Quality Inn Gamagori Japan

If you are staying in the Nagoya area and looking for a reasonably priced hotel think about the Quality Inn in Gamagori.

While it isn't exactly nextdoor to Nagoya, it is a relatively short train ride away ( 45 minutes using the Rapid line or 75 minutes on the local ). The hotel itself is a short walk from the station and you need to look for the tall building as the sign is at street level only and can't be seen from a distance. The train station closes at 7 pm each day and that means you can buy a ticket to the station for the 140 yen minimum when returning to Gamagori instead of the 950 it would cost otherwise if you arrive after 7 pm. Pay attention to the train times as the station isn't served as often as other more popular stops.

As for the hotel itself it is clean and comfortable, but the bathroom and bathtub is the smallest I have ever seen. This is not for tall or large people. Also they use liquid soap so bring your own bar of soap unless you want to bathe with the liquid variety. If you need yen, come with your own as the hotel doesn't exchange currency and the banks don't open until 9 am.

There is a 99 yen store across the street and they sell a variety of food and goods so that you can probably have a very simple breakfast for almost nothing if you want.

To get to the Centrair airport terminal you can take the train to Kamayama and transfer to the line that goes directly to the airport or go to Nagoya station and catch the airport bus on the Marriott side. The bus is 1000 yen and takes an hour so plan ahead.