How to access
Access 2.1 : Flights to Sendai Airport
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International Flights to Sendai
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Domestic Flights to Sendai
Access 2.2 : Access to JR Sendai Station
- From Sendai Airpor to JR Sendai Station
- You can take "Sendaikuko Access Line" to JR Sendai Station
- Approximate time : 35 minutes
- Fare : 660 Yen
>> Sendai Airport
- From Tokyo Airports (Narita/Haneda) to JR Sendai Station
- Plan 1: Take "JR Narita Express" to JR Tokyo Station, then take "Tohoku Shinkansen" to JR Sendai Station.
- Plan 2: Take "Airport Bus Tyo-NRT" to JR Tokyo Station, then take "Tohoku Shinkansen" to JR Sendai Station.
- Plan 3: Take "Skyliner Keisei-Ueno" to Nippori Station, then take "JR Yamanote Line" to Ueno Station, finally take "Tohoku Shinkansen" to JR Sendai Station.
- For more information, please refer to
>> East Japan Railway Company
>> Narita Airport
>> Tokyo Haneda Airport
- How to purchase Shinkansen tickets
- 1.Buy tickets at JR Stations:
There are many Shinkansen Trains connecting Tokyo and Sendai and no worry you cannot catch a train at Tokyo Station. You can buy a Shinkansen ticket from Tokyo to Sendai on the same day before boarding the Shinkansen at JR Tokyo Station from a JR ticket office or a JR ticket machine at Tokyo JR Station or any JR Station in Tokyo or the airports.
It is suggested to buy a ticket in a ticket office from an office staff if you are not familiar with the train systems in Japan. You can also use a ticket machine that typically has English menu.
Please notice that not all machines are the same, as some only offer Shinkansen tickets, others only offer seat reservations.
There are two types of Tohoku Shinkansen trains (Faster or Slower) you can take from Tokyo to Sendai.
Faster trains: "Hayabusa", "Hayate" or "Komachi" with only reserved seats, which takes approximately 1.5 hour from Tokyo to Sendai
Slower trains: "Yamabiko" with both reserved and non-reserved seats, which takes approximately 2 hours or 2.5 hours from Tokyo to Sendai
There is basically no limitation in the number for the non-reserved seats of the "Yamabiko" trains. You can board any of the Yamabiko trains for the non-reserved seats although you need to purchase the ticket before boarding.
For more details please check the following website.
Shinkansen tickets: How to buy and use.
- 2.Buy tickets online:
The following is the website that allows you to purchase Shinkansen tickets before or on the day for boarding.
JR-East Train Reservation
Access 2.3 : From JR Sendai Station to Centersquare (the conference venue): Approximately 35 miutes
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As an environment-friendly and a convenient means of transportation, public subway will be utilized in ICPE2024 for transportation.
A rechargeable IC card (icsca) will be provided at the Conference
Registration for three round-trips of subway between Sendai Subway Station and Aobayama Subway Station (the Conference Venue).
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Please take the Subway Tozai Line from Sendai Subway Station to Aobayama Subway Station. Please note that the JR/ Shinkansen platforms
at JR Sendai Station and the subway platforms are on different floors. Please follow the following instruction to walk from the JR/
Shinkansen platform to the subway station to take the subway.
- Walk from JR Sendai Station to Subway Sendai Station (Tōzai Line) within the JR Sendai Station Complex
- Approximate time : 10 minutes
- Please note that before entering the ticket gates, you need to purchase a subway ticket or use a transportation IC card to pass the gates. The subway ticket vending machines are located to the right of the ticket gates.
- Please make sure you go to the Subway Tozai Line Platform.
- Take Sendai subway Tōzai Line bound to "Yagiyama Zoological Park" and get off at "Aobayama station"
- Approximate time : 15 minutes
- Fare : 250 Yen
- Walk from "Aobayama station" to Centersquare (the conference venue)
- Approximate time : 15 minutes