DebConf 2025 bid for Japan
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Venue
- OptionA: Resort island
Miyako island, Okinawa: Hotel Atollemerald Miyakojima
- OptionB: Hot springs on mountains
Chino city, Nagano: Tateshina Park Hotel(or camping inside hotel's area)
- OptionC: Hotel nearby Narita Airport (with Spa)
Narita city, Chiba: International Resort Hotel Yurakujou https://chi-hotelsresorts.com/assets/irhy_en.pdf
Food
- A various choice and looks good.)
- Alcohol restriction is not strict, you can enjoy beer/wine/sake on beach or in hot sping.
- Some hotels even offer 90-120mins unlimited free alcohol drink option for dinner.
- We don't need license to run our own bar.
- Vegan/vegetarian will also be available.
- A lot of seafood may be alternatives.
- High quality Japanese coffee and tea will be provide in hacklab.
Weather
- Hot and humid during the summer season, especially in the city side.
But Okinawa is a resort island, so you can enjoy the hot temperature
- On mountains, comfortable cool temperature
Accommodation
- same as venue
- Okinawa: 137 rooms
- Nagano: 66 rooms (most of rooms are for 4 people)
- Narita: 490 rooms
Travel
- OptionA: To Miyako Island, Okinawa
- Airlines to Haneda airport, then Miyako-island (3-4h). Or, from Narita/Kansai airport migrate from Okinawa (3h) main island to Miyako Island airport(1h)
- Taxi from Miyako Island airport (15min)
- OptionB: To Nagano (Chino)
- Train from Narita/Haneda airport: goes to Tokyo/Shinjuku station → Chino (4h), then car/taxi/shuttle bus(we need to arrange with hotel) (30min)
OptionC: Shuttle bus from Narita Airport (20min)
Visa Policy
- Will check later
Exemption of Visa (Short-Term Stay) https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/novisa.html
Cheese and Wine Import
- Cheese is okay
- Wine and beer allowed (and very much welcome)
Free Time
- Safe and friendly environment
- OptionA: beaches, night markets
- OptionB: Nature walks, hot springs
- OptionC: Spa, hot springs, can access to Tokyo area
Local Team
Core team
- Hideki Yamane (DD)
- Niibe Yutaka (DD)
Other contributors
- Andrew Lee (DD)
- Hector Oron (DD)
RogerShimizu (DD, moved to California since late 2022)
People interested in helping
- Macy Lin
- Yoko Yamane
- Kentaro Hayashi (DD)
- Masanori Goto (DD)
Team contact
henrich (at) debian.org
Commitments
Hideki Yamane
- Prepare proposal for bid - representing the conference to the outside world
- Treasurer
- Co-work with Andrew Lee to build up the local team
Niibe Yutaka
- Local logistics via FSIJ(an NPO of Tokyo)
Long term DebConf Sponsor
- Host local team meetings in autumn as One-day (or Two-day) in some Hot-Spring via FSIJ
- Visa