Access
The closest station to the RIKEN's Wako campus is the Wako-shi station.
To access the campus enter via the West Gate to collect your temporary access badge at the Guard Station. Badge should be returned there at the end of the day.
To get the access badge on the day of the workshop, please inform the guards at the West Gate that you are there for "iTHEMS Cosmology Forum (アイテムス・コスモロジーフォーラム)" and give them your full name. Then they will give you the entry badge.
One simple path to the West Gate from Wako-shi station is shown here: https://www.riken.jp/en/access/wako-map/
The venue of the workshop is Room 435-437 in the Main Research Building (C01 in the campus map at https://www.riken.jp/en/access/wako-map/ ). Please use the entry badge to enter the building and then proceed to the 4th floor. The room is roughly located in the middle of the buildling.
Accommodations
For participants that wish to stay overnight the day before the workshop, here is a list of possible hotels in Wako City:
Tobu Hotel: https://www.tobuhotel.co.jp/wako/en/
Toyoko Inn: https://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/search/detail/00090/
Super Hotel: https://www.superhoteljapan.com/en/s-hotels/wako/