Useful Links
Conference Related Sites
- www.eajs.org
Official EAJS homepage (English & Japanese) - www.univie.ac.at
Vienna University (German & English) - kenkyuu.jpn.univie.ac.at
Vienna University, Department of East Asian Studies - Japanese Studies (German) - eajs-warsaw.orient.uw.edu.pl
Previous EAJS Conference, Warsaw 2003 (English) - secure.austropa-interconvention.at/ei/eajs.htm
Hotel booking service for this conference - www.jsnet.org
Japanese Studies Network Forum, a service by the Japan Foundation
Vienna
- www.wien.gv.at
Official site of the City of Vienna, practical information (German & English) - www.at.emb-japan.go.jp/consulate
Information service of the Japanese consulate in Vienna (Japanese)
Tourism:
- info.wien.at
Official Vienna Tourism Site, multi-lingual service (incl. Japanese); includes on-line hotel booking service - www.aboutvienna.org
Compact guidebook-style information (English) - www.timeout.com/vienna/
Even more compact but well selected tips (English)
Cultural Events:
- www.bundestheater.at
Main theater and opera performances (German) - www.viennaticket.at
online reservation & program of major cultural sites (English, German, French, Italian)
City Life:
- www.falter.at
Information for insiders, including Wien, wie es isst: 400 restaurant descriptions (German) - homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/vienna/todo.html Private page with useful information for new-comers (English)
Public Transport:
- www.wienerlinien.at
Official site (German, parts in English). The public transport system in Vienna is quite dense and effective, but communication systems are a little confusing. This is also reflected by this website... - www.aardvark.at/metro
This private page provides excellent practical as well as historical information on the Viennese metro in English and German (also for German-speaking users who got lost in the official Wiener Linien site). Includes a compact overview of public Airport connections.
Maps:
- www.hot-maps.de/europe/austria/vienna/homeen.html
Quickly scalable and searchable map of the inner districts of Vienna (English) - www.wien.gv.at/wiengrafik/suche.htm
Online city map service with detailed search functions, however, a little slow (German) - wien.info/wtv/plan/uebersicht.html
Detailed map of the historical center
Travelling:
- www.oebb.at
Austrian Railways - ÖBB (German) - www.viennaairport.com
Vienna International Airport (German & English) - www.verkehrsnetz.at
Austrian Network of Traffic and Transportation - general information and links (German & English)
EU-Japan
- jpn.cec.eu.int/relation_en.php
Information on the "2005 EU-Japan Year of People to People Exchanges" by the Delegation of the European Commission in Japan (English, Japanese)