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JAPANESE GARDENS
Intensive and practice-orientated international seminar
on garden art and garden construction in Japan
14. February - 26. February 2010 ATAMI |
General information concerning the seminar
1. Notes on the seminar term and cultural differences
The term of the seminar is scheduled from the middle to the end of February. Due to very cold weather with snow and ice, this season is a low season for the landscape industry in many countries in Europe and America. However, this season is a very good one to carry out a seminar on Japanese garden art and garden construction here in Atami and it is also a very pleasant season to visit Japan. The temperatures in the hot spring city of Atami will be about 15 degrees Celsius in the daytime and this should be a very comfortable temperature for the variety of practical work during the workshops. You can also enjoy the plum tree blossoms and early flowering cherry tree blossoms throughout the country. Participants of the seminar will have an excellent opportunity to see these flowering trees in Atami and other places to visit.
February is a very good season for visiting temples and dry landscape gardens in Kyoto, too, because Kyoto will be quiet and not overcrowded.
Please also bear in mind that if you are a participant from outside Asia, Japan is a far away country and that the living and working environment may be very different from home. However, by working together, you will be able to adapt very quickly and understand and accept differences.
2. Notes on accommodation facilities
On the first floor of the Seminar House there are pleasant Japanese Tatami-rooms, air-conditioned, which are all reserved for the participants during the seminar. In a traditional Japanese Tatami-room you sleep on a soft and comfortable mattress on the Tatami-floor. Lodging in rooms in this traditional Japanese style will certainly be an unforgettable experience for you and will contribute to your fond memories of your stay in Japan. All rooms are big enough for two to three people. In the morning, all quilts and mattresses will be cleared away and the whole area of the room can be used freely during the daytime. Beds are not used in traditional Japanese Tatami-rooms. However, on request, a simple bed can be provided if with advance notice, but the quantity is limited.
If you like to sleep in a big bed during the whole term of the seminar (13 nights), we recommend you to stay at a hotel nearby (refer to the notes on the application form, page 2).
3. Number of participants
To provide an interesting intensive seminar, which ensures value for all, the number of participants has been limited to 20 persons. This facilitates close personal instruction and guidance by the professional teachers as well as effective learning during all workshops.
To carry out the seminar, the minimum number of participants is 7 persons. In the unlikely event, that we do not have 7 confirmed appli- cations by 1. February 2010, we reserve the right to cancel the seminar. If cancelled, application fee for all persons who have already applied will be fully reimbursed. We recommend you to obtain a travel insurance that will cover cancellation fees for your flight to Japan.
4. Clothes
In the afternoons, during the workshops, we advise you to wear comfortable
clothes, in which you can move easily. We also request you to wear safety
shoes and protective gloves. Simple protection gloves for garden work will
be supplied complimentary on request to everyone during the workshops.
If rain is forecast in the afternoon, workshop units, which are planned
to be outside, maybe changed, as far as possible, with another units. However,
for the case of sudden rainfall etc., we would kindly like to ask you to
bring some waterproof clothes with you.
5. Notes on current visa regulations
To enter Japan, you must have a passport issued by your government that is valid for more than 6 months. If you are a citizen of one of the more than 60 countries that have a visa exemption arrangement with Japan, like most of the countries in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, etc., you are not required to obtain a visa prior to travel to Japan as tourist or attending a short term study. If you enter Japan for the purpose of participating in our seminar, you will be granted a permit to enter Japan as a gTemporary Visitorh at Narita airport. This permit will be valid for three months, starting on the day of your entry into Japan. Please fill gattending lectureh and gsight- seeingh as gPurpose of Visith in the gEmbarkation card for foreignersh, which will be distributed to you in the airplane before landing at Narita airport. Please carry the brochure of our seminar with you as evidence of the purpose of your trip.
If your home country does not have a reciprocal visa exemption arrangement with Japan, please contact the consular section of the Japanese Embassy or Japanese Consulate in your country of residence and find out how to obtain a visa. Please note that there are many different visa regulations for entering Japan, depending on your nationality and passport. If you need a visa to come to Japan, please apply as soon as possible so that you can leave your country at the desired time to join our seminar.
Important notice: Foreign arrivals get a biometric scan!
Starting 17. November 2007, all non-Japanese entering Japan, aged 16 and older, have to provide their biometric data on arrival at Narita airport. You will be instructed to scan your index fingers and will have your photograph taken. This process, under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law, is for general security reasons and is an attempt to keep known international terrorists out of the country. Biometric data scanning for foreigners is already known in the United States and will be established in the European Union shortly, too.
(As of December 2007; Completeness and accuracy of the above men- tioned, shortened and unofficially translated information cannot be guaranteed by the organizer. Please check the current regulations and formalities to enter into Japan before leaving your country.)
6. Travel / Accident / Health insurance
When coming to Japan to participate in the seminar a fully covered Travel, Accident and Health insurance is required for all participants. Please make sure to obtain the above-mentioned insurance in your country for your own safety and security prior to your departure. Please bring a copy of your policy with you to Japan. The organizer of the seminar (Kosugi Zohen Co.Ltd.) cannot accept responsibility for any case of injury, illness, loss or damage.
7. International flight
The seminar is planned to be an international seminar on Japanese garden art and garden construction with participants from all over the world. In an attempt to provide people from different continents and many different countries the chance to attend our seminar, we do not have a flight inclusive package. Everybody interested in the seminar can attend from his / her country of residence with individually arranged departure schedule to / from Japan depending on his / her own con- venience.
Please note that we advertise our seminar in many countries all over the world but can accept only 20 participants at the max., based on a gfirst comes, first servedh basis. Therefore, if you wish to secure your spot in the seminar, we would like to recommend you to send your application form for the seminar as soon as possible. Further, after we have received your application and you have received a confirmation of your application from us, we would like to ask you to secure a suitable flight for your trip to Japan as soon as possible. If you look for a flight early (via Internet or Travel Agency), you will have the chance to compare several flight possibilities and conditions and will certainly have more chances to find cheaper prices than if you look for a suitable flight gLast Minuteh.
We would kindly like you to note in this context, that the organizer of the seminar cannot be responsible for any aspects of the seminar (like seminar units or accommodation portions), which will not be used by a participant due to personal reasons. Unused seminar units, unused accommodation portions etc. cannot be reimbursed. For this reason and in your own interest, we would like to ask you kindly to fix your flight reservation to Japan as soon as possible, to ensure yourself a fruitful seminar and pleasant stay in Japan.
8. Organizer / Managing Director / Inquiries
Organizer:
Kosugi Zohen Co.,Ltd.
Landscape Design and
Landscape Construction Office,
Tokyo-to, Setagaya-ku, Kitazawa 1-7-5
155-0031 Japan
Tel.: +81-3-3467-0525
Mobile: +81-80-3154-0040 (A.Hamacher)
Fax: +81-3-3467-0970
E-mail.: hamacher@softbank.ne.jp
Hp.: http://kosugi-zohen.co.jp
Managing Director:
Andreas Hamacher
Dr.phil.Dip.Eng.,
Landscape Gardener,
Landscape Architect
Address of the Seminar House: Kosugi Kenshu Center, Shizuoka-ken, Atami-shi, Izusan Azahikichi 459-1
Tel: . +81-557-88-7700 Fax: +51-557-88-7702 (Contact address only during the term of the seminar)
Inquiries:
Any inquiries regarding the seminar can be directed via Mail / Fax / Tel. to the Managing Director of the Seminar (Andreas Hamacher, Mobile: +81-80-3154-0040). If you call us, please consider the time difference between your country of residence and Japan (The time difference to Japan depends on the country where you are going to call from). Please ask in English for Mr. Hamacher if you call Kosugi Zohen Co.Ltd. Thank you for your consideration!
We are looking forward to welcome you in February here in Atami at our seminar on Japanese garden art and garden construction.
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