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BEST Entry Point to Japan: Nagoya

Welcome to Japan!  You know what?  You must be an expert of exploring Japan to choose Centrair (Chubu International) Airport as your first entry point to Japan!!

If you are still wondering how you should enter Japan, we STRONGLY recommend Nagoya as an entry point.  Especially, for the entry during the Tokyo Olympics 2020, you should avoid crowded Narita or Haneda Airports.  Here are some tips to fly into Nagoya.  

If you are lucky, Ninja welcomes you at the Chubu Airport

Yes, Nagoya is less known than Tokyo or Osaka, but it is located in the center of Japan, literally CENTER, which gives international travelers advantages to explore Japan.  Traveling north takes you to Tokyo and south to Osaka.  See?  Nagoya is GREAT, isn't it?  

Furthermore, you do not have to worry about the complicated train system you might experience in Tokyo or Osaka.  Especially, easy access from Chubu Airport to downtown Nagoya is available: only ONE best transportation available.  It is not operated by JR line (which means unfortunately Japan Rail Pass is not valid), but by a private railway company Meitetsu line.  You just hop into Airport Limited Express Train,  the Meitetsu μ-SKY Limited Express train (μ = Greek Letter for MU),  you can reach Nagoya Station (called Meitetesu Nagoya) in 28 minutes for 870 yen.

Here is another catch!!  We would choose the Rapid Limited Express train or the Limited Express train, not the  the Meitetsu μ-SKY Limited Express train.  
As long as you DO NOT sit in the first-class car, you do not have to buy MU ticket (for 360 yen).  This ride needs a little extra minutes in travel time.

Route Map from the Airport and Airport Map show you more details.

Going through the less complicated customs (and more friendly customs agents), and straightforward transportation from Nagoya Airport, you will definitely land smoothly in where you are to stay.  From there, you can travel to Tokyo by Bullet trains for the Olympics and to Kyoto, where old temples wait for you!!  What do you think?