Welcome to Nagoya

Get the free Nagoya guide now!
Last Download: Today - around 3 hours ago from Canada.

Get the guide in your language


front

Nagoya City breathes history, as testified by the epic movies (such as Shogun and Ran) centred around Nagoya Castle. But it was Expo 2005 that put Nagoya on the world map. A total of 121 countries participated in the event, which attracted more than 22 million visitors over the six months of the Expo. Post-Expo, Nagoya is positioning itself both as a centre for hi-tech industries and as a tourist gateway. Toyota Cars, old and new famed ceramics Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples dolls and robots castles, feudal villas and farmhouses pearls, art and a plethora of shopping and nightlife.

Facts

Population 2.2 million
Currency Yen, ¥1 = 100 sen
Website www.greaternagoya.org,
www.city.nagoya.jp/global/en,
www.ncvb.or.jp
Newspapers Nagoya Post,
Japan Times,
Daily Yomiuri,
Asahi Shimbun
Emergency numbers 110 Police
119 Fire & Ambulance
Tourist information Nagoya City Tourist Information Centre
Japan Rail Concourse
Central Station, Nagoya
Tel: +81 52 541 4301

Nagoya International Centre
Tel: +81 (0)52 581 0100
guide comments powered by Disqus