Four days in Nagoya: two castles or pottery lanes?

Choose both your Inuyama-bound and return services in Meitetsu's route search for your travel date. Use a service that stops at Inuyama and has ordinary cars. Special cars require a μticket in addition to the basic ticket. Before leaving, check the platform, destination, and Inuyama stop.

Meitetsu — date-specific route and fare search2026-10-08Meitetsu special cars and μSKY guide2026-10-08

Leave through the west exit, turn right at Honmachi intersection, and follow Honmachi-dori toward the castle. The official walking estimate is about 20 minutes from the station. Climb Otemichi beside the National Treasure Inuyama Castle monument to the ticket counter.

Inuyama Castle — access2026-10-08Otemichi, ticket counter, and keep entrance2026-10-08

Use the ticket machine for a castle-only ticket and the staffed counter for vouchers and combined tickets. If stairs are difficult or rain is heavy, focus on the streets instead. To visit the keep, remove your shoes at the entrance and climb the interior stairs, then have lunch in the streets below the castle. The castle opens 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., with last admission at 4:30 p.m. It closes December 29–31.

Otemichi, ticket counter, and keep entrance2026-10-08Inuyama Castle — visitor information2026-10-08

Retrace your route to Inuyama Station and board an ordinary car on a service stopping at Meitetsu Nagoya. Allow time to walk back from the streets and board. Have dinner and take a break after returning to Nagoya.

Inuyama Castle — access2026-10-08Meitetsu — date-specific route and fare search2026-10-08

Take the Higashiyama Line toward Fujigaoka to Sakae, then change to a Nagoyako-bound train on the Meijo Line toward Kanayama. The Nagoyako service continues onto the Meiko Line at Kanayama. Its destination differs from loop services, so check the platform destination display and transfer time in the route search for your travel date.

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium — access2026-10-08Transportation Bureau date-specific route search2026-10-08Transportation Bureau — Nagoya to Nagoyako subway fare2026-10-08

The official walk from exit 3 to the aquarium is about 5 minutes. Choose your preferred shows first, then fit North and South Building exhibits and lunch around their times. Dolphin shows are in the North Building's third-floor stadium; allow time to get there from other exhibits. Weather and animal conditions may change programs, so check venues and times for your visit date.

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium — access2026-10-08Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium — opening calendar2026-10-08

After sightseeing, return to Nagoyako Station and choose a train via Sakae. At Sakae, change to the Higashiyama Line toward Takabata for Nagoya. Check the return route for through service at Kanayama and the Sakae transfer, then have dinner or take a break near the station.

Transportation Bureau date-specific route search2026-10-08Transportation Bureau — Nagoyako to Nagoya subway fare2026-10-08

Take SRT's Nagoya Castle service. It runs Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, and public holidays. Choose both your castle-bound and return services from the round-trip timetable for your travel date. This SRT route cannot be followed as written on ordinary Tuesday–Thursday weekdays.

Nagoya City — SRT operating days and fares2026-10-08Round-trip timetable effective September 112026-10-08

Walk about 4 minutes from the stop to the main gate, then about 10 minutes to Honmaru Palace's entrance. Explore the palace and castle grounds and take a break. The keep's interior is closed. The castle closes at 4:30 p.m., and palace admission ends at 4:00 p.m. Allow time to walk to the palace entrance and wait in line.

Official Nagoya Castle access guide2026-10-08Main gate to Honmaru Palace entrance2026-10-08Nagoya Castle — visitor information2026-10-08

After sightseeing, return to the SRT stop where you got off and board a service to Nagoya Station's Taikodori side. Reach the stop with time to wait before its castle departure. Have dinner or take a break near the station.

Round-trip timetable effective September 112026-10-08Nagoya City — SRT operating days and fares2026-10-08

Walk about 600 meters north from the JR station and take the diagonal road to the right at Ushijimacho intersection. Continue about 150 meters through Wanouchicho intersection, then enter the East Gate on your left after about 50 meters. The walk takes about 15 minutes from the JR station or about 20 minutes from the Meitetsu and Kintetsu stations.

Noritake East Gate walking route2026-10-08

Use the facility map to find the exhibition entrance and see ceramics manufacturing, historic tableware, and design materials. Paid exhibitions open 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; painting activities cost extra. An outdoor walk and an exhibition visit are separate choices. The exhibitions close Mondays, except public holidays, when they open and close the next weekday instead. They also close December 26–January 3. For gallery visits, check each exhibition's calendar separately.

Facility map2026-10-08Noritake exhibitions and admission2026-10-08Noritake facility hours and closures2026-10-08

After the exhibitions, have lunch nearby and retrace your route to JR Nagoya Station. Allow about 15 minutes on foot plus time for navigation.

Noritake East Gate walking route2026-10-08

Choose both your Inuyama-bound and return services in Meitetsu's route search for your travel date. Use a service that stops at Inuyama and has ordinary cars. Special cars require a μticket in addition to the basic ticket. Before leaving, check the platform, destination, and Inuyama stop.

Meitetsu — date-specific route and fare search2026-10-08Meitetsu special cars and μSKY guide2026-10-08

Leave through the west exit, turn right at Honmachi intersection, and follow Honmachi-dori toward the castle. The official walking estimate is about 20 minutes from the station. Climb Otemichi beside the National Treasure Inuyama Castle monument to the ticket counter.

Inuyama Castle — access2026-10-08Otemichi, ticket counter, and keep entrance2026-10-08

Use the ticket machine for a castle-only ticket and the staffed counter for vouchers and combined tickets. If stairs are difficult or rain is heavy, focus on the streets instead. To visit the keep, remove your shoes at the entrance and climb the interior stairs, then have lunch in the streets below the castle. The castle opens 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., with last admission at 4:30 p.m. It closes December 29–31.

Otemichi, ticket counter, and keep entrance2026-10-08Inuyama Castle — visitor information2026-10-08

Retrace your route to Inuyama Station and board an ordinary car on a service stopping at Meitetsu Nagoya. Allow time to walk back from the streets and board. Have dinner and take a break after returning to Nagoya.

Inuyama Castle — access2026-10-08Meitetsu — date-specific route and fare search2026-10-08

Take the Higashiyama Line toward Fujigaoka to Sakae, then change to a Nagoyako-bound train on the Meijo Line toward Kanayama. The Nagoyako service continues onto the Meiko Line at Kanayama. Its destination differs from loop services, so check the platform destination display and transfer time in the route search for your travel date.

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium — access2026-10-08Transportation Bureau date-specific route search2026-10-08Transportation Bureau — Nagoya to Nagoyako subway fare2026-10-08

The official walk from exit 3 to the aquarium is about 5 minutes. Choose your preferred shows first, then fit North and South Building exhibits and lunch around their times. Dolphin shows are in the North Building's third-floor stadium; allow time to get there from other exhibits. Weather and animal conditions may change programs, so check venues and times for your visit date.

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium — access2026-10-08Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium — opening calendar2026-10-08

After sightseeing, return to Nagoyako Station and choose a train via Sakae. At Sakae, change to the Higashiyama Line toward Takabata for Nagoya. Check the return route for through service at Kanayama and the Sakae transfer, then have dinner or take a break near the station.

Transportation Bureau date-specific route search2026-10-08Transportation Bureau — Nagoyako to Nagoya subway fare2026-10-08

Choose a service stopping at Tokoname with ordinary cars in the route search for your travel date. Even a train toward Chubu Centrair International Airport needs a check of its stops and transfer requirements. The verified adult fare for this route's direct ordinary-car service is ¥750 one way; special cars cost extra.

Meitetsu — date-specific route and fare search2026-10-08Meitetsu — Nagoya to Tokoname ordinary fare2026-10-08Meitetsu special cars and μSKY guide2026-10-08

Pick up a map at the Ceramics Hall information center 400 meters east of the station. Course A starts at the hall and covers 1.6 kilometers, with an official walking estimate of about 1 hour. Explore slopes with ceramic pipes and the areas around workshops, adding lunch and breaks. Distinguish it from Course B, at 4 kilometers and about 2 hours 30 minutes. House admission, workshop activities, and cafés cost extra. Shorten walks through sloping lanes in heavy rain.

Tourist information center 400 meters east of the station2026-10-08Tokoname Tourism Association — walking courses A and B2026-10-08

Return to Tokoname Station after your walk and board an ordinary car on a service stopping in Nagoya. In the Tokoname–Meitetsu Nagoya route search for your date, check the destination, stops, and transfers. The fare verified under the same conditions is ¥750 one way or ¥1,500 round trip.

Meitetsu — date-specific route and fare search2026-10-08Meitetsu — Tokoname to Nagoya ordinary fare2026-10-08

Walk about 600 meters north from the JR station and take the diagonal road to the right at Ushijimacho intersection. Continue about 150 meters through Wanouchicho intersection, then enter the East Gate on your left after about 50 meters. The walk takes about 15 minutes from the JR station or about 20 minutes from the Meitetsu and Kintetsu stations.

Noritake East Gate walking route2026-10-08

Use the facility map to find the exhibition entrance and see ceramics manufacturing, historic tableware, and design materials. Paid exhibitions open 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; painting activities cost extra. An outdoor walk and an exhibition visit are separate choices. The exhibitions close Mondays, except public holidays, when they open and close the next weekday instead. They also close December 26–January 3. For gallery visits, check each exhibition's calendar separately.

Facility map2026-10-08Noritake exhibitions and admission2026-10-08Noritake facility hours and closures2026-10-08

After the exhibitions, have lunch nearby and retrace your route to JR Nagoya Station. Allow about 15 minutes on foot plus time for navigation.

Noritake East Gate walking route2026-10-08