Chubu Centrair Airport to Nagoya: how to get out of the airport

Getting from Chubu Centrair Airport into Nagoya

What the airport itself publishes for each way in.

Meitetsu mu-SKY

Every seat is reserved: the 980 yen fare plus a 450 yen mu-ticket. Stops only at Jingu-mae and Kanayama. The station is part of the terminal building.

Meitetsu limited express

The ordinary cars need only the fare; the reserved cars need a mu-ticket.

Step by step from Chubu Centrair Airport

• Nagoyafrom 980 yen · 28 min at the quickest

Sending your bags on, or leaving them here

Japan's courier network reaches this airport, so a case can go to your hotel without you.

Who runs it

Yamato Transport

Where the counter is

Terminal 1 2F and 3F, Terminal 2 2F

How long it takes

Next day, or the day after for some areas.

Worth knowing

Check at the Yamato counter on the second floor of Terminal 1 whether your destination is covered; it can take a little time.

Leaving a bag at a counter

At the baggage counters in Terminal 1 on 2F (arrivals, 07:00 to 22:00) and 3F (departures, 06:30 to 21:30), for several days if needed. Each new date counts as another day. A whole luggage cart, loaded up to 145cm high, can be left at Terminal 1 3F for 880 yen until 21:00 the same day, cash only. The Global WiFi counter in the Access Plaza also holds bags.

Coin lockers

What it costs to put a bag down for the day.

Lockers on the third and fourth floors of Terminal 1 are inside the building, so after closing time you need to ask the security staff at the Access Plaza to let you in. For more than 11 days, use the baggage storage counter instead.

Getting online

Rental counters are in the arrivals hall here, so you can sort a connection after you clear customs.

eSIM

Bought before you leave home and installed over Wi-Fi, so you land connected. Needs a phone that takes an eSIM and is not carrier-locked.

Prepaid SIM

Sold at the arrivals counters and vending machines at the larger airports. You swap your physical SIM — keep the old one safe.

Pocket Wi-Fi

A rented router for several devices at once. Picked up and dropped back at the airport counter, or posted back.

Free Wi-Fi

Available in the terminal. It stops when you leave the building.

Inside Chubu Centrair Airport

Opening hours, lounges, showers, places to sleep and cash at Chubu Centrair Airport, as the airport lists them on its own pages.

Terminal 1

Opening hours

Most of the terminal closes at night; the 1F Welcome Garden, the 2F arrivals lobby and Access Plaza stay open 24 hours.

Staying overnight

Only the 1F Welcome Garden, the 2F arrivals lobby and Access Plaza are open through the night. TUBE Sq, the capsule hotel on 1F, takes guests around the clock.

Lounge

Premium Lounge Centrair, 3F, departures lobby, before security (06:45–20:45, open all year) — Free with some Japanese credit cards; most cards issued abroad do not count. Terminal 2 passengers can use it too.

Lounge

2nd Premium Lounge Centrair, 3F, departures lobby, before security (07:00–20:30, open all year) — 1,570 yen at the door for anyone flying that day, or free with some Japanese credit cards; most cards issued abroad do not count.

Lounge

Plaza Premium Lounge Nagoya (domestic departures), 3F, domestic restricted area, after security (06:00 until the departure of the last flight) — For guests of partner airlines and programmes.

Lounge

Plaza Premium Lounge (international departures), 2F, international restricted area, after security (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun 07:00–22:30, Tue, Thu, Sat 07:00–21:30, may be extended with flight operations) — 5,830 yen at the door for anyone with a boarding pass, or free for passengers of partner airlines; Priority Pass accepted.

Lounge

The Coral Finest Business Class Lounge Uguisu, 2F, international restricted area, after security (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun 07:00–21:30, last admission 20:30, Tue, Thu, Sat 07:00–21:00, last admission 20:15) — 6,050 yen at the door for anyone with a boarding pass, or free for passengers of partner airlines; Priority Pass and Dragon Pass accepted.

Lounge

The Coral Finest Business Class Lounge Kaede (morning), 2F, international restricted area, after security (07:00–11:00, last admission 10:15) — 6,050 yen at the door for anyone with a boarding pass, or free for passengers of partner airlines; Priority Pass and Dragon Pass accepted.

Lounge

Sakura Lounge (JAL), 2F, international restricted area, after security (07:00–21:30, may change with the departure time of flights) — Airline lounge: the airline decides who can enter.

Lounge

Korean Air Lounge, 2F, international restricted area, after security — Airline lounge: the airline decides who can enter.

Shower

TUBE Sq (shower only), 1F, before security (24 hours) — 900 yen an hour.

Capsule hotel

TUBE Sq, Terminal 1, 1F (24 hours) — from 2,800 yen for 3 hours.

Nap room

Nap room at SOLA SPA Bath Fu no Yu (up to 3 seats), Terminal 1, 4F Sky Town (08:00–22:00, last order 21:00, shop hours) — 800 yen an hour.

Hotel

Centrair Hotel, inside the airport, 100 m from the station gates and 130 m from the check-in counters.

Nearby hotel

Comfort Hotel Central Japan International Airport, on the airport island, about 5 minutes on foot from Access Plaza.

Nearby hotel

Toyoko INN Central Japan International Airport 1 and 2, on the airport island, about 8 minutes on foot from Access Plaza, or a free shuttle bus.

Nearby hotel

Four Points by Sheraton Nagoya, Chubu International Airport, on the airport island, 6 minutes on foot, or a free shuttle bus.

Bath

SOLA SPA Bath Fu no Yu (observation bath with a relaxation space), 4F Sky Town (08:00–22:00, last order 21:00) — 1,400 yen.

Currency exchange

Centrair Currency Exchange - Departures Lobby branch, 3F, in front of the international check-in counters (07:00–18:00); Travelex - Access Plaza branch (31 currencies), Access Plaza 2F (06:30–20:30); MUFG Bank - Central Japan International Airport 2nd branch (exchange of most major currencies), 2F arrivals lobby (07:00–22:00).

ATMs

AEON Bank and Seven Bank (2F arrivals lobby) and Lawson Bank (inside Lawson, 1F) are open 24 hours; MUFG Bank on 3F; MUFG Bank, SMBC, Shikin Bank and E-net in Access Plaza.

SIM and pocket Wi-Fi

SoftBank Global Rental (routers, SIM cards, phones), 2F arrivals lobby (07:30–21:00); Imoto no WiFi (overseas Wi-Fi router rental), 3F departures lobby (07:00–22:00); Mobile Center (WiFiBOX self-service rental), Access Plaza (06:30–22:00); Global WiFi (routers, prepaid SIM and eSIM), Access Plaza (counter 06:30–22:00, lockers 24 hours).

Leaving a bag

Yamato Transport, 2F arrivals lobby (07:00–22:00); Yamato Transport, 3F departures lobby (06:30–21:30).

Sending a bag on

Yamato Transport, 2F arrivals lobby (sending) and 3F departures lobby (collecting) (2F 07:00–22:00, 3F 06:30–21:30); Same-day delivery to Nagoya hotels (Yamato Transport), 2F arrivals lobby counter (bags in by 11:30, delivered about 14:00–20:00).

Open 24 hours

Lawson, 1F Welcome Garden; FamilyMart Estacio, Access Plaza 2F.

Prayer room

2F arrivals lobby, and 3F in the international departure area.

Terminal 2

Opening hours

2F departure lobby 07:00–23:00, 1F arrival lobby 09:00–23:00; the hours can change with the flight schedule.

Staying overnight

Terminal 2 closes at 23:00. The areas open through the night are in Terminal 1 and Access Plaza.

Currency exchange

MUFG Bank - Central Japan International Airport 3rd branch (exchange of most major currencies), 1F arrivals lobby (weekdays 11:00–17:00, closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays).

ATMs

Seven Bank, 2F departures lobby (04:40–21:20).

SIM and pocket Wi-Fi

Imoto no WiFi (pick-up and return lockers), 2F departures lobby (terminal 2 operating hours); Global WiFi (lockers), 2F departures lobby (terminal 2 operating hours).

Leaving or sending a bag

Yamato Transport, 2F departures lobby (11:00–18:00).

Prayer room

1F arrivals lobby.

What happens between the plane and the exit

The same order at every international airport in Japan.

1. Quarantine — a health check as you come off the aircraft.
2. Immigration — fingerprints and a facial photograph, for everyone aged 16 and over, then the landing permission seal in your passport.
3. Baggage claim.
4. Animal and plant quarantine — before customs. Meat, fruit, vegetables, seeds and plants go to this counter first.
5. Customs — green channel with nothing to declare, red channel otherwise.

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