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Shizuoka offers gorgeous views of both the highest and lowest points in Japan—Mt. Fuji (a World Heritage site) and Suruga Bay, respectively. Located in the center of Japan, transportation access is extremely convenient: by Shinkansen, Shizuoka is only 1 hour from Tokyo and Nagoya and 1 hour 40 minutes from Osaka. Coupled with Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport, which provides both domestic and international air connections, these great transportation options explain why Shizuoka tends to attract more participants for academic conferences and events than other cities. The city offers versatile venues for a variety of events, from a convention center for large-scale conventions to city hotels for urban conventions, picturesque locales removed from the daily grind for resort style conventions, and a massive exhibition hall for trade fairs and exhibitions. Shizuoka Japan Convention Bureau provides ample support for event organizers, from reception for preliminary visits to introducing and arranging venues, providing convention bags and tourism pamphlets, offering subsidies for national and international conferences, suggesting and introducing attractions and excursions, and more. With a wealth of after-convention options in and around sites such as Suruga Bay, Mt. Fuji and the tea plantations, and year-round warm weather with little snow or inclement conditions, Shizuoka eagerly awaits the arrival of your event and its participants.