[Sunday 26th August to Saturday 1st September 2001]
Saturday 25
Transplant recipients 'Forum
Transplant recipients' Art Exhibision
Saturday 26
Opening Ceremony
Wecoming Party
Transplant recipients' Art Exhibision
Monday 27
New Sports Festival
Transplant recipients' Art Exhibition
Tuesday 28
New Sports Festival
Transplant recipients' Art Exhibition
Wednesday 29
Culture
Transplant recipients' Art Exhibition
Thursday 30
Transplant recipients' Art Exhibition
Friday 31
Transplant recipients' Art Exhibition
Saturday September01
Closing Ceremony
Gala Party
 
Main Facilities and Sites for the Events
"Shiawase no Mura" (Village for Happiness) which is located in the suburb area of Kobe City (15 km north of downtown) will be the sites for Tennis, Lawn Bowling and Road Race. They have a sub-track for warm-up, training gym, indoor heated swimming pool, plaza for many activities you can share with Kobe citizens and hot spring spa. And also there are 9 different restaurants. Shuttle bus transportation systems will be provided everyday from your hotels in downtown and also you can take public transportation systems. Table Tennis and badminton will take place at "Green Arena Kobe" which is closed to "Universiade Memorial Stadium".
"Port Island Sports Center" is for the swimming events, where the main (indoor) pool was used for THE UNIVERSIADE KOBE '85 and it is very close to one of the main hotels in Kobe, the "Portopia Hotel" (5 min. walk).
"Universiade Memorial Stadium" is for the track & field events and for the closing ceremony, which was also used for THE UNIVERSIADE KOBE '85 and has the most beautiful/well treated Lawns in Japan, and it's seating capacity is over 50,000. This stadium is located in the suburbs of Kobe, 10 Km from downtown Kobe, and a shuttle bus transportation system will be provided. Also, you can take mass transit systems (subway) from the city area to the stadium within ten minutes.
"Accommodation and Hotels" "Portopia Hotel", which is one of the main hotels, and other hotels such as "Hotel Okura Kobe", "Kobe New Ohtani Hotel" and others are recognized as five star hotels in the Kobe area. And most of them have good public transportation accessibility and you can take any public transportation system very easily from your hotel.

"Gala Party" The Gala Party on the last day will take place at the banquet room with capacity of 2,500 people in the Portopia Hotel..
As you will see, we can provide you with amazing facilities, sites, accommodations, hotels and public transportation systems on the 13th World Transplant Games in Kobe 2001 and we also have a firm and confident Commitment that those elements shall help make this one of the best World Transplant Games.
In Addition, we will provide you with a lot of entertainment including very traditional and modern styles. And please enjoy yourseves not only at the sports events but also At those entertainment together with interpreter(s). Volunteer(s) will be exclusive for each team. .
Again we are waiting for your arrival in Kobe in August 2001 with your friends and we do hope you can take back wonderful memories to your home!!!
SEE YOU IN KOBE on the 25th of AUGUST, 2001 !!!