12th International Heritage Rose Conference

May 31 - June 3, 2012
Sakura, Japan

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

Programe:

Thurs. May 31 12:00 Registration and Information Desk (Wishton Hotel Yukari)
  13:10-- Public Lectures (National Museum of Japanese History)
  13:30-14:20 Odile Masquelier (France)
  14:20-15:30 Gérald Meylan (Switzerland)
  17:00 Welcome Party (City of Sakura Rose Garden)
Fri. June 1> 08:15 Official Opening (National Museum of Japanese History)
  08:30-12:10 Lectures - New Topics & Projects in Rose Research
  08:30-09:20 Lecture - Viru Viraraghaven (India)
  09:20-10:10 Lecture - Kentaro Okagi et al. (Japan)
  10:30-11:20 Lecture - Zhao Shiwei (China)
  11:20-12:10 Lecture - Hideaki Ohba (Japan)
  12:30-18:00 Day Tour to La Maison des Coquillages and Keisei Rose Garden (lunch included)
  19:00-20:00 WFRS Heritage Rose Committee
 : 20:00-21:00 WFRS Conservation Committee
 : 21:00-22:00 WFRS Publication Committee
Sat. June 2 08:30-12:10 Lectures - History of Roses
  08:30-09:20 Lecture - Ingrid Verdegem (Belgium))
  09:20-10:10 Lecture - Greg Lowery (USA)
  10:30-11:20 Lecture - Wang Guoliang (China)
  11:20-12:10 Lecture - Helga Brichet (Italy)
  12:30-17:45 Day Tour to Sanapia Herb Garden and City of Sakura Rose Garden (lunch included)
  19:00-21:00 WFRS Executive Committee
Sun. June 3< 08:30-12:10 Lectures - Heritage Roses & Their Conservation
  08:30-09:20 Lecture - Peter D.A. Boyd (USA)
  09:20-10:10 Lecture - Di Durston (Australia)
  10:30-11:20 Lecture - Sally Allison (New Zealand)
  11:20-12:10 Lecture - Clair Martin III (USA)
  12:30-17:00 Day Tour to Iinuma Honke Sake Brewery and either Hanei`s Private Garden or Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art (lunch included)
  19:00 Conference Dinner

Optional Pre-Conference Tour: May 28-31, 2012

Mon. May 28 09:40 Depart from Haneda Airport
  11:25 Arrive at Kagoshima Airport
  13:30 Hotel Ayu-no-sato (Hitoyoshi City)
  14:30 Leave hotel
  15:00-16:30 Natural habitats of Rosa multiflora adenochaeta (The Kumagawa riverside, Nishiki-machi, Kumamoto Pref.)
  17:00 Return to hotel
  18:30-20:30 Welcome party and concert at hotel
Tues. May 29 08:00 Leave hotel
  8:30-10:30 Breakfast at the natural habitat of R. multiflora adenochaeta
  11:30-14;30 Eco-park Minamata (Rose garden walk. Lunch in garden at your own expense)
  15;30 Return to hotel
  Evening Free
Wed. May 30 09:00 Leave hotel
  09:30-11:30 Aoi Aso Shrine
  12:00-13:30 Lunch at Kura-kura Csfe
  14:30-16:30 Rapids shooting down the Kuma River
  17:00 Return to hotel
Thurs. May 31 08:00 Leave hotel
  10:10 Depart from Kagoshima Airport
  11:50 Arrive at Haneda Airport
  About 13:00 Arrive at Wishton Hotel Yukari (Sakura City)

Optional Post-Conference Tour: June 4-6, 2012

Mon. June 4 08:30 Buses leave Wishton Hotel Yukari
  10:30 Arrive at Kamakura (Hasedera Temple & the great statue of Buddha
  12:00-13:00 Lunch at Kamakura Prince Hotel
  15:30-17:00 Akao Herb & Rose Garden
  17:10 Arrive at Hotel New Akao (Atami City)
Tues. June 5 09:00 Leave hotel
  10:00 Moto-Hakone: historic places
  11:15-11:45 Natural habitat of Rosa hirtula #1: Shojin-ike pond
  12:00-12:45 Natural habitat of R. hirtula #2: Ashinoko-Flower Centre
  13:00-14:00 Lunch at Hotel Kowaki-en
  14:30-15:30 Natural habitat of Rosa hirtula #3: Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands
  15:40-16:15 Natural habitat of R. hirtula #4: Sengoku-bara Wetland
  18:00 Arrive at Hotel Mt. Fuji (Yamanakako-mura)
Wed. June 6 08:40 Leave hotel
  10:00-11:00 Fifth stage of Mt. Fuji (alt. 2,305m), natural habitats of Rosa nipponensis
  12:00-14:00 Kawaguchi-ko Music Forest Museum (lunch and Rose Garden walk)
  18:00 Arrive at Hotel Nikko Narita (Narita City)
  19:00 Farewell Party

For further information, please contact:

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