Travel

Getting to Osaka

Attendees should purchase tickets to Tokyo via Narita Airport, and take the bullet train (Shinkansen) into Osaka.

Booking Your Flight

Continental Airlines
Offering discounts off published fares of 2% to 15% or zone fares for all IMCS attendees.

Three Ways to Receive the Continental Discount:

• Call your travel professional and refer to Z Code: ZEMD and Arrangement Code: B7WFLC.
• Contact Continental MeetingWorks at 800-468-7022 to book your reservation. Refer to Z Code: ZEMD and Agreement Code: B7WFLC.
• Save an additional 3% off by booking your own reservations at www.continental.com. Choose your flight times and access your meeting discounts by inserting ZEMDB7WLFC in the Offer Code box.

Book your airfare on Continental Airlines through "Meeting Works" to:

• Automatically receive the lowest applicable price
• Include One Pass numbers to earn frequent flyer miles as well as any promotions that Continental is running at time of booking
• Choose the fully refundable fare option
• Choose seat assignments
• Make changes to reservations

Bullet Train Information from Narita to Osaka

The regular one way fare from Tokyo to Osaka is 13,240 Yen by non-reserved seat on any train. Tickets for the Takaido/Sanyo train can be purchased at the Narita Airport.

Tokaido/Sanyo Bullet Train (Shinkansen)
The Tokaido Shinkansen, connecting Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka, was inaugurated in 1964 as the first shinkansen line and the world's first high speed train service. The trains operating on the Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen are of the following three categories:

• Nozomi: Nozomi trains stop only at the most important stations, and reach Osaka from Tokyo in about two and a half hours. The nozomi is one of the very few trains on the Japanese Rail network that cannot be used with the Japan Rail Pass.
• Hikari: Hikari trains stop a little bit more frequently than nozomi trains, and need roughly three hours to reach Osaka from Tokyo. On the Sanyo Shinkansen, the Hikari trains are known as "Hikari Railstar".
• Kodama: The slowest category. Kodama trains stop at all stations.

Shuttle Bus Service from Japanese Rail Station to Hyatt Regency Osaka

Shuttle Bus is available between Japanese Rail Osaka Station and the hotel. Final Departure time from Japanese Rail Osaka Station to the hotel is 10:00 pm.