Toyota

Tourist information site:

The local tourist association has a multilingual guide site.

By plane:

Toyota is served by Nagoya's two airports, Centrair and Komaki.

Meitetsu Bus runs 18 buses a day from Centrair, taking 1 hour 30 minutes and costing ¥1900. These buses take one of two different routes, but they all go to Toyota-shi Station. This is definitely an easier option than taking the train, which will require you to change twice.

In the unlikely event that you use the domestic-only Komaki Airport instead, the easiest way is to take the bus into Nagoya (25 minutes, ¥700). For a direct train to Toyota-shi, get off at Fushimi-chō; for the highway bus, change at Sakae.

By train:

Toyota's two main stations are Toyota-shi (豊田市), run by Meitetsu, and Shin-Toyota (新豊田), which is on the Aichi Loop Railway (also known as Aikan: Aichi Kanjo Tetsudo).

The main way into Toyota is the Meitetsu Toyota Line, which is basically an extension of Nagoya's Tsurumai Subway Line. There are usually four trains per hour to Toyota-shi; from Fushimi, these take 50 minutes and ¥780. Note that some Tsurumai Line trains stop short at Akaike. While this is the best way to travel between Toyota and most of Nagoya, the Tsurumai Line serves neither Sakae nor Nagoya Station, and so may be too much of a hassle for long-distance passengers.

An alternative route from Nagoya or Kanayama Stations is to take a Meitetsu Limited Express or Rapid Limited Express train to Chiryū, where you can change to the Mikawa Line towards Sanage; this takes 1 hour and ¥810. For an extra ¥360, you can buy a reserved seat ticket for the Limited Express to Chiryū.