Next Subway (つぎチカ, Tsugi Chika) is an unofficial next-train tool for the Nagoya Municipal Subway.

How to Ride the Nagoya Subway: Tickets, Fares and Access to Sights

This page is for first-time riders and visitors to the Nagoya Municipal Subway (Higashiyama, Meijo, Meiko, Tsurumai, Sakura-dori and Kamiiida lines). It covers how to ride, fares, and the nearest stations for some sights.

This is an unofficial guide. It is based on information published by the Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya (名古屋市交通局), but fares and rules may change. If anything here differs from the Transportation Bureau's information (in Japanese), please follow theirs. Checked on October 22, 2026.

Station and line names follow the English on the Nagoya City Transportation Bureau subway route map. The Japanese names are shown alongside. Source: Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya (English page)

1. Find stations and next trains with Next Subway

Next Subway shows the next train, the one after, and the last train for each station and direction, using the station timetable data for the subway published by the City of Nagoya. You can search by station name in kanji or hiragana, or choose from the stations near your current location (現在地から近い駅).

The app is available in English. Station names are shown in English with the Japanese name alongside, so the Japanese names in parentheses on this page match what you see in the app. The language can be changed with the button in the header.

When you choose a boarding station and an exit station, the app also shows your arrival time. For trips that need a change, it shows trains with up to one change (for trips that need two or more changes, please split the trip at a station on the way). You can choose how many minutes to allow for a change: 3, 5, 7 or 10 (5 at first).

The timetable data only has departure times at each station, so how trains connect from station to station and the arrival times at the last station are estimated by Next Subway from the timetables.

Times are as scheduled. Delays and suspensions are not shown. On days with a special schedule, such as around the New Year, the app shows a notice instead of times.

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2. Riding

Buying a ticket

Check the fare to your exit station on the fare chart above the ticket machines before you buy (fares: section 4).
Ticket machines sell regular tickets, one-day tickets and more. manaca-compatible ticket machines also sell the manaca IC card.
A regular ticket is valid only on the day you buy it, from the station where you buy it. If you leave the gates at a station on the way, the rest of the ticket is no longer valid.

The Transportation Bureau's “ticket machines for travelers” (in Japanese) work in Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) and Korean. There are 6 at Nagoya Station, 3 at Sakae Station and 2 at Kanayama Station. Besides the fare, you can search by station name, route map, station number or tourist spot. Ticket machines only sell tickets for use on the same day.

Ticket gates

Ticket: use a gate showing an arrow, and put the ticket into the slot. When you leave, regular tickets are collected, while one-day tickets and Donichi Eco Tickets come back out of the gate. Please do not forget to take them.
IC card: when you enter and when you leave, touch the blue reader on the gate firmly. If you touch with a card case that holds more than one card with an IC chip, the gate shows an error.
If several people want to ride on one manaca, please buy a regular ticket for each person at a manaca-compatible ticket machine beforehand.
Some ticket gates have no station staff. If you need help, use the intercom near the gate.

Platforms

Wait for the train behind the yellow tactile paving. Platform screen doors are installed at all stations on the Higashiyama, Meijo, Meiko, Tsurumai (except Kamiotai Station), Sakura-dori and Kamiiida lines.
The line letters and station numbers (for Nagoya (名古屋): H08 and S02) are shown on the route maps in stations, the station name signs on platforms and the route maps in trains.

If your fare is not enough

Ticket: put your ticket into a fare adjustment machine near the gates and pay the difference. Use the adjustment ticket it gives you to pass the gate.
IC card: if your balance is not enough, top it up before you pass the gate. At subway stations, top-ups are in 1,000-yen units (up to 20,000 yen); only the fare adjustment machines also accept top-ups in 10-yen units. You cannot top up with a credit card.

Wheelchairs and luggage

If you ride with a wheelchair, tell the station staff. They contact your boarding and exit stations and prepare a ramp.

As long as it does not get in the way of operations, you can bring up to 2 pieces of luggage on board, each within 250 cm in total of length, width and height and 30 kg in weight (no charge).

3. Changing lines

The main stations where subway lines meet are Nagoya (名古屋) (Higashiyama Line, Sakura-dori Line), Sakae (栄) (Higashiyama Line, Meijo Line), Fushimi (伏見) (Higashiyama Line, Tsurumai Line), Imaike (今池) (Higashiyama Line, Sakura-dori Line), Motoyama (本山) (Higashiyama Line, Meijo Line), Kanayama (金山) (Meijo Line, Meiko Line), Kamimaezu (上前津) (Meijo Line, Tsurumai Line), Hisaya-odori (久屋大通) (Meijo Line, Sakura-dori Line), Heian-dori (平安通) (Meijo Line, Kamiiida Line), Yagoto (八事) (Meijo Line, Tsurumai Line), Aratama-bashi (新瑞橋) (Meijo Line, Sakura-dori Line), Marunouchi (丸の内) (Tsurumai Line, Sakura-dori Line) and Gokiso (御器所) (Tsurumai Line, Sakura-dori Line). The Transportation Bureau's website has pages that describe the walking route for changing lines at each station in text (for example, Sakae Station, in Japanese).

The Meijo Line is a loop line. The Transportation Bureau calls trains going from Kanayama toward Ozone “clockwise” (右回り) and trains going from Kanayama toward Aratama-bashi “counterclockwise” (左回り). The Meiko Line runs between Kanayama (金山) and Nagoyako (名古屋港).

On the route screen of Next Subway, you can choose the time to allow for a change and see the station to change at, the connecting train and your arrival time.

4. Fares, IC cards and passes

Fares

Fares depend on the distance. Adult fares are 210 yen (up to 3 km), 240 yen (up to 7 km), 270 yen (up to 11 km), 310 yen (up to 15 km) and 340 yen (over 15 km). Child fares are 100, 120, 130, 150 and 170 yen (subway fares, in Japanese).
Children (child fare) are aged 6 to 11 (in principle, elementary school children; 12-year-olds in elementary school are children, and 6-year-olds not yet in elementary school are young children). Up to 4 young children (aged 1 to 5, including 6-year-olds not yet in elementary school) ride free with each adult or child passenger; from the fifth, the child fare applies. A young child riding alone pays the child fare. Children under 1 ride free. On the Meitetsu lines that run through to the subway, up to 2 young children ride free with each guardian, and the third and fourth pay the fare for the Meitetsu section (fare categories, in Japanese).

IC cards

You can use Nagoya's manaca, and also TOICA, Kitaca, PASMO, Suica, PiTaPa, ICOCA, Hayakaken (はやかけん), nimoca and SUGOCA. Cards other than manaca do not get manaca Mileage Points or transfer discounts.
You can buy a manaca at the ticket machines of all stations: 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 5,000 or 10,000 yen, each including a 500-yen deposit.
At subway stations, you can also top up IC cards other than manaca.

Contactless credit card payment

Since September 3, 2026, at all Nagoya Municipal Subway stations, you can ride by holding a contactless credit card or similar over the dedicated reader on the automatic ticket gate. Smartphones and similar devices also work.
Accepted brands: Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Discover and UnionPay (銀聯).
The regular adult fare always applies (child fares, transfer discounts and other discounts do not). Each person needs their own card. You can only leave with the same card or device you entered with.
After you enter, it is valid only on that day. Only the cardholder can use the card. It cannot be combined with other tickets, and cannot be used to pay a fare adjustment.
On Meitetsu lines, contactless payment cannot be used except at 13 stations, such as Meitetsu Nagoya, Kanayama and Chubu Centrair International Airport. If you also ride a Meitetsu line, please use a transit IC card or a ticket (regular ticket).
Some ticket gates do not have a compatible gate; there, please speak to the station staff at the gate window (see the Transportation Bureau's page, in Japanese for the list).

One-day tickets and other passes

Bus and Subway One-Day Ticket (バス・地下鉄全線一日乗車券): unlimited rides on all city bus and subway lines from the first to the last service. Adult 870 yen / child 430 yen.
Subway 24-Hour Ticket (地下鉄全線24時間券): unlimited rides on all subway lines for 24 hours from the first time you put it into an automatic gate (until the same time the next day). Adult 760 yen / child 380 yen. If you buy it from a ticket machine, start using it by the last train of that day, or it cannot be used from the next day.
Donichi Eco Ticket (ドニチエコきっぷ): unlimited rides on all city bus and subway lines on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and the 8th of every month. Adult 620 yen / child 310 yen.
None of these can be used on the Meitetsu lines that run through to the subway, or on other companies' lines such as the Aonami Line. If you ride on into a Meitetsu line, you pay the Meitetsu fare separately.
Station ticket machines only sell tickets for the same day (one-day tickets and Donichi Eco Tickets bought from a machine are valid only on the day of purchase). For other days, buy them at a gate window, the stationmaster's office, a Transportation Bureau service center or other places. They are paid in cash in principle (at manaca-compatible ticket machines, you can also pay with your manaca balance).

For prices and where to buy, see the Transportation Bureau's page on one-day tickets and the 24-hour ticket (in Japanese).

5. Getting to sights

Examples of the nearest subway stations for some sights. You can check where to change and your arrival time from Nagoya Station on the route screen of Next Subway.

Station exits and walking times are shown only when the official website of the place or the City of Nagoya's tourism website gives them.
“See trains from Nagoya Station” opens the route screen in the Next Subway app (Nagoya → that station), where you can check upcoming trains and the return trip (逆向き, reverse). The station pages linked below are available in English.

Nagoya Castle
Atsuta Jingu Shrine
Osu Shopping District
Oasis21
Nagoya Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium

Getting to Nagoya Castle (名古屋城)

Get off: M07 Nagoyajo (名古屋城) Meijo Line
From the station: The official Nagoya Castle website says it is a 5-minute walk from Exit 7 of Nagoyajo Station on the Meijo Line (Nagoya Castle, in Japanese). From Exit 1 of Sengen-cho Station on the Tsurumai Line, it is a 12-minute walk.

See trains from Nagoya Station (Next Subway app)

Getting to Atsuta Jingu Shrine (熱田神宮)

Get off: M26 Atsuta Jingu Temma-cho (熱田神宮伝馬町) Meijo Line or M27 Atsuta Jingu Nishi (熱田神宮西) Meijo Line
From the station: The City of Nagoya's tourism website says the main (south) gate is a 7-minute walk from Exit 1 of Atsuta Jingu Temma-cho Station on the Meijo Line, and the west gate is a 7-minute walk from Exit 2 of Atsuta Jingu Nishi Station (Visit Nagoya).

See trains from Nagoya Station (Next Subway app)

Getting to Osu Shopping District (大須商店街)

Get off: M03 Kamimaezu (上前津) Meijo Line, Tsurumai Line or T08 Osu Kannon (大須観音) Tsurumai Line
From the station: The City of Nagoya's tourism website says it is a 2-minute walk from Exit 8 or Exit 12 of Kamimaezu Station (Meijo and Tsurumai lines), or a 3-minute walk from Exit 2 of Osu Kannon Station on the Tsurumai Line (Visit Nagoya).

See trains from Nagoya Station (Next Subway app)

Getting to Oasis21 (オアシス21)

Get off: H10 Sakae (栄) Higashiyama Line, Meijo Line
From the station: The City of Nagoya's tourism website says it is right outside the East Gate of Sakae Station (Higashiyama and Meijo lines), connected directly to the station (Visit Nagoya).

See trains from Nagoya Station (Next Subway app)

Getting to Nagoya Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens (東山動植物園)

Get off: H17 Higashiyama Koen (東山公園) Higashiyama Line or H18 Hoshigaoka (星ヶ丘) Higashiyama Line
From the station: The official Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens website says it is a 3-minute walk from Exit 3 of Higashiyama Koen Station on the Higashiyama Line, or a 7-minute walk from Exit 6 of Hoshigaoka Station, and that Hoshigaoka Station is convenient for the botanical gardens (access, in Japanese).

See trains from Nagoya Station (Next Subway app)

Getting to Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium (名古屋港水族館)

Get off: E07 Nagoyako (名古屋港) Meiko Line
From the station: The official aquarium website says it is a 5-minute walk from Exit 3 of Nagoyako Station on the Meiko Line. From the Higashiyama Line, it suggests changing at Sakae to a train for Nagoyako on the Meijo Line toward Kanayama (counterclockwise) and getting off at the last stop (access, in Japanese).

See trains from Nagoya Station (Next Subway app)

6. Official information

The Transportation Bureau's website can be viewed in English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Thai and other languages with the language switch at the top of each page. There is also a guide booklet (PDF) in Japanese, English, Chinese (Traditional), Korean and Portuguese.