Access from Narita (Tokyo) airport to Nagoya, ground transportation
From Narita to Kanayama, you will need two train exchanges. First please come to JR Tokyo station by taking NEX and then transfer to Tokaido Shinkansen to Nagoya, then transfer to JR chuo like to Kanayama.
On arrival at Narita airport, please proceed to the JR train station which is located on the basement level and is directly connected to the airport. Please make sure that the train station is for “JR” instead of the Keisei which is another train service.
At the ticket office near the JR gate, please purchase two kinds of tickets. One is for boarding ticket. Please tell the clerk your final destination (Kanayama (金山) Station). Another one is for express ticket. The easiest way to go is to take a NEX (Narita EXpress) to reach to the JR Tokyo Station. Please purchase the NEX ticket if you wish. Sometimes local train can arrive at Tokyo Station earlier since the NEX is not so frequently operated. Please ask the clerk for the earliest arrival. You can also purchase seat reservation ticket for Tokaido-Shinkansen here but you can do so later once you arrive at JR Tokyo Station. This is safer since you will miss the reserved train if the NEX arrived behind the schedule or you may take a longer time to transit at Tokyo Station than expected (as Tokyo station is physically large).
Arrived at Tokyo Station, please go to the Tokaido-Shinkansen connection gate (signed with blue colored train mark and number 14~19)
If you would like to purchase the Shinkansen ticket at Tokyo Station, please do so before entering to the Shinkansen-gate. Since you already have a boarding ticket, only you have to purchase is “seat reservation ticket”, which costs 4,830 JPY. If you wish to ride with the first class car, please ask clerk “green car ticket” which costs roughly as double.
After purchasing all tickets, please go through the connection gate. You should insert both boarding ticket and reservation (or first class) ticket stacked in pairs to the gate. Check your reserved train and seat printed on the reservation ticket. Please refer to the figure below showing the example of how to read the reservation ticket. Train name should be “のぞみ”, arrival station should be “名古屋”. Please check the platform that your train departing from which is shown right after the entering the gate. You can find the car number plates once you come to the platform. If you have any trouble to find your train, please ask any of the train or station crews wearing either blue or gray uniform.
It will take about 100 minutes from Tokyo to Nagoya Station. Enjoy your 270km/h journey. After arrived at Nagoya Station, please proceed to the connection gate to the local JR train. Again please inset two tickets and pick up boarding ticket, ejected from the front side of the gate. Please go to the platform either 7, 8, 10. Please check the earliest departure shown at the concourse. All of the train departing at this platform will arrive at Kanayama station with only one stop.