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Toyota museum and the Atsuta Jingu sword halls, Nagoya

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Toyota museum and the Atsuta Jingu sword halls

Rain on any of the three dates: two museums, a shrine with roofed halls and lunch under cover. Timed from the gangway and back. On an 8-hour stop that leaves 45 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.

7 hr 15 min door to door11 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: Daylight9899 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Door to door
7 hr 15 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Rain on any of the three dates: two museums, a shrine with roofed halls and lunch under cover
Room to spare
45 min
On an 8-hour stop that leaves 45 min spare. Comfortable, but do not add to it.
What it costs
Aonami Line ¥360 each way; Meitetsu to Sako and to Jingu-mae
Transport spend: Aonami Line ¥360 each way; Meitetsu to Sako and to Jingu-mae. Toyota museum ¥1,000; Treasure Hall and Kusanagi-kan ¥800 together.
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 to Kinjo-futo Station (15–17 min, our estimate)

    MLIT says about 10 min; no cover is confirmed, so take an umbrella, or the quay shuttle if one runs

  2. +0:29
    Aonami Line to Nagoya (24 min, ¥360)

    The 09:29 runs on weekdays and Saturdays, in at 09:53

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Syced / CC0
  3. +0:55
    Meitetsu Nagoya to Sako, one stop on a local train; 3 min on foot

    Or a taxi, 5 min from Nagoya Station

    What you will see here →
    Photo: そらみみ (Soramimi) / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +1:15
    Toyota Commemorative Museum (about 2 h)

    9:30–17:00, last admission 16:30, adult ¥1,000; closed Mondays only

    What you will see here →Full guide: Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology →
    Photo: Bariston / CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. +3:15
    Meitetsu back through Meitetsu Nagoya to Jingu-mae; 3 min on foot

    About 8 min from Meitetsu Nagoya by limited express (journey planner); the whole leg with the change is not confirmed

    What you will see here →
  6. +3:45
    Lunch: kishimen at Miya Kishimen inside the shrine grounds

    9:00–16:30 last order, every day. Or hitsumabushi: Horaiken Jingu-ten by the south gate on Saturdays, the Honten on Tuesdays

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Bariston / CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. +4:30
    Atsuta Jingu, the Treasure Hall and the Kusanagi-kan sword museum

    ¥800 together, sold until 15:30; last entry 16:00. Treasure Hall closed 25–26 Nov; grounds free

    What you will see here →Full guide: Atsuta Jingu and the Kusanagi-kan →
    Photo: Bariston / CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. +6:00
    Meitetsu Jingu-mae to Nagoya (about 8 min) and on to the Aonami platformWhat you will see here →
  9. +6:30
    Aonami Line 15:30 → Kinjo-futo 15:54

    Every 15 min from Nagoya in the afternoon

    What you will see here →
  10. +6:55
    Walk to the berth (15–17 min, our estimate)What you will see here →
  11. +7:10
    Back at the gangway (about 16:10)
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 trainToyota museum, a station lunch and Noritake Garden4–6 hours · ~5.5hSat 14 Nov (06:30–16:00) and the Friday Navigator of the Seas call; everything within a stop of Nagoya StationCastle, 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-aboard
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