Living Information

The building of the venue

Main entrance and West entrance will be open for 09:00 - 17:45 during weekdays (12th - 15th).
When they are closed, you can get outside through East exit (see the 1F floor map above).
The hackathon venue is room 605 on the 6th floor.
A smoking lot is on the 7th floor.

Shopping

Right next to the venue (and the hotel) is there a giant shopping mall, Lala port, where you can find almost every kind of shops. There is also a big electronics store, Nojima.
Food (google map)

On the 3rd floor of Lala port, there is a big food court, and also restaurants around it. Around the Kashiwa-no-ha campus station, there are also some restaurants and bars. The convenience store in front of the hotel is open for 24 hours.

Internet

At least around the venue and the hotel, you can always find free wifi.

Money

At least around the venue and the hotel, you can pay by credit card for almost everything. You are recommended to check out if your credit card is usable in Japan, rather than preparing much Japanese Yen. Also, you can easily find ATMs on the ground floor of the shopping mall.