forwarded to our OCS trade fair hub in Boston.

From there, OCS will take care of the rest:

• Confirm box counts, notify customers
• Re-pack / re-tape boxes if necessary
• Label boxes with university name, destination, representative name
• Prepare export & customs documents & licensing where required
• Palletize boxes (boxes will be shipped on wrapped skids for greater protection and accountability)
• Transport - by air express - all material to proper destination
• Clear foreign customs for you; OCS takes responsibility as Importer of Record
• Defer customs duties/taxes (OCS pays those fees up front on your behalf)
• Store your materials in our overseas OCS stations prior to fair date
• Deliver to exhibition site on schedule

All you have to do is show up at the fair.

Complete shipping instructions will be emailed to all registered participants. You can always contact OCS at fairs@shipOCS.com or by calling toll-free in the U.S. 1-877-2222-OCS.

Note: for participants NOT using OCS

If you decide to use another carrier to ship directly overseas, your ship-to address will still be OCS in each destination country. IIE has appointed OCS in each Fair city to receive freight.

After you register for the fair, OCS will send you instructions on where to send boxes in each city, and what the receiving fees will be.

Please do NOT ship any materials to the offices of IIE or the fair organizers .

It will be the responsibility of your carrier to get your materials overseas to OCS. They will need to clear customs, settle duty / tax, and deliver to the OCS station in each destination country. Neither OCS nor IIE will be able to assist if your packages are delayed in customs or undeliverable due to improper labeling.

Complete shipping instructions will be emailed to all registered participants. You can always contact OCS at fairs@shipOCS.com or by calling toll-free in the U.S. 1-877-2222-OCS.


Visa Information
 

United States citizens do not need to obtain visas for a temporary stay up to 90 days in Japan. Visitors may need to explain to the Immigration Official that they are visiting Japan to participate in a free educational exhibition and not here to earn any income or engage in any paid for services. A permit of stay will be granted.
http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/02.html#a


Those who are not U.S. citizens must check with a Japanese consulate in the United States. http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html

Travel from “Centrair” Chubu International Airport to Fair
”Centrair” is less than 1 hour from the Nagoya Fair site.
There is frequent train and bus service from Centrair to Nagoya City, and some hotels have direct shuttle service. From Centrair, please take a “Meitetsu” train or “JR Airport Bus” to JR Nagoya Station. Nagoya International Center Building is 5-10 minute-walk from the station.
Access from the Airport: http://www.centrair.jp/en/access/ac-from/index.html

Train Yen 1200 / 30 minutes
Meitetsu: http://www.meitetsu.jp/english/travel_info/centrair.html
Airport Bus Yen 1000 /60 minutes
JR Tokai Airport bus runs every 20 minutes from Centrair to JR Nagoya Station.
Taxi Yen 15000 / 60 minutes
Since the airport is located about 45km away from the center of the city, taxi fare is not reasonable.

Travel from Nagoya to Tokyo
Those schools that will exhibit in Tokyo after Nagoya may find it most convenient to take the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) from Nagoya to Tokyo station. The trip takes about 90 minutes and costs is approximately $100. Train Schedule:
http://jr-central.co.jp/eng.nsf/english/timetable/$FILE/Eastbound2006-03.pdf

Tokyo participants are advised to travel to Tokyo on Saturday 10/21 upon closing of the Nagoya fair. There are a few hotels near the Tokyo Station. If participants choose to travel on Sunday morning, please try to get on the bullet train by around 8:00 AM. Marunouchi subway line (red line) will take you from Tokyo Station to Ikebukuro, but it may take extra time to get to the venue from the Ikbukuro Station if you have heavy luggage. If you take taxi from Tokyo Station either to Ikebukuro (venue) or Shinjuku (hotel), the taxi fare will likely be $30-$40 plus about $6 toll if the taxi uses expressway.


Hotel
 

Nagoya Station Area


Nagoya Marriott Associa Hotel
1-1-4 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya 450-6002 (The hotel is located immediately above Nagoya Station.)
Phone: 81-52-584-1111
Rate: JPY20,000 (inclusive of 10% of service charge and 5% of consumption tax)

Hotel Associa Nagoya Terminal
1-1-2 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya 450-0002
Phone: 81-52-561-3751
Rate: JPY11,434

Hotel Castle Plaza
4-3-25 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya 450-0002
(The hotel is located in right middle of Nagoya Station and the event site)
Phone: 81-52-582-2121
E-mail: cpinfo@castle.co.jp
Rate: JPY10,972

Hotel Sunroute Nagoya
2-35-24 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya 450-0002 (a few minutes on foot from Nagoya Station)
Phone: 81-52-571-2221
Rate: JPY8,400

Ekimae Mont Blanc Hotel
3-14-1, Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya 450-0002
(a few minutes on foot from Nagoya Station)
Phone: 81-52-541-1121
Rate: JPY7,560

 

Fushimi Area


Nagoya Kanko Hotel
1-19-30 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-8608 (10 minutes on foot from the event site)
Phone: 81-52-231-7711
Rate: JPY13,000
Rate: JPY9,000 (online reservation rate from their Japanese language website)

Hilton Nagoya
1-3-3 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0008 (12 minutes on foot from the event site)
Phone: 81-52-212-1111
Rate: JPY20,000


Links to Country & City Guides
 

Japan National Tourist Organization

Lonely Planet World Guide, Destination Japan

Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau

Aichi Prefectural Tourist Information

Aichi Industrial Tourism Information


Fair Coordinator Contact Information
 

Mieko Muto
Commercial Specialist
Commercial Service
American Embassy Tokyo
1-10-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-8420
Tel: 81-3-3224-5317
Fax: 81-3-3589-4235
E-mail: Mieko.Muto@mail.doc.gov