Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Bus
- Published on : 15/09/2017
- by : Japan Experience
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The Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Bus is a loop bus that tours Nagoya's main attractions in a circuit from the Bus Center at JR Nagoya Station. The bus calls at Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry & Technology, Noritake Garden, Nagoya Castle, and the Tokugawa Art Museum.
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The Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Bus in Nagoya is a loop bus that tours Nagoya's main attractions in a circuit from the Nagoya Station Bus Center at JR Nagoya Station.
Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Bus, Nagoya
Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Bus, Nagoya
Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Bus Stops
The Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Bus departs from the #11 bus stop at the Bus Center at Nagoya Station stopping at the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry & Technology, Noritake Garden, Nagoya Castle, the Tokugawa Art Museum (and Tokugawa-en), the Futaba Museum, Nagoya City Archives, Nagoya TV Tower in Sakae, Hirokoji-Sakae and Hirokoji-Fushimi in the Fushimi financial district, before returning to Nagoya Station via Nagoya Castle, Noritake Garden and the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry & Technology.
Close to the Futaba Museum is Nagoya's "Cultural Path" which has a number of historic buildings including the former residence of Tetsujiro Haruta, Chikaramachi Catholic Church, the Shumokukan, a mixed Japanese and European style residence built in 1926 by Tamesaburo Imoto, a wealthy pottery and porcelain trader, the former residence of Sasuke Toyoda, the younger brother of the more famous Sakichi, the founder of the company that was to become Toyota Corp and Hori Art Museum.
Also of interest, in this up-market, well-to-do part of Nagoya, are the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Money Museum and the Hyakka Hakuso, a study and tea room dating from the Taisho Period.
Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Buses that depart at 5pm do not stop at Nagoya Castle, Noritake Garden, and the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology as these have now closed.
Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Bus, Nagoya
Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Bus, Nagoya
Timetable & Fares
The Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Bus runs from Tuesday to Sunday. Services are more frequent at weekends and National Holidays with departures every 30 minutes to one hour from 9.30am to 5pm Tuesday to Friday and at 20 to 30 minute intervals on weekends and holidays from 9.30am to 5pm.
The loop takes about 90 minutes to complete.
See here for the full timetable.
The bus does not run on a Monday unless Monday is a National Holiday, in which case it does not run on the next day. The bus does not run from December 29-January 3 over the New Year.
A single fare is 210 yen for adults and 100 yen for children. The Weekend Eco Ticket (ドニチエコきっぷ; 600 yen; which can be purchased on weekends, national holidays and the 8th day of every month) and the manaca IC card are also both valid on Me~guru buses.
A Me~guru One-Day Pass costs 500 yen for adults and 250 yen for children and offers reductions at various restaurants in town and on the classic Nagoya sweet - uiro at the Osu-Uiro Esca Shop at Nagoya Station.
See the Me~guru official homepage for full details.
Me~guru Nagoya Sightseeing Route Bus Stop at Noritake Garden, Nagoya
