How do you combine Nagoya and Nara-shi?
Yes. Nagoya and Nara-shi combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow 3 days in Nagoya and a full day in Nara-shi, around 4 days in total.
How the two connect
Nagoya and Nara-shi are only about 115 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Nagoya is Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base (NKM), about 8 km away; for Nara-shi it is Osaka Itami International Airport (ITM), about 35 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Nagoya
- 3 days
- Nara-shi
- a full day
- Together
- 4 days · about 115 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Nagoya
- Ghibli Park 1-Day Bus Tour from Nagoya
- Shirakawago & Takayama Bus Tour from Nagoya w/Optional Lunch
- Magome to Tsumago Hiking Tour from Nagoya
- Guided Tour of Nagoya by Car
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.