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Dear IAUS 380 travelers

We have received reports of some travelers arriving in Japan who have
been asked to quarantine for several days despite testing negative on
PCR tests. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that you may
encounter in such regard and acknowledge that your forward travel to
Kagoshima may be disrupted.

In the case that your planned forward flights are missed and the
possibility to re-book a later flight  is no longer available, we
propose the option of booking the Shinkansen bullet train as an
alternative. It also may be possible to get a refund on forward flights
which were disrupted by issues related to Covid-19. Please contact your
travel company on this matter.

Tickets from Tokyo to Kagoshima cost about 30,000 yen and the journey
takes about 6.5hrs. Fortunately the Shinkansen departs from Tokyo
several times per hour and rarely becomes fully booked but considering
that the Japanese spring break has begun it may be wise to book tickets
for securing travel and peace of mind.

Here please note that there is no direct Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kagoshima-Chuo.
It is necessary to change trains at Shin-Osaka or Hakata.
Therefore, please change “Kagoshima station” to “Kagoshima-Chuo station”.

Tickets can be booked through the website:
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Also you can check those web pages as well. However, it is unclear to us which is the best/most convenient one.
https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
https://e5489.jr-odekake.net/e5489/ibpc/CBTopMenuPC
https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/index.html

However, it is also possible to buy the tickets at JR stations
using the multi-language machines.

Finally, it is recommended to come to the Li-Ka Nangoku Hall earlier,
before the Welcome Drink starting from 17:00 JST today (March 19)
because all the participants are requested to visit the registration desk at first,
and the poster presenters are also requested to set their own posters.

Anyway, we are looking forward to meeting you at the venue this afternoon.

Kind regards,
LOC and SOC

Dear participants of the IAU Symposium,

Today, the electric form of the Abstract Book of the IAU Symposium 380 is ready. You can access it through the web page.

Scientific Programme

Please check it before the symposium itself starts.

All the scientific presentations (reviews, invited talks, contributed talks, posters) will appear in the Abstract Book in a proper format. Therefore, it has been requested to describe each of the presentations using the template Word file, including the title, authors, their affiliations, and submit the file through the web registration page.

The template file can be downloaded in the web registration page for the abstract submission or from the following link. CosmicMaser_AbstractTemplate_ver1.

All the presentations are the subject of the file submission. One can edit and resubmit the edited file until the final submission deadline (2023 January 10). Although the registration of the presentations as contributed talks  has already been closed on 2022 November 7, the registration of poster presentations is opened until 2023 January 10. Therefore, further presentations as posters are welcome.

[Announced on 2022 October 26]

Some of the colleagues who have made the conference registration may have received the messages shown below from ops@travellerpoint.org . Our SOC and LOC do not have any relation to the organization using the e-mail address mentioned above. Please ignore those messages and never reply to them.

> ———————————————————
> *From:* ops@travellerpoint.org <ops@travellerpoint.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 24, 2022 6:47 PM
> *Subject:* Accommodation in Kagoshima, Japan – March 20 – 24, 2023 –
> Li-Ka 19・20 Building, Kagoshima Central Tower
>
>
> —
> Dear Professor,
>
> Kindly inform us of your arrival and departure dates in Kagoshima to
> secure the space for your stay this March for the conference.
>
>
> If the itinerary isn’t confirmed yet a flexible reservation that can be
> canceled without any additional fees will be made on the standard dates
> of the conference, this risk-free cancellation option will be valid up
> until 30 days before the check-in date.
>
> Thus, kindly get back to us so we can send you the hotel booking form
> and confirm the reservation.
>
>
> Warm Regards & Stay safe,
> Traveller Team
>
>
>
> Kindly note that all reservations are completely flexible and refundable
> until 30 days before the check-in date in case of cancellation within
> the 30 days the customer bears the refund fees of 4.75% Charges fees as
> well as the penalty of at least 1 night of the total reservation.
>
>
> – For any requests or to make a reservation or to modify an existing
> reservation you can contact us at support@travellerpoint.org
>
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