Chubu Centrair International Airport, Japan's third major international gateway, is on an artificial island 30 minutes south from the center of town. Facilities include two hotels, restaurants, a shopping concourse, and an onsen spa with views of the runways. Centrair opened in 2005, and this airport replaces the existing Nagoya airport, also taking over its IATA code NGO.
The best way of connecting between Centrair Airport and central Nagoya is the Meitetsu Airport Line. The fastest trains are called "?SKY" (myuu-sukai) and depart for Nagoya every 30 minutes. The journey takes 28 minutes at a cost of �1200: the �850 regular fare plus the mandatory �350 first class charge, also called the ?ticket. Only first class cars are available on "?SKY" trains. Slower Limited Express trains, also operating every 30 minutes, offer both first class (reserved) and ordinary class (non-reserved) seating and take 37 minutes for the run to Nagoya.
Note that Meitetsu trains are not free for JR Railpass riders.
Nagoya Airport
While all other companies have moved to Chubu, regional flights by J-Air still use the old Nagoya Airport (IATA: NKM), also known as Komaki Airport, to the north of the city. Flights are available to a number of domestic destinations including Akita, Yamagata, Niigata, Kochi, Matsuyama, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, and Nagasaki. Shuttle buses (�700) connect to Nagoya station in 28 minutes.
By train
Nagoya is located along the Tokaido Shinkansen route between Tokyo and Osaka. To the west are Gifu and Kyoto, and to the east are Hamamatsu and Shizuoka.
� A one-way ride from Tokyo is about 1 hour, 40 minutes via Nozomi (�10780) and between 1 3/4 and 2 hours via Hikari (�10580).
� From Kyoto, Nagoya is reachable in 36 minutes via Nozomi (�5640) and between 36 and 55 minutes via Hikari or Kodama (�5440).
� From the Shin-Osaka
