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Nagoya Travel - There are many ways to get to Nagoya including international airlines, domestic air travel and trains.

Getting to Nagoya by Plane

Chubu Centrair International Airport, Japan's third major international gateway, is located on an artificial island 30 minutes south from the centre of town. Facilities include two hotels and an onsen spa with views of the runways. Centrair opened in 2005, and this airport replaces the existing Nagoya airport, also taking over its IATA code NGO.

The best way of connecting between Centrair Airport and central Nagoya is the Meitetsu Airport Line. Limited expresses take just 28 minutes (¥980 plus a usually-optional ¥350 for a reserved seat) to cover the distance to the city. Note that Meitetsu trains are not free for JR Railpass riders.

Not arriving via Centrair Airport?
If you happen to arrive in Japan at Osaka's Kansai Airport, Nagoya can be reached in no less than two hours by taking the Haruka limited express train to Shin-Osaka station, then changing to the Tokaido Shinkansen.

A small number of air flights operate daily from Tokyo's Narita Airport to Centrair Airport, for the benefit of international passengers. Otherwise, Nagoya is no less than three hours away by taking the Narita Express limited express train to Tokyo station, then changing to the Tokaido Shinkansen.

Getting to Nagoya by Train

Nagoya is located along the Tokaido Shinkansen route between Tokyo and Osaka.

• A one-way ride from Tokyo is about 1 hour, 40 minutes via Nozomi (¥10780) and between 1 3/4 and 2 hours via Hikari (¥10580).
• From Kyoto, Nagoya is reachable in 36 minutes via Nozomi (¥5640) and between 36 and 55 minutes via Hikari or Kodama (¥5440).
• From the Shin-Osaka station in Osaka, Nagoya is 53 minutes away via Nozomi (¥6380) and between 53 and 70 minutes away via Hikari or Kodama (¥6180).

Thru Nozomi trains from western Japan reach Nagoya from Okayama (1 hr 40 mins, ¥10980), Hiroshima (2 hrs 20 mins, ¥13830) and Hakata Station in Fukuoka (3 hrs 20 mins, ¥18030). It is slightly longer via the Hikari service (change trains at Himeji or Shin-Kobe stations).

Nagoya also serves as the terminal point for the hourly Wide View Shinano, a limited express train that runs from the mountain resort towns of Nagano and Matsumoto. Nagoya is reached in 3 hours and 2 hours, respectively.

With the exception of Nozomi trains, all rides above are at no charge with the Japan Rail Pass.

(Article based on Wikitravel article by Wikitravel users Based on work by Jose Ramos, Brian Kurkoski, Colin Jensen, Ted O'Neill, Evan Prodromou and Yann Forget and Wikitravel user(s) Jpatokal, Nzpcmad and Dannyman. Article used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0.)