Prophet of the Way wrote:
> Airport to JR Nagoya train or bus?
>
> Meitetsu:
> 850 + 350 yen, 28-37 minutes (special car)
> 850 yen, 37-46 minutes (commuter car)
>
> Bus:
> 1000 yen, 60 minutes (traffic permitting)
> You can choose which side of JR Nagoya to get to.  If boarding the
Shinkansen
> from Nagoya, take the bus for "JR Nagoya Shinkansen", operated by JR
Tokai Bus.

Having spent 3 of the past 5 days at the new airport and various points
between, my advice is:

1) If you have nothing but hand luggage, take the Meitetsu train to
either Nagoya or Kanayama. Officially it will take 28-37 minutes, or
37-46 minutes, depending on how stingy the arseholes in your corporate
accounts department happen to be. Unofficially it will take longer by
train than advertized, because Meitetsu has grossly underestimated
demand - especially in the mornings. Almost all peak hour trains on the
line leading to the airport are running behind schedule and sometimes
"express trains" are trundling along at less than 35km/hr.
Hopefully/possibly the situation will improve as soon as every fucking
oyaji and his dog stops heading to Aichi's latest "leisure spot" for
lunch and a goddamn bath.

2) If you have any sort of luggage, take the airport bus, or rent a
*Toyota* like a real man.

> On trains to Expo Park:
<snip>
>
> Nagoya - Kanayama - <JR> - Kouzouji - <Aikan> - Expo Yakusa
>
> The name 'Aichi Kanjou' suggests a loop line, but in reality it is
only one
> quarter or so of a full circle.  Kouzouji is the nortwest end,
Okazaki the
> southeast end.  Probably the trains from Okazaki will be less crowded
than
> the through runs from Nagoya, but getting to Okazaki is a wide detour
from
> Centrair. Meitetsu Higashi-Okazaki is quite far from JR Okazaki.

Centrair to JR Okazaki is averaging 63 minutes by bus (advertized as 80
minutes), and less than 55 to Meitetsu Higashi Okazaki. The advertised
times for transport have so far been completely wrong, overestimating
road travel time, and underestimating rail time.

It doesn't matter that Meitetsu Higashi-Okazaki and JR Okazaki are
about 20 minutes apart, because any sensible person using the Meitetsu
line would transfer to the Aikan at Okazakikoenmae, instead of heading
to JR Okazaki from Meitetsu Higashi-Okazaki. Similarly almost nobody
except every fucking oyaji in Aomori and his dog is going to head
directly from Centrair to Yakusa, because it was booked last year there
is simply no accommodation left anywhere near the Expo site until
October. Unless they want to sleep in a park, most visitors arriving by
air are going to have to leave for the actual expo site from
accommodations in either Nagoya, Toyota, or central or southern
Okazaki. And if they want accommodation, they had better book it last
week.

Regards Declan
Okazaki, Aichi

http://www.yamasa.org/member/declan/index.html