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Orientation and city transport
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In front of Nagoya's three train stations, a giant swirling airvent heads up
Sakura-dori
, the main highway cutting directly east towards the Nagoya TV Tower in the heart of the city. Immediately south of here is the main shopping and entertainment district of
Sakae
, where you'll find most hotels, department stores and restaurants. Around 1km north lie the
castle grounds
, while a similar distance south is the temple
Osu Kannon
. Some 3km south of the Osu Kannon you'll find the main shrine
Atsuta-jingo
. Keep heading south and you'll hit the
Nagoya-ko port area
.
The easiest way to get around is on the
subway
, which has four colour-coded lines: Higashiyama (yellow), Meijo (purple), Sakura-dori (red) and Tsurumai (blue). Both the Sakura-dori and Higashiyama lines connect with the train stations. The extensive
bus
system can also be handy, but it's not as
gaijin
-friendly as the subways, which have everything labelled in English. Single journeys by subway or bus around the city centre cost A?200, but, if you plan to travel a lot, think about buying one of the day tickets (A?740 for subways only, A?600 for buses only, A?850 for subways and buses). Other useful information
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Japan,
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