Welcome to Nagoya!

Nagoya is my hometown. I would like to show places around

1. Overview
2. Transportation
   • City Bus
   • City Subway
   • Meitetsu
   • Kintetsu
   • Japan Railways (Central)
3. Buildings
4. Part of Nagoya
   • Hoshigaoka
   • Sakae
   • Nagoya
   • Nagoya Castle
   • Osu
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5.  

1. Overview

2. Transportation

In Nagoya, the common method is move around is taking a car or use taxi, but the city has a very good transportation service. There aren't many places you cannot go. For example, they have 4 different subway lines running in the city, as well as numerous number of city bus routes.

2.1 City Bus

 

City Bus

2.2 City Subway

The subway system in Nagoya is quite developed. There are four different lines, Higashiyama, Meijo, Tsurumai, Sakuradouri.

Higashitama is the oldest line and I used to see a round shaped, yellow colored trains running. The line began to operate back in

 

Subway System (Higashiyama Line)

This one is Meijo line

2.3 Nagoya Railways (Meitetsu)

Nagoya Railways is privately owned and operated. Their trains are usually painted in red and white.

Rapid Train

Panorama DX

Panorama Super

A typical Meitetsu bus

When the route take a highway, this is a kind of bus you will see.

2.4 Kintetsu

Kinki Railway is

2.5 Japan Railways

I cannot talk about Japan without it.

The Japan Railways Company was owned by government and privatalized in 1980s. There was only one company but now they have 4 divisions and each of them are operated independently.

They provide 

 

3. Buildings

Nagoya City Hall

Aichi Prefecture Hall

4. Parts of Nagoya

Hoshigaoka

Sakae

Nagoya Castle

Nagoya Castle

 

Last Updated: 2004/05/06

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