12th International Heritage Rose Conference

May 28 - May 31, 2011
Sakura, Japan

Online Registration is now open at http://www.heritageroses.jp/conference-sakura2011

Programe:

Sat., May 28, 2011 12:00 Registration and Information Desk (Wishton Hotel Yukari)
  16:30 Welcome Party (City of Sakura Rose Garden)
Sun., May 29, 2011 08:15 Official Opening (National Museum of Japanese History)
  08:30-09:20 Lecture 1
  09:20-10:10 Lecture 2
  10:30-11:20 Lecture 3
  11:20-12:10 Lecture 4
  12:30-18:00 Day Tour (lunch included)
Mon., May 30, 2011 08:30-09:20 Lecture 5
  09:20-10:10 Lecture 6
  10:30-11:20 Lecture 7
  11:20-12:10 Lecture 8
  12:30-18:00 Day Tour (lunch included)
Tues., May 31, 2011 08:30-09:20 Lecture 9
  09:20-10:10 Lecture 10
  10:30-11:20 Lecture 11
  11:20-12:10 Lecture 12
  12:30-17:00 Day Tour (lunch included)
  19:00 Conference Dinner (Wishton Hotel Yukari)

Post-Conference Tour 1

The Rose Gardens in the Flower Festival Commemorative Park and the Historic City Takayama in Gifu Prefecture

Wed., June 1, 2011 07:00 Buses leave Wishton Hotel Yukari
  09:00 Arrive at Tokyo Station for departure to Nagoya by Shinkansen
  11:20 Arrive at Nagoya Station & leave by bus for Flower Festival Commemorative Park
  12:30 Arrive at Park for lunch & the Rose Gardens
  18:00 Leave Park
  18:30 Oustat International Hotel in Tajimi City (Dinner not included)
Thurs., June 2, 2011 08:00 Leave hotel for Flower Festival Commemorative Park
  08:30 Arrive at Park
  11:45-14:00 Kani City Cultural Centre (Includes lunch)
  15:30 Arrive at Best Western Hotel, Takayama City
  16:00 Free time for sightseeing (Dinner not included)
Fri., June 3, 2011 08:00 Free time for sightseeing
  11:00 Buses leave hotel (Includes box lunch on bus)
  14:00 Arrive at Nagoya Station for Shinkansen to Tokyo and then bus to Narita
  18:00 Arrive at Hotel Nikko (JAL), Narita City
  20:00 Farewell Party

Post-Conference Tour 2

Futaba Rose Garden in Fukushima Prefecture, Natural Habitats of Wild Roses, the Rose Garden in National Echigo Hillside Park in Niigata Prefecture

Wed., June 1, 2011 08:00 Buses leave Wishton Hotel Yukari
  12:00 Arrive at Futaba Rose Garden (Lunch in Garden)
  15:00 Tea in the Garden
  16:30 Buses leave garden
  19:00 Arrive at Hotel Listel Inawashiro in Inawashiro Town
  19:30 Buffet dinner in hotel
Thurs., June 2, 2011 08:00 Buses leave hotel
  09:30 Arrive at To-no-Hetsuri, unusual rock formations in a gorge,
Rosa acicularis in its natural habitat in Nakayama Wind Cave
  12:00 Arrive at Old Townscape of O-uchi, an Old Post Town
  13:00 Leave O-uchi (Includes box lunch on bus)
  16:00 Rosa rugosa in its natural habitat on Momozaki Beach near Tainai City, Niigata Prefecture
  17:00 Leave Momozaki Beach
  19:00 Arrive at Hotel New Otani Nagaoka in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture
  19:30 Buffet dinner in the hotel
Fri., June 3, 2011 08:30 Buses leave hotel
  09:00 Arrive at the Rose Garden in National Echigo Hillside Park
  13:00 Lunch in the park
  13:30 Buses leave the park
  14:30 Arrive at Nagaoka Station for Shinkansen to Tokyo and then bus to Narita
  18:30 Arrive at Hotel Nikko (JAL), Narita City
  20:00 Farewell Party

For further information, please contact:

Heritage Rose Conference in Sakura Organising Committee
Chairman: Mr. Katsuhiko Maebara
City of Sakura Rose Garden (Kusabue-no-oka)
NPO Rose Culture Institute 820 lino, Sakura-City, Chiba. 285-0003
Japan
Tel/Fax; +81-(0)43-486-9356
Email: conference@heritageroses.jp
Website: http://www.heritageroses.jp/conference-sakura2011

Please note that Sakura is a small city with a limited capacity of hotel accommodation and facilities for the lectures. Therefore the number of the conference participants will be limited to 270, and registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. This will ensure that all the participants will fully enjoy the warm hospitality offered by the historic city of Sakura and its citizens.
Online Registration is now open at http://www.heritageroses.jp/conference-sakura2011