Nagoya
Nagoya is the capital and most populous city of Aichi Prefecture in Japan.
Nagoya is the capital and most populous city of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. It is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city in Japan, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is itself the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan. Nagoya is located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, and its seaport is the largest in Japan.
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Worth seeing in and around Nagoya
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Port of Nagoya Aquarium
- 02Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
- 03Nagoya City Art Museum
- 04Nagoya Castle
- 05Atsuta Shrine
This shrine houses the sacred Kusanagi no mitsurugi (草薙神剣) sword, one of the three Imperial regalia of Japan — but unfortunately nobody but the emperor and a few high priests get to see it.
- 06Shirotori Garden
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Things to do
Ride the gold and white Nagoya Sightseeing Bus Me-Guru (メーグル) past many of the city's main attractions. Operates T-Su. Offers hop-on-hop-off hourly service Tu-F from 09:30-17:30, and Sa Su every half hour. Closed M, year-end holidays. Daypass: adults ¥500, children ¥250. (includes discount on featured attractions). Single ride: adults ¥200, children ¥100. Daypasses may be purchased getting on the bus.
- 01Nagoya Sumo Tournament
- 02Midland Square Cinemas
5F, Meieki 4 chome 7-1, Nakamura-ku (across from JR Nagoya Stn.
- 03Nagoya Dome
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Where to eat
Nagoya is big on miso, a sauce made from fermented soybeans and grain. The preferred style is red miso (赤味噌 akamiso), fermented up to two years for a stronger taste than the usual "white" miso, with Hatchō miso (八丁味噌) particularly famous.
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Getting to Nagoya
- Airports
- Chubu Centrair (NGO), 37 km · Mount Fuji Shizuoka (FSZ), 125 km · Osaka Itami (ITM), 140 km
- Stations
- Nagoya Station, 2.2 km · Kanayama Station, 4.5 km · Nagoya Airfield, 8.3 km · Hatta Station, 5.8 km · Iwatsuka Station, 5 km
- Osaka → Nagoya139 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · ¥1,950–2,660
- Makinohara / Shimada → Nagoya124 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · ¥1,650–2,250
- Kanazawa → Nagoya160 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · ¥2,540–3,470
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Nagoya
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Nagoya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA Meitetsu shuttle bus to the ferry is available from the downtown Meitetsu Bus Center (名鉄バスセンター) next to Nagoya Station.
- Get inThe bus departs from platform 22 on the 4th floor at 17:20 and arrives at the ferry terminal at around 17:55 (Adults: ¥550 Children: ¥280).
- Get inThe ferry terminal is also accessible by train and city bus.
- Get inMore details are available on the Taiheiyo Ferry access page.
- Go nextInuyama, with its picturesque castle, kinky fertility shrines, and nearby Meiji Village, is a short day trip from the city.
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If you know how people move in Nagoya – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Nagoya
Nagoya is 10 km from Kasugai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kasugaicity in Aichi prefecture, Japan9.7 km
- Kiyosucity in Aichi prefecture, Japan5.8 km
- Kitanagoyacity in Aichi prefecture, Japan7.6 km
- Toyoyamatown in Nishikasugai district, Aichi prefecture, Japan7.5 km
- Ōharu-chōtown in Ama District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan7.3 km
- Nakagawa-kuone of 16 wards of the City of Nagoya, Japan6.2 km