What to do in Nagoya?

[Quisty]

Hi everyone!

I'm going to Japan for a holiday this year and I just booked the flights!
I'm going to be in there for the whole july 2006.

I found some really really really cheap flights to Nagoya, so me and my friend will be flying there instead of Tokyo.
We're planning to go to at least Kyoto and Tokyo, maybe to Hiroshima too, but we really have no idea what there is in Nagoya.

So if someone has experiences, I'd love to hear them! For example what places we should go to see, where to shop, where to stay for the night etc.

We have a very tight budget, so any tips to save money are appreciated! XD
We plan to use night busses to get around in Japan, because they are so cheap and Japan rail Pass would be way too expensive for that long time.

Any other tips for 2 low budget girl travellers will be appreciated!

Thank you!

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Please refer to here.
"Nagoya information"
http://www.ncvb.or.jp/index_e.html
Japan Youth hostels
Youth Hostels in JAPAN
A cheap inn for foreigners
Japan inn - accommodation in Japan
Japan Backpackers' Hostel Network
http://j-backpackers-en.seesaa.net/
Tokyo
http://www.e-otomari.jp/~english/
http://www.newkoyo.com/index.html
An inn of Tokyo that I recommend
(It is clean here.)
http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~fukusen/
kyoto
http://www.kyotojp.com/
http://pws.prserv.net/waruida/tojian/tojian_top_e.htm
http://unohouse.fte.jp/

 

[thepainneverends...]

As Japan is relitivly small, you could travel to Tokyo (or wherever you want) and stay there, it wouldn't take long to get there.

 

[Quisty]

Thank you for the info!

We have decided to go to Kyoto for a week/5 days right after we arrive to Nagoya, then go to Hiroshima for few days and then to Tokyo for the rest of the time.

Does anyone have any experience of night busses?
How safe are they, are they good to sleep etc.

Thanks again!

 

[budd]

nagoya has a lot of night street racing...
toyota commemorative museum...

heaven's door -- classic rock 971-7080

www.zetton.co.jp

www.idx-net.com/iD
everything $5 but have to show passport to get in

click -- hip-hop, reggae, r&b, soul 242-3253

http://levia-jp.com/night/nagoya/club(sakae).htm

 

[Maciamo]

Quisty, I suppose that you have seen the Nagoya page on this site, but just in case...

As Japan is relitivly small, you could travel to Tokyo (or wherever you want) and stay there, it wouldn't take long to get there.

Small ? The length of Japan is 3000km (without Okinawa ), i.e. the same as from England to Turkey ! And trains (esp. shinkansen) aren't cheap (at least twice more expensive than in Europe).

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

A search of an express bus is possible in this site
http://www.bus.or.jp/bus/index_e.html
Highway bus
http://www.bus.or.jp/kousoku_e/index.html
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2366_kyoto.html#nagoya

 

[Quisty]

Thank you everyone again!

I can't wait to get there! =)

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Famous food of Nagoya & A souvenir
"The feature that a person of Nagoya recommends"
(WEB translation)

http://infoseek.amikai.com/amiweb/b...訳&display=2&lang=JA&toolbar=yes&c_id=infoseek