Before you read on
- When you race
- 16–18 April 2027
- How many nights to book
- 3 nights
- Who this race suits
- A five-minute walk from the station, in a food city most visitors to Japan skip.
- Nearest airport to the venue
- Chubu Centrair International (NGO), About 60 min by Meitetsu to Nagoya Station then the Aonami Line, around JPY 1,230
- Cost for the weekend
- JPY 13,260 (USD 86) per person, Flights, rooms and race entry.
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Should you race here?
A five-minute walk from the end of a rail line, in a city with its own cooking and few foreign visitors.
Reasons to
- Kinjo-futo is five minutes from the hall and runs direct from Nagoya Station.
- 59% humidity and 19°C (67°F), the mildest conditions of the Asian races here.
- Kyoto is thirty-five minutes away by Shinkansen, and Tokyo a hundred.
- The race falls between a trade show and Golden Week, so the city is quiet.
Reasons not to
- The JPY 870 city day ticket does not cover the line you need.
- No hotel rate or ordinary-meal price was reachable, so costs are hard to pin down.
- Hyrox has not named the hall, and Port Messe has several.
- The venue is on a reclaimed island with little around it.
Conditions on the day
JR Central HYROX Nagoya runs April 16th, 2027 to April 18th, 2027 at Port Messe Nagoya. Here is what that specific window is like on the ground.
The catch
Mild and bright, with cool mornings
19°C (67°F) by day, 9°C (49°F) at night
Nagoya in mid-April
- The April average reaches 19°C (67°F) by day and falls to 9°C (49°F) at night.
- Humidity sits at 59%, low for Japan and well below the summer here.
- 128mm of rain falls across about nine days of the month.
- Daylight runs 05:20 to 18:25, over thirteen hours, with a very early sunrise.
- Daylight
- Dark
- Bar height is temperature
What racing here is like
Your race is here
Port Messe Nagoya
April 16th, 2027
JR Central HYROX Nagoya
- Everything below describes this building first, and the other for comparison
The venue at a glance
- Address
- 3 Chome-2-1 Kinjofuto, Minato Ward, Nagoya, Aichi 455-0848
- Nearest station
- Kinjo-futo on the Aonami Line, five minutes on foot (5 min walk)
- Parking
- Yes, JPY 700 a day for a passenger car.
- From the nearest hotel
- about 25 min by train from Hotels at Nagoya Station
- Altitude
- 14m above sea level, low enough to make no difference to your race.
- Bag drop
- Hyrox has not published the bag drop arrangement for Nagoya.
- Supporters
- Hyrox has not published spectator ticketing for Nagoya.
Nagoya has moved building, moved season, and grown from a single day into the best part of a week. Where you race, and when, changes the day more than most people expect.
Port Messe Nagoya, your race is in this building
The city's exhibition centre on reclaimed land at the port, five minutes from the end of the Aonami Line.
Known for. Industrial trade shows for the Aichi manufacturing belt, which is where Toyota and its suppliers are.
The building. Opened in 1973 on the Kinjofuto reclaimed island, and rebuilt with a new first hall in 2022.
Race day and start times
The thing that shapes your travel is not the race date. It is when you find out what time you are racing on it.
Hyrox links individual start times on the event page a few days before the race. A provisional schedule goes up earlier.
What to bring
At Port Messe Nagoya, and only on the day you compete. Registration opens 90 minutes before the first wave of your division.
You do not bring a chip. You collect the ankle strap at check-in, wear it for the race, and hand it back after the line.
What your wristband does not cover
You are given a wristband at check-in. Hyrox has not published what the Nagoya one admits you to. Check-in is open only on the day you race, so do not assume it covers a second day.
Getting there on the morning
The Aonami Line from Nagoya Station to Kinjo-futo, five minutes from the hall. Trains start early enough for the first waves.
What you need to book
Before you book
The listing runs 16 to 18 April, so confirm your division's day before booking the last night.
If Hyrox cancels or postpones the event, its terms do not cover your flights or your room. Check the cancellation deadline on both before you pay for either.
Flying into the city
Kansai and Haneda are both well under two hours by Shinkansen and have far more long-haul routes.
Search flights to NagoyaBy train
Check train times and faresSomewhere to stay
The closest beds go first, and those are the ones that matter on race morning.
Compare hotels near the venueSomething to do with the rest of the weekend
Most people fly in for one race and see nothing. The day before is dead time if you do not plan it.
Tours and tickets in NagoyaSomewhere to put your bag
Flying out the same evening? This is the difference between a good afternoon and hauling a kit bag around a city.
Left luggage in NagoyaYour entry
Sold by Hyrox, one ticket per division per day. We earn nothing from this link and include it because you need it.
Official Hyrox entriesEstimate weekend cost
| Item | Local currency | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Eating, three days | JPY 9000 | $58 |
| Travel, returns on the Aonami Line | JPY 2160 | $14 |
| Parking, if you drive | JPY 2100 | $14 |
| One athlete plus one supporter | JPY 13,260 | $86 |
Getting to Nagoya
Chubu Centrair connects to Nagoya Station by Meitetsu train, then the Aonami Line runs out to the venue in about an hour in total.
The Aonami Line
A dedicated line from Nagoya Station to Kinjo-futo, five minutes from the hall, at JPY 360. The city day ticket does not cover it.
From Chubu Centrair
Meitetsu train to Nagoya Station, then the Aonami Line out to the port. About an hour in total and around JPY 1,230.
Entry requirements
Quick tip
Both legs start and end at Nagoya Station, so basing yourself there removes a change on race morning.
Getting to the venue
Nagoya Station is the sensible base, since the Aonami Line starts there. Sakae and Osu are the livelier districts, one subway ride further.
Kinjo-futo is the last stop on the Aonami Line and five minutes from the hall, at JPY 360 from Nagoya Station. The catch is the day ticket: the JPY 870 city pass covers the buses and subway but not the Aonami Line, so it does not get you to the race.
Where to stay
The venue is on a reclaimed island at the port. Nagoya Station is where the line to it starts.
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1. Hotels at Nagoya Station
The Aonami Line to the venue starts here, so this removes a change on race morning. The widest choice of rooms in the city.
2. Hotels in Sakae
The nightlife and department store district, with the tower and Oasis 21. Livelier than the station and one subway ride further out.
3. Hotels in Osu
Twelve hundred shops and restaurants around a temple, mixing secondhand clothes with electronics. The best cheap eating in the city.
The manufacturing show clears Port Messe a week before the race and Golden Week starts after it, so this weekend falls in a gap. Rooms should be straightforward.
Neighbourhoods worth the commute
Nagoya runs inland from its port, with the venue at the water and the city a rail line north.
| Area | To the venue | Why | Suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinjofuto | 5 min on foot | The reclaimed island itself, with the exhibition halls, an aquarium and little else. No reason to stay unless you want the walk. | |
| Nagoya Station | about 25 min by train | The transport hub, with the Shinkansen, the Aonami Line and the widest choice of hotels. The practical base. | |
| Sakae | about 35 min | The central shopping and nightlife district, with the TV tower and the department stores. | |
| Osu | about 35 min | An arcade district of 1,200 shops around a temple, where the cheap eating and the secondhand shops are. | |
| Fushimi | about 30 min | Between the station and Sakae, quieter, with the science museum and a park. |
Eating before and after
The night before a race is not the night for the best meal of your trip, which is harder discipline than it sounds in a city this good at food.
Around Nagoya Station
The station complex has several floors of restaurants doing plain rice and noodle dishes, open late and twenty-five minutes from the hall.
Tebasaki in Sakae
Peppered chicken wings at JPY 500 to 700 a serving, a Nagoya institution. Light enough before a race if you stop at one plate.
Nagoya has its own cooking, built on red miso, and it is the reason to come here rather than pass through.
Hitsumabushi
Grilled eel over rice, eaten three ways: plain, with condiments, then with broth poured over. Atsuta Horaiken is the place it comes from.
Miso katsu
A breaded pork cutlet under thick dark red miso sauce, which is sweeter and heavier than it looks. Yabaton in Osu is the original.
Race day supplies
The practical failures that spoil a race weekend are almost never the training. They are forgetting the gels, or carrying a kit bag around a city for six hours.
Pack list
- Layers for the ten-degree spread between the 9°C (49°F) dawn and the 19°C (67°F) afternoon.
- A light waterproof for 128mm across about nine days.
- An IC card such as Suica or Manaca, which works on the Aonami Line and in the shops.
Quick tips
- Do not buy the JPY 870 city day ticket for race day. It excludes the Aonami Line.
- Kinjofuto has little on it. Buy food and drink before you leave the city.
Convenience stores are everywhere in Japan and open all night, which solves most problems. Kinjofuto itself is thin, so buy before you go out to the island.
The last race in Nagoya
No previous Nagoya edition could be confirmed from any published source, so there is no local form to pass on.
What happened
The last edition, in short.
- Kinjo-futo on the Aonami Line is five minutes' walk from the hall.
- A manufacturing trade show fills the same venue on 7 to 9 April, the week before.
What it means for you
How your race differs from that one.
- The Nagoya day ticket does not cover the Aonami Line, which is the line you need.
- Hyrox has not named the hall, and Port Messe has several.
What else is on that weekend
A trade show in your own venue the week before, and the start of Golden Week just after.
| What | When | Where | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing World Nagoya | 7 to 9 April | Port Messe Nagoya | In your own venue, finishing a week before the race. Hotels will be emptying rather than filling as you arrive. |
| Nagoya Philharmonic concerts | 9 and 10 April | Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater | The weekend before, in the centre. Nothing to work around. |
| Nothing confirmed on the race days | 16 to 18 April | Across Nagoya | No event of size was confirmed for the race weekend itself. |
| Before Golden Week | From 29 April | Across Japan | Japan's busiest holiday period starts eleven days after the race. Travel and rooms are far easier before it. |
What to see
Written for someone racing tomorrow, not a tourist with a week. Each entry says how far it is, because some of these are worth a longer trip and some are not.
Nagoya Castle
A reconstructed keep with golden dolphins on the roof, and a palace beside it rebuilt in wood using the original techniques. The palace is the better half.
Atsuta Shrine
One of the most important Shinto shrines in Japan, said to hold the sacred sword, set in a forest of camphor trees in the middle of the city.
The Toyota Commemorative Museum
The original loom works where Toyota began, with the textile machinery still running and the car side next door. Better than it sounds, even if you do not care about cars.
The Port of Nagoya aquarium
On the same reclaimed island as the venue, with a large open-sea tank and orcas. Convenient if you are staying out at the port.
What to do
The port waterfront
Flat paths along the reclaimed land around the venue, open to Ise Bay and empty early. The obvious shake-out if you are staying nearby.
Osu shopping arcades
Covered streets of secondhand shops, electronics and food stalls around a temple, which is the most interesting hour in the city.
A day trip to Kyoto
Thirty-five minutes by Shinkansen from Nagoya Station, which makes Kyoto a genuine afternoon rather than a separate trip.
Tsuruma Park
The city's oldest park, with cherry trees that may still be holding in mid-April and a rose garden coming into season.
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Last updated November 7th, 2026.