ISJKM organizes own international symposia and workshops, and organizes the Society's participation at relevant international research conferences.

Welcome to the 7th International Symposium for Japanese Kampo Medicine!

Our upcoming symposium will take place in the medieval town of Chinchón near Madrid in Spain.

Date: Friday 19.09.2025 – Saturday 20.09.2025

The Venue is the beautiful Finca Venta Reyes within the old town, an ideal location to gather for scientific exchange on Kampo Medicine and to enjoy the specialities of Spanish culture and cuisine!

The Theme of the symposium is:

"Challenges and Chances for Kampo Medicine in a Changing World”

Program

Thank you for your interesting abstracts on all fields of Japanese Kampo Medicine!

All submitted abstracts have been accepted! All presenters must be registered online for the symposium in advance, please follow the registration link at the bottom.

The program has been fixed as follows: 

Oral Presentations: Please prepare a 12 min. lecture plus 3 min for discussion.
Poster Presentations: Poster size DIN A0, upright,

                                      Poster presentation 8 min. plus 2 min. for discussion. 

Accommodation

Chinchón is a small medieval town and there are several hotels in short walking distance to the venue, the Finca Venta Reyes. Our local organizers have put together a list of recommended accomodations which can be booked online on the usual booking platforms. 

The list of hotels can be reached by the following link and may be directly booked, the language and number of nights may be ajusted:  

Hotel List Chinchón

Please book your hotel as soon as possible! Chinchón is a very popular place for tourists and hotels may be filled up quickly.

Updated Information about Airport Transport

Only a few people have expressed interest in taking advantage of organised transport. These participants have indicated arrival times ranging from Wednesday, 17 to Friday, 19. Due to this wide variation and and the complicating fact that the airport in Madrid has 3 terminals and all incoming flights arrive at different terminals, we are unable to organise shared transport. 

The same applies to the return transport; few people have signed up for a time slot of nine hours. We can offer to form small groups that together will rent a taxi to the airport. We will be able to help you with this on Friday, September 19.

SO – HOW TO GET TO CHINCHÓN:

The easiest way: BY TAXI
It is possible to travel by taxi from any terminal. You will find the taxis at the exit (salida), where you queue up and are assigned a taxi. If several people form a small group, a large taxi will be provided. Payment is usually by credit card.

It is also possible to use UBER, BOLT, CABIFY, etc. For this, you need the corresponding app. These vehicles do not have permission to use the parking zones of the state taxis. It is a bit difficult to find the location, so we especially recommend taking a taxi for the outbound trip.

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
The most reasonable way is to take the metro and then the bus. 
You can take the METRO in terminal 2 and 4. There are often staff on hand at the metro ticket machines to help you. Usually, you have to take a reusable multi-card from the ticket counter and load the relevant journey onto it. 
The metro lines run at close intervals, the buses run 2-3 times an hour during the day.

Metro line no. 8 Madrid airport (direction: Nuevos Ministerios) to Colombia station 
change 
Metro line no. 9 (direction: Arganda del Rey) from Colombia to Pavones station
change
Bus no. 337 from Pavones to Chinchón 
Please note that the metro station Conde de Casal is currently out of service due to construction work! The whole journey takes about 2 hours.

There are 2 stops in Chinchón - you can use google maps to see which one is closest to your hotel.

Map of Chinchón

We prepared a map of Chinchón indicating all relevant locations for the symposium:

Registration

Online Registration before the conference is compulsory for all participants and presenters. Please register by booking a participation ticket as provided in the link below. 

The Symposium ticket fees include the scientific program on Friday and Saturday including full catering on both days and two dinner events on Friday and Saturday with music and dance. On Saturday there will be a Flamenco Dance Performance!

We also provide Additional Dinner-only tickets for accompanying persons. 

The different Participation Ticket Fees are as follows:

- Regular Symposium Fee incl. Catering + two Dinner Events on Fri. and Sat.                        £260.-

- Reduced Symp. Fee for ISJKM-Memb. incl. Catering + two Dinner Events on Fri. and Sat.  £240.-

- Reduced Student Fee including Catering + two Dinner Events on Fri. and Sat.                     £180.-

- Additional Dinner-Ticket for one accompanying person for Fri. 19.09.2025                              £60.- 

- Additional Dinner-Ticket for one accompanying person for Sat. 20.09.2025                             £60.-

The 6th International Symposium for Japanese Kampo Medicine took place at Christchurch College in Oxford, UK on September 22-23, 2023.

The Theme of the symposium was:  Kampo in Modern Health Care 

80 participants from nine countries around the world gathered in the historical medieval setting of Christchurch College. Excellent lectures gave insight into recent reseach results and current discussions. The side program allowed extensive networking at two evening events on Friday and Saturday with dinner, music, and dance.

Please see attached the program:

The 5th International Symposium for Japanese Kampo Medicine

took place on September 6 – 7, 2019 in the Welfenschloss Castle in Hann. Münden near Göttingen, Germany.

–  also celebrating the 10th Anniversary of ISJKM –

Theme:

Connecting Tradition, Scientific Evaluation and Individual Patient Care

With 80 participants from 10 countries this one and a half day symposium highlighted recent advances on all major aspects of Japanese Kampo Medicine including historical and education topics, basic and clinical research results, and international developments. 

New were workshop sessions on Friday afternoon including a clinical teaching session "Meet the expert" followed on Saturday by plenary oral presentations.

Please see attached the Symposium Brochure with Program and Abstracts:

Cooperation Partners of the 5th ISJKM Symposium

The 4th International Symposium for Japanese Kampo Medicine

took place on Saturday, May 6, 2017 in the  Hotel Maritim pro Arte in Berlin.

The Title was:

Highlights of Japanese Kampo Medicine:

Tradition, Modern Evaluation and Comprehensive Patient Care

The one day symposium with 80 participants from 12 countries highlighted recent advances in all major aspects of Japanese Kampo Medicine including historical, preclinical, and clinical features. Japanese acupuncture and combined therapy of herbal medicine and acupuncture was also covered in presentations.

Leading experts from Japan and the West in this field discussed and shared their clinical experience.

The third international symposium on Kampo Medicine was held on Friday, June 19, 2015

in Vienna, Austria at Hotel de France.

The title of the symposium was:

Highlights of Japanese Kampo Medicine: Traditional Knowledge, Modern Research and Clinical Practice

Cooperation Partners of the 3rd International Symposium for Japanese Kampo Medicine:

The second international symposium on Kampo Medicine was held on Wednesday,

April 10, 2013 in London at Asia House, New Cavendish Street.

The title of the symposium was:

Our symposium was a cooperating event for celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Japan-British relations: www.japan400.com

ISJKM acted as participating organization at the 

8th Annual Congress of the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ICCMR)

at the Institute of Education, London from April 11-13, 2013.

This first international symposium on Kampo Medicine was held on Friday, November 25, 2011 in Munich, Germany and was organized by the International Society for Japanese Kampo Medicine (ISJKM). There were 80 participants from all over the world. The title of the symposium was:

The Value of Japanese Kampo Medicine from an International Perspective: Evidence from Research and Clinical Practice.

Dr. H. Reissenweber, President of ISJKM

Private Clinic for Japanese Medicine, Graefelfing, Munich and

Competence Center for Complementary and Natural Medicine, Technical University of Munich

Technical University of Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar

Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany

In 2010, ISJKM organized a Preconference Workshop on Kampo Medicine in cooperation with the

5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research (ICCMR) at Tromsoe, Norway

on May 18, 2010. 

Main topic: Japanese Kampo Medicine from an International Perspective: Challenges of Research and Clinical Practice.