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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thank you to all of you who answered my query ages
ago.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Matthew</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=bird@ca.inter.net href="mailto:bird@ca.inter.net">Lawrence Bird</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:47
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: SCMS Line-up</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>For any grad students out there like me:
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<DIV>Yoyogi youth hostel has private rooms -- in fact, they ONLY have private
rooms. So while it's nothing like as comfortable as a hotel, you can get a
good night's sleep. It's something like 3000 yen a night if you're a youth
hostel member. You can find it at the Hostelling International website.</DIV>
<DIV>I haven't checked the travel times to the conference, but I was there for
a conference before xmas; the venue was in Roppongi and it was an easy
commute.</DIV>
<DIV>The youth hostel itself is only 15 minutes walk from Shinjuku, and on the
edge of Yoyogi park so it's possible to do a little sightseeing by foot from
there.</DIV>
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<DIV>Lawrence Bird</DIV>
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<DIV>On 2-Feb-09, at 10:49 PM, Matthew H. Bernstein wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>If I may ask:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I am one of probably many SCMS members and a
Kinejapaner who has never visited Japan.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I would welcome recommendations from people about
hotels near the conference and also the best way to find information on some
kind of sightseeing guides. I plan to stay several extra days before
or after the conference.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Matthew</FONT></DIV>
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