Detailed travel directions to the venue (in Japanese) are available on the website of the ANA Crowne Plaza Kumamoto New Sky hotel. If you come:
● by train: the venue is about 900m northwest of JR Kumamoto Station (the hotel operates a free shuttle bus), and right next to the Gionbashi stop of the Kumamoto City Tram.
● by plane: the airport limousine bus from Aso Kumamoto Airport to downtown Kumamoto stops at the ANA Crowne Plaza Kumamoto New Sky; travel time is around 50 minutes.