Information

Venue: Lotte Hotels & Resorts GIMHAE

Conference Place: Suro Hall, 1st floor

Check-in: 16:00 / Check-out: 11:00

We will take a conference photo after the morning session of Tuesday 17th.

Public transportations are inconvenient to get into the resort, so we suggest you to take a taxi at the taxi stand (they are reliable in South Korea). Alternatively, you may download and use the "Kakao Taxi" app from Google Play or App Store.

From Gimhae Airport:  About 30 minutes by taxi, costs about 20,000 KRW

From Busan Train Station:  About 45 minutes by taxi, costs about 30,000 KRW

Meals

We provide all meals for the participants: breakfasts (16th-21st), lunches (16th-20th), dinners (16th-20th), including the banquet on 17th.

Breakfast (07:00-10:30):  Golden Gaya on 1st floor (16th-20th)

Lunch (12:00-14:00):  Jinhai on 8th floor (16th and 19th), Golden Gaya on 1st floor (17th, 18th and 20th)

Dinner (except 17th):  For those who wish to have dinner together, we meet in front of the reception at 18:00.

Banquet (17th): Korean BBQ restaurant, here. We are also preparing vegetarian menus at the same place.

* Restaurants inside the resort:  Golden Gaya (Japanese, 1st floor, 20,000-30,000 KRW) / Jinhai (Chinese, 8th floor, 20,000-30,000 KRW)

* You can find many nice restaurants inside Lotte Premium Outlet, which is 10 minutes walk away.

* Convenience store:  7-Eleven (B1 floor)

Excursions

In the free afternoon, you can enjoy some excursions in the area. We suggest some of your options:

(1) Fitness Center / Tennis Court / Screen Tennis inside the resort:  You can borrow the rackets from the resort, but please bring your own shoes and sports clothes. 

(2) Lotte Premium Outlet (10 minutes walk):  Gaya Artifacts Museum, big shopping areas.

(3) Busan City (about 1 hour by taxi, costs about 50,000 KRW):  It takes quite a lot of time and money to get to Busan City as it is quite far away and super crowded. We suggest you to group up and share a taxi to visit Busan.

In Korea, there was an ancient kingdom called Gaya, which was located in Gimhae.

The places introduced below are within walking distance. They are within 1 hour by public transportation and within 30 minutes by taxi from the hotel.

(4) Gimhae National Museum (국립김해박물관): As the capital of Geumgwan Gaya, which was the leading state among the ancient Gaya confederacy, Gimhae is home to a museum primarily focused on Gaya artifacts. Google map

(5) Royal Tomb of King Suro (수로왕릉): The tomb of King Suro, the founder of Gaya. Google map

(6) Royal Tomb of King Suro's wife (수로왕비릉): The tomb of King Suro's wife. Google map

(7) Gujibong (구지봉): The mountain where King Suro is said to have descended. Google map

(8) Bonghwangdong Historic Site: Bronze Age site from around the 1st to 4th century, specifically the remains of Geumgwan Gaya. Google map

(9) Daeseong-dong Tombs: The burial mound complex of Geumgwan Gaya. Google map

About Gaya (AD 42–532)

(0) Gaya (가야): Gaya was a Korean confederacy of 6 territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period. Geumgwan Gaya (금관가야) was the ruling state of the confederacy.

(1) King Kim Suro (수로왕):  The founder of Gaya. The Kim surname has several branches, and among them, King Kim Su-ro is the founder of the Gimhae Kim clan, which has approximately 4 million members.

(2) Gujibong (구지봉, 龜旨峰): According to the Samguk Yusa (Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms), King Suro is said to have descended to Gujibong in the year 42 AD. The name "Gujibong" comes from the mountain's shape, which resembled a turtle.

"구(龜)" means turtle, "봉(峰)" means a peak of mountain.

(3) Gujiga (구지가, 龜旨歌): When King Suro descended, the village chief and the people of the area gathered there, singing the Gujiga (a traditional song) and dancing. As they did so, a golden box descended from the sky. Inside the box were six eggs, and the people born from these eggs became the rulers of the six Gaya states. The first to be born was King Suro, who became the founder of Geumgwan Gaya.

"가(歌)" means song.