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Nagakute
City in Chūbu, Japan

Nagakute

Nagakute is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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As of 1 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 61,503 in 24,352 households, and a population density of 2,854 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 21.55 square kilometres (8.32 sq mi). Nagakute is a member of the World Health Organization’s Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC).

Get in

Getting to Nagakute

First travel to Fujigaoka, which is about 65 minutes from the airport and costs ¥1400 per person. Using the Higashiyama (yellow) subway line, Fujigaoka is 26 minutes from Nagoya Station and 21 minutes from Sakae, Nagoya's main shopping area. Nagakute town, a 15-minute linear motor car (Linimo) train ride from Fujigaoka station.

See

Worth seeing

Nagakute is known for being the site of the 2005 World Expo. The Expo site is a large park area; it was returned almost entirely to the natural state that existed before the Expo in agreement to the "nature" theme of the Expo, and large portions of it are now in turn being converted into the Ghibli Park (below).

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    Ghibli Park
  2. 02
    Toyota Automobile Museum
Do

Things to do

In Nagakute town you can tour the Toyota Car Museum, see a historical recreation of a Meiji era battle or go to a "supersento" multi-story public bath complex. The Fujiura temple about half a mile from Hanamizuki-dori station off the linimo is a beautiful temple with a long and steep stairway going up the facade. It is protected by the Japanese government and one of Japan's former emperors is enshrined there.

How locals move

Getting around Nagakute the local way

Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
  • 岩屋堂線 (上り15時頃～16時頃) · 瀬戸市コミュニティバス
  • 岩屋堂線 (下り) · 瀬戸市コミュニティバス
  • 本地おでかけバス (上り) · 瀬戸市コミュニティバス
  • 本地おでかけバス (下り) · 瀬戸市コミュニティバス

OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • 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.
  • Go nextRide the cable car up the mountain (or hike), feed the squirrels (they jump on your arm and eat from your hand), visit the museum, enjoy the amazing view from the top of the castle.

From Wikivoyage: Nagoya, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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