Living Information
The building of the venue
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.
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.