Venue

The organizers of COSMO'24 will not arrange accommodations. 

Please do never respond to any messages from suspicious agencies or persons claiming to offer the arrangement of accommodations.

The Venue will be the Clock Tower and International Science Innovation Building in the main campus of Kyoto University, Japan. Plenary sessions and part of parallel sessions will be held in the Centennial Hall in the Clock Tower . Other parallel sessions will be held in the Symposium Hall of the International Science Innovation Building and in the International Conference Hall of the Clock Tower. The latter hall will be divided into three separate rooms during the parallel sessions.

*Wi-Fi is available through eduroam at the venues. It is recommended that you prepare in advance by issuing an eduroam account or ensuring you can use eduroam.

Host Institution 

The host institution is Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University. YITP was founded in 1953 in commemoration of Hideki Yukawa being awarded the Nobel Prize. YITP has been playing an important role as the first national research center with its facilities open to the entire community of theoretical physicists in Japan, hosting a number of international conferences and workshops. See the list of meetings in the area of cosmology and theoretical astrophysics held in YITP for the last 10 years.

Venue and Campus Map

Important information, e.g. place of scientific sessions or registration desks, is also summarized in the map.

For other useful information is also available from the following links:

• Kyoto City Bus & Subway Information Guide

• Directions of Kyoto University

Access from the city center

Kyoto has a well-developed public transportation system and there are several routes for getting to the campus. From the city center, one option is to take a bus to Hyakumanben (routes 3, 7, 201, 203, 206) or Kyodai Seimon-mae (routes 201, 206). Another option is to take Keihan Railway to Demachiyanagi Station. From Demachiyanagi Station, the main campus can be reached on foot in about 20 minutes. A map of the main campus can be found below. 

Travel 

Kansai International Airport (KIX) is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the city of Kyoto. The JR Haruka Limited Express takes around 70 minutes to get from KIX to Kyoto. Airport Limousine Bus runs regularly between KIX and Kyoto and the journey takes approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. In addition, there are two companies who provide shared taxi services.