From Sendai Station
By subway:
The venue is easily accessible by the Sendai Subway Tozai Line. The nearest station is Aobayama Station. It takes 9 minutes from Sendai Station.
By taxi:
It takes about 20 minutes by taxi from Sendai Station to the venue.
To Sendai City:
Here are a few tips on coming to the Sendai station:
By plane:
Sendai Airport is an international airport. If you find a convenient flight, this airport is an option. Domestic flights are also available, but connections between Tokyo and Sendai appear to be poor. From the Sendai airport, you can take the Sendai Airport Transit.
By train:
If you cannot find a good connection to Sendai Airport, then you need to take a train. From Narita Airport, you can either take JR to Tokyo station, or take Keisei to Ueno station. Latter is cheaper and quicker, but at Ueno, you need to get outside once to change to JR Bullet train. At Tokyo station or Ueno station (they are 5 min apart by Bullet train) you purchase a ticket for Bullet train and head for the Sendai station. It takes about 1h40min by the express (Hayabusa or Hayate) or 2h15min by 'local' (Yamabiko). The express trains are reserved seats only. From the Haneda airport, you can take the Tokyo Mono-Rail (~20 min) to Hamamatsucho where you change to JR Yamanote-line (~7min) to get to Tokyo Station. After that is the same as above.
The website of Sendai Tourism, Convention and International Association, which is helping to organize this conference, is useful.
