April 12, 1998.
                                                     April 20, 1998.
Hotel Reservations for ISMVL-98.

If you have not reserve the hotel rooms, please do it now.
Unfortunately all the twin rooms at Sea Hawk and Ark Hotel are 
already full.

By April 26, Prof. Muranaka will only reserve single rooms at Ark hotel
or Sea Hawk. After that date, please reserve the rooms by yourself.
Also, for other hotels, please reserve by yourself.
Convenient hotels will be full soon.


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    Hotel name                 Twin     Single      Access to the
                                                    Symposium site
(a) Sea Hawk Hotel & Resort   28,000    14,000     5 min. by walking.
     2-2-3 Chigyo-hama,
     Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810
     Phone:+81-92-844-7890 
     Fax:+81-92-847-3662
(b) Ark Hotel Hakata Royal    20,000    11,000     5 minutes' walk from
     3-13-20 Tenjin,                               Tenjin Bus Stop;
     Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810                          See ``From Airport to SRP''
     Phone:+81-92-724-2222                         for bus transportation.
     Fax:+81-92-724-2211
(c) Central Hotel Fukuoka     16,000     9,200     10 minutes' walk from
     4-1-2 Watanabe Street,                        Tenjin Bus Stop;
     Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810                          See ``From Airport to SRP''
     Phone:+81-92-712-1212                         for bus transportation.
     Fax:+81-92-761-8980
(d) Ark Hotel Hakata          15,600     8,500     5 minutes' walk from
     3-7-22 Tenjin,                                Tenjin Bus Stop;
     Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810                          See ``From Airport to SRP''
     Phone:+81-92-781-2552                         for bus transportation.
     Fax:+81-92-781-2606
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"Ark Hotel Hakata" and "Ark Hotel Hakata Royal" are located in the north 
area (see the hotel map). There are many bars near the hotels.
They are relatively cheap. At night, they may not be easy to locate.
"Central Hotel Fukuoka" is located in the south area.
It is a white tall building and is relatively easy to locate.
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**** Twin rooms are not easy to reserve ******
Other (English speaking) good hotels where you might find twin rooms
at TENJIN Area are:                 
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Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel
 2-43, Tenjin 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 820, Japan
 phone +81-92-752-5555
 FAX   +81-92-781-1211
Hakata Tokyu Hotel
 16-1, Tenjin 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 820, Japan
 phone +81-92-781-7111
 FAX   +81-92-781-7198
Nishitetsu Grand Hotel 
 6-60 2-Chome Daimyo, Chuo-Ku, Fukuoka 820, Japan 
 phone +81-92-771-7171
 FAX   +81-92-751-8224

Price for a twin room starts from 20,000 yen per night.
The above prices do not include tax, service nor meal.
Note that the nights for 29 and 30 would be full.
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Sea Hawk Hotel: The twin rooms for the night of 26 and 27 are full.
(There are baseball games at the Fukuoka Dome.)
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Ark Hotel Hakata Royal: 8 twin rooms are still available 
for 25 to 29. However, the rooms for the nights of 30 are full.
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Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel: Twin rooms:  the nights of 29 and 30  are full.
                          Double rooms are still available.
It is large white building on the top of the station and bus center.
It is relatively new.
Many restaurants, shops and theaters are in the same building.
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Twins Momochi:
Momochihama 1-7-4, Sawaraku, Fukuoka 814
Phone +81-92-852-4800
FAX   +81-92-845-8637
Single 6000, Twin 8000
It is a new small residence. It is next to the conference hall.
The price is quite low. No meal. Only a few rooms left.
Twins Momochi accepts VISA and Master Credit cards.
There is only one person in the front.
In the first floor, there are Italian and Japanese restaurants,
 as well as convenience store LAWSON.
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