Japan City Guides: Nagoya
Nagoya
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Nagoya Castle
- One of Japan's major cities - a population of more than 2.15 million.
- A center of manufacturing. Home of Toyota - Japan's biggest company.
- Much more to offer than the average travel guide suggests.
- Easy to get around by subway, train and bus, also well known for its wide streets and progressive urban planning.
- Centrally located between Tokyo and Osaka on the Tokaido Shinkansen (i.e. bullet train) line.
- Food speciality: Kishimen (flat noodles)
Inuyama
Inuyama is home of one of Japan's most beautiful castles on the 'Japanese Rhine'; Meiji Mura open-air museum - Meiji era buildings relocated in pleasant surroundings, including the Imperial hostel, guesthouse Entrance and Lobby by Frank Lloyd Wright; bizarre fertility festival at Tagata Jinja . (Meitetsu line)
For a full list of Nagoya area sights click here .
Japan's most sacred shrine, the Imperial Ise Jingu . Ritually rebuilt every 20 years and enshrining Amaterasu Omikami, Japan's chief ancestral goddess.
Gifu makes for a pleasant day trip from Nagoya city and can be reached in about 30 minutes by either JR or Meitetsu train from Nagoya station. Gifu Castle has a commanding view of the Nagara river and can be reached by a steep climb on foot or by ropeway. Gifu is also noted for its ukai (cormorant fishing) from May to October.
Toyohashi
Toyohashi has pleasant parks, a castle, some other historic buildings and a fun zoo and amusement park.


Nagoya castle completed in 1612 and adjacent park (access from Shiyakusho subway station); Toyota Automobile Museum (take the bus from Fujigaoka subway station); Tokugawa Art Museum (a short walk from Ozone subway station); Nagoya Port Aquarium (access from Nagoyako subway station); Osu shopping area (electronics and eclectic shops); Sakae and Nagoya Station (large shopping areas with major department stores); Nagoya Zoo (Higashiyama Koen).
Tourist information
Centers at Nagoya Station (tel. 052-541-4301) and Nagoya Port (tel. 052-654-7000), among others. Cultural and other information available at the Nagoya International Center (tel. 052-581-0100).
Nagoya's previous international airport (Komaki) will revert to a general purpose airport with commuter and private business flights. There are airport limousine buses to Komaki airport from outside the Meitetsu Melsa building near Nagoya Station and from Nishiharu Station on the Meitetsu Inuyama Line.
A taxi to central Nagoya costs around 12,000 yen (more after midnight0 and takes about 50 minutes.

There are Shinkansen links west to Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Fukuoka and east to Shizuoka and Tokyo.
Kintetsu also has trains from Nagoya station to Tsuruhashi and Namba in Osaka (2 hours by Urban Liner or 2 hours 30 minutes by Express) with connections to both Nara and Kyoto.
There are day and night services to Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Fukuoka and Nagasaki .
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