The 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs
President　Kazuhiro Hanazaki, MD., PhD
Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University

Dear Colleagues,

We are very happy and honored to have a great opportunity to hold 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs (JSAO 2020) in November 12-14, 2020 in Kochi Prefectural Culture Hall and Hotel Sansuien in Kochi, Japan. We sincerely invite you to join this congress connecting with IFAO session.

The theme of this meeting is “Development and Clinical Application of Artificial Organs Research: Scientific Evidences for Artificial Organs outgoing to all over the world from Japan”.
We hope you will visit to Kochi to join our meeting, and you will enjoy Kochi.

Kochi is located in the most south area of Shikoku island with many beautiful nature spots not only big Pacific Ocean but also good Mountains and blue Rivers. November 12-14 is the best season for enjoying active sightseeing, various outdoor sports, and special food. Fortunately, Kochi is a lot of famous good foods with rich ingredients of cuisine, such as roasted bonito, Sawachi cuisine and so on. Besides you can enjoy these foods with fresh fish, meat, fruit, and vegetable drinking not only beer and wine but also good native Japanese Sake and Shochu made from chestnuts. We are planning party and attractions to enjoy these native foods and cuisines in this meeting.

Since 2020 is compatible with Tokyo Olympics Year, we are very lucky to hold this congress in memorial Olympics Year. Our hope is that you have an enjoying and enjoying time during staying in Kochi not only collaborating with our 58th JSAO but also feeling goodness of Kochi through active sightseeing and delicious food.
Our Department of Surgery of Kochi Medical School will do our best to support you with best hospitality, kindness, and politeness, so called “Omotenashi” in Japanese.