Visiting coaches, athletes, ADs, parents, officals

Summary of WJAA "codes of behavior"

​Thank you very much for making the journey to northern Osaka to play against the Sabers. We at Senri & Osaka International Schools (SOIS) are honored to host you. We host many events at SOIS and frequently house visiting student-athletes overnight in our classrooms. We are happy to do so. We hope your experience at our school is a positive and rewarding one. Best wishes to you in the upcoming competition.

• Please click on the "overnight information" link to the right for information about overnight sleeping, neighborhood shops, directions, taxis,and contact details.  
• And if you are lucky enough to be sleeping overnight on a rented futon, please click on the link to the right for special origami futon-folding instructions (photo below).
• KG Sanda soccer ground access information (HS soccer)
• Nearest train station: Kita-Senri (Hankyu line), 20-minute walk or 5-minute taxi ride to SOIS.
• Nearest hotel: AISA coaches stay at the Senri Hankyu Hotel, located near the bustling Senri-Chuo train station, a 10-minute taxi ride (1600 yen) to SOIS.​​

Shopping malls
Q’s Mall みのおキューズモール outdoor shopping mall

• 8-minute taxi ride (about 1200 yen) from school. (Some students have walked.)
• Aeon department store, Sports Depot sporting goods store, Uniqlo, Starbucks, Subway sandwich shop, First Kitchen (fast food), 109 Cinema, many other shops and restaurants. 

​Lalaport at Expo City - largest shopping center in Japan, home of highest Ferris wheel in Japan

• 20-minute taxi ride (about 2500 yen) from school.
• 100s of stores, shops, restaurants, attractions. Movie theater. Ferris wheel. Food court. 

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Other hotels: 

• Hotel Hankyu Expo Park (10,000+ yen; 15-minute taxi ride to SOIS; next to LaLaPort Expo City)
• Via Inn Shin Osaka (less than 10,000 yen; very near Shin-Osaka shinkansen station; 25 minutes       to SOIS; 10 minutes to Umeda city center)
• Shin Osaka Washington Hotel (less than 10,000 yen; 490 rooms; very near Shin-Osaka station)
• New Osaka Hotel (less than 10,000 yen; closest hotel to Shin-Osaka station; often fully booked)
• Tokyu REI Hotel Esaka (Esaka station: 11 minutes to Umeda, 5 minutes to Shin-Osaka station,       10 minutes to Senri-Chuo station on the Midosuji subway line; 25 minutes total to SOIS)
• APA Hotel Higobashi (Umeda, city center; 55 minutes to SOIS)
• Hotel Hankyu International (15,000+ yen luxury hotel in Umeda, near Hankyu line; 45 minutes to SOIS)

• OVERNIGHT INFORMATION

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• NO SHOES, FOOD, DRINKS ON GYM MAIN LEVEL

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• FUTON FOLDING 101

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• SOIS ACCESS​

 

• ​TAXI INFORMATION  

​           Please arrange on your own.
​           Thank you.​​

• KG SANDA CAMPUS

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The patented "tri-fold" - preferred method of futon folding at SOIS. (Actual futon thickness may vary from that shown in photo.)

FUTON FOLDING INSTRUCTIONS