At this time lunches will NOT be available at the conference. Instead, please plan to bring your own lunch or purchase it from a nearby convenience store. (This may change in March 2020.)
Gran Piatto is a popular Italian restaurant just a short walk from the university. As you can see from the photo below from a previous conference, families are very welcome to the Networking Event. Participation in the Networking Event can be indicated when you register online. Price will be 3,200yen (food and all-you-can-drink). (Family and friends welcome--as can be seen in the photo below of our Okinawa banquet--Children can order off the menu but must be registered to reserve a seat.)
cultural Event (Friday June 12, 2020) CANCELED
Tokugawa Garden & Art Museum
During the Edo Period (1600-1868), Nagoya served as the seat of the Owari, one of the three major branches of the ruling Tokugawa family. The family amassed great wealth that was only surpassed by four of the 200 feudal domains of the Edo Period. The Tokugawa Art Museum (徳川美術館, Tokugawa Bijutsukan) was built on the grounds of the Owari's former feudal residence and preserves and exhibits several of their treasures including samurai armor and swords, tea utensils, noh masks and costumes, poems, scrolls and maps. Next to the museum is Tokugawa-en, a beautiful Japanese landscape garden with a large pond at its center. The garden used to be part of a retirement residence of the local lords, but was destroyed during the war. A large network of walking trails lead around the grounds to a tea house, rest houses, and across several bridges. The garden is best in spring, when its Peony (mid to late April) and Iris gardens (late May to early June) bloom, and during the autumn season (November).
Nagoya Castle/Honmaru Palace
The castle's palace (Honmaru Goten) was recently rebuilt and fully opened to the public in June 2018. Half a century after its destruction in the war, the palace was rebuilt using traditional construction materials and techniques. It contains entrance and reception halls as well as rooms reserved for the visiting shogun with beautiful, replicated paintings on the sliding doors (fusuma). The palace has been considered one of the finest examples of Shoin architecture in all of Japan.