The 4th IFIP International Conference on Trust Management (TM2010) will be held in the city of Morioka, located in the Tohoku region, 535 kilometers northwest of Tokyo. For participants traveling from outside of Japan the best way to get to Morioka will be to fly into Narita airport. From Narita airport, you can get to Morioka via Tokyo Station.
Narita airport: http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/index.html

We recommend you purchase "Flexible 4-day" JR East Pass (20,000 yen for adults) which allows unlimited rail travel in JR East area (e.g. between Narita Airport and Morioka Station) for any four days within a one-month period. The JR East Pass can be purchased at JR East Travel Service Center in Narita Airport.

Useful information in JR East Pass website
Click here for more details.

Purchasing in Japan
Present your passport to a JR East Pass station staff. You will receive a pass after confirmation of eligibility.

How to use the Flexible 4-day JR East Pass
Select any four days within a one-month period. The one month begins on the day the pass is issued. At the start of each day you use the pass, present it to a station staff or a train conductor to receive a stamp with the date. The one-month period ends on the day of the month prior to the day of issuance. For example, if the pass is issued on February 16, the last valid day of the pass is March 15.

Seat Reservations
* Making a Reservation at a Station
Visit a JR Ticket Office (Midori-no-madoguchi) or Travel Service Center (View Plaza), located in most major JR East stations, and present your JR East Pass to reserve a seat.
* Making an Online Reservation
Some JR East Shinkansen and limited express seats can be reserved online. JR-East Shinkansen reservation

If you would like to go to JR West area (e.g. Kyoto), Japan Rail Pass which allows unlimited rail travel throughout Japan is required. Since the Japan Rail Pass cannot be purchased in Japan, you must purchase an Exchange Order from an authorized sales office or agents before you come to Japan. Click here for more details.

• by train (recommended): 53 minutes

Narita Express operates between Narita airport and Tokyo station. It runs every one hour and provides an easy and comfortable way to Tokyo station.
Narita Express website: http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/index.html

• by bus: 110 minutes, 3,000 yen

Alternatively, Airport Limousine also runs between Narita airport and Tokyo station.
Airport Limousine website: http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/en/index.html

• by Tohoku Shinkansen: 145 minutes

It takes about 2 and a half hours from Tokyo station to Morioka by the faster Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train, Hayate or Komachi. Be sure that if you took the slower Shinkansen, Yamabiko, it would take more than three hours — too long!

The following map shows the Tokyo station and the route for you to change the train from Narita Express to Tohoku Shinkansen. They have two Shinkansens; the one goes to the west, Tokai Shinkansen, and the one for the east, Tohoku Shinkansen. Be sure that you take the latter.

When you arrived from Narita to Tokyo station, you get off the train at the basement floor, B4. You need to come up to the B1 floor first by an escalator and then take another escalator to the first floor (i.e. the Ground floor). You need to walk along the corridor from platform no. 1 to platforms no.20-23, the Tohoku Shinkan-sen platforms.

Tokyo station map: http://www.tokyoinfo.com/english/index.html
Shinkansen information: http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/routemaps/shinkansen.html

It's a 4 minutes walk from Morioka station. In the Morioka station, you can find direction boards as shown in the following pictures.

For details, please see Aiina website.
Aiina website: http://www.aiina.jp/en/access-en.html