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Toyota museum, a station lunch and Noritake Garden

Sat 14 Nov (06:30–16:00) and the Friday Navigator of the Seas call; everything within a stop of Nagoya Station. Timed from the gangway and back. On a 6-hour stop that leaves 30 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.

5 hr 30 min door to door11 stops4–6 hours ashore
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Photo: Daylight9899 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Door to door
5 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
4–6 hours
Sat 14 Nov (06:30–16:00) and the Friday Navigator of the Seas call; everything within a stop of Nagoya Station
Room to spare
30 min
On a 6-hour stop that leaves 30 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.
What it costs
Aonami Line ¥360 each way; Meitetsu one stop to Sako, or a 5-min taxi
Transport spend: Aonami Line ¥360 each way; Meitetsu one stop to Sako, or a 5-min taxi. Toyota museum ¥1,000; Noritake Craft Center ¥500.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Walk from berths 80–81 to Kinjo-futo Station (15–17 min, our estimate)

    MLIT says about 10 min; a quay shuttle, if it runs, is quicker

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  2. +0:20
    Aonami Line to Nagoya (24 min, ¥360)

    Saturday trains leave Kinjo-futo at :00 :11 :29 :44 :59 in the 9 o’clock hour; manaca, Suica and PASMO work

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Syced / CC0
  3. +0:45
    Meitetsu Nagoya to Sako, one stop on a local train; 3 min on foot

    Or a taxi, 5 min from Nagoya Station

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    Photo: そらみみ (Soramimi) / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +1:05
    Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology

    9:30–17:00, adult ¥1,000; closed Mondays. On the 06:30 Saturday arrival, eat breakfast at the station first: Yabaton opens 7:00, Komeda’s morning set runs to 11:00

    What you will see here →Full guide: Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology →
    Photo: Bariston / CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. +2:35
    Back to Nagoya Station: miso-katsu at Yabaton JR Nagoya-eki-ten

    7:00–21:00, no closing day; 1 min from the Taiko-dori and Shinkansen exits. Or miso-nikomi at Yamamotoya, JR Central Towers 13F

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    Photo: 円周率３パーセント / CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. +3:25
    Walk to Noritake Garden (15 min from JR Nagoya Station)

    The grounds are free

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Tomio344456 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. +3:40
    Noritake Craft Center & Museum

    10:00–17:00, ¥500, closed Mondays; plate painting ¥2,500, reception until 16:00

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Bariston / CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. +4:25
    Walk back to Nagoya Station and the Aonami platform (15 min)

    From 13:00 trains leave Nagoya at :00 :15 :30 :45, every day

    What you will see here →
  9. +4:45
    Aonami Line to Kinjo-futo (24 min)

    On 14 Nov (sails 16:00) take the 13:45 or 14:00 at the latest

  10. +5:10
    Walk to the berth (15–17 min, our estimate)What you will see here →
  11. +5:30
    Back at the gangway

    All-aboard is assumed 30 min before departure; check the ship’s daily programme

The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Nagoya, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Close-up of a golden shachihoko, a tiger-headed fish with gold scales, on the roof of Nagoya Castle's keep
Close-up of a golden shachihoko, a tiger-headed fish with gold scales, on the roof of Nagoya Castle's keepPhoto: 名古屋太郎 / CC BY-SA 3.0
The grounds of Atsuta Jingu in Nagoya: the shrine approach among the trees of the Atsuta forest
The grounds of Atsuta Jingu in Nagoya: the shrine approach among the trees of the Atsuta forestPhoto: Gnsin / CC BY-SA 3.0
A Nagoya-meshi dish, such as miso-nikomi udon in its clay pot or a plate of tebasaki chicken wings
A Nagoya-meshi dish, such as miso-nikomi udon in its clay pot or a plate of tebasaki chicken wingsPhoto: Lombroso / CC BY-SA 4.0
A Toyoda power loom on display in the Textile Machinery Pavilion of the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
A Toyoda power loom on display in the Textile Machinery Pavilion of the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and TechnologyPhoto: Joyofmuseums / CC BY-SA 4.0
The Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya, home of the Owari Tokugawa family collection
The Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya, home of the Owari Tokugawa family collectionPhoto: Tomio344456 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Osu Kannon and the Osu streets
Osu Kannon and the Osu streetsPhoto: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Nagoya

Kinjo Pier on foot: the railway museum and Maker’s Pier2–3 hours · ~2.5hShort calls and cautious clocks; nothing beyond Kinjo Pier, no trainCastle, hitsumabushi at the Horaiken Honten and Osu (Tue 10 Nov)8 hours or more · ~7.5hNorwegian Jade on Tue 10 Nov (08:30–18:00): the one Horaiken open on a Tuesday, and back about an hour before the assumed 17:30 all-aboardToyota museum and the Atsuta Jingu sword hallsA wet day · ~7.25hRain on any of the three dates: two museums, a shrine with roofed halls and lunch under cover
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