International Removals to and from Nagoya
Port authority, quarantine offices and the cities of central Japan
A few short questions. Nothing is sent until you check and confirm.
What kind of port is Nagoya?
The biggest by trade value, on Wikipedia's account: the Port of Nagoya “is the largest and busiest trading port in Japan”, “accounting for about 10% of the total trade value of Japan”.
It is spread across places. Wikipedia says “It has piers in Nagoya , Tōkai , Chita , Yatomi , and Tobishima”. A load shown as "Nagoya" may therefore be handled outside the city itself; ask the mover which pier is booked.
“The Port of Nagoya opened for international trade in 1907”. The page adds that “The port is the largest exporter of automobiles in Japan”, which describes vehicle exports and says nothing about bringing a household car in; the Japan customs page covers the import rules for cars.
Who runs it?
A body shared by the city and the prefecture. “was established on 8 September 1951 as a special local public entity that jointly operates the Port of Nagoya for the city of Nagoya and Aichi Prefecture”.
The chair rotates: “The president of the NPA alternates every two years between the mayor of Nagoya and the governor of Aichi Prefecture”. Yokohama's port, by contrast, is run by a city bureau, as the Yokohama page notes. We did not read the authority's own pages, so no current throughput or terminal list appears here.
Which customs and quarantine offices carry the Nagoya name?
Nagoya is one of the nine regional customs areas on the Japan Customs site. For the declaration, the FAQ says to go to the Customs office where the cargo has arrived, and we found no counter address for household goods, so which office takes a Nagoya load is not yet confirmed.
In the plant-quarantine list, Nagoya Plant Protection Station is followed by a Chubu Airport Branch, a Fushiki-Toyama Branch and a Shimizu Branch. The food-sanitation list includes Nagoya Quarantine Station, with branches at Shimizu, Chubu Airport and Yokkaichi. Those lists show how widely the central region's control points are spread beyond the city.
How large is the city, and what surrounds it?
Wikipedia calls it “the largest city in the Chūbu region”, “the fourth-most populous city in Japan (with a 2025 population of 2.3 million)”, and the principal city of a metropolitan area of 10.11 million.
Industry is tied to the port. The page says Nagoya's main industry is automotive and that “Toyota's luxury brand Lexus , Denso , Aisin Seiki Co. , Toyota Industries , JTEKT and Toyota Boshoku have their headquarters in or near Nagoya”. For an assignee, that is the reason many moves to this region start here.
For longer trips, Wikipedia says the city is “linked to Tokyo , Osaka , and Kyoto by the Tokaido Shinkansen”. Anyone whose belongings land at Tokyo or Yokohama and who is headed here should compare the Tokyo page first.
What about Toyota, Okazaki, Toyohashi and Ichinomiya?
They are named here and have no page of their own. Wikipedia's list of Japanese cities gives Toyohashi 377,045, Ichinomiya 375,939 and Okazaki 371,380; it also says Mitsubishi Motors has an R&D division in the suburb of Okazaki. Prefecture figures on that list carry 1 January 2008 dates in its notes, so they may be out of date.
We read no moving rule or customs counter for any of them, so a delivery there follows the Nagoya advice above.
Next steps from here: country overview, entry guide.
Questions about moving to Nagoya
Who runs the Port of Nagoya?
A body shared by the city of Nagoya and Aichi Prefecture, set up on 8 September 1951.
Its president alternates every two years between the mayor and the governor.
Is the port inside the city of Nagoya?
Only partly.
Wikipedia says it has piers in Nagoya, Tokai, Chita, Yatomi and Tobishima, so ask which pier your container is booked to.
Which customs office clears household goods in Nagoya?
Not confirmed.
Japan Customs lists Nagoya as a regional area but the pages we read give no counter address, so ask your broker.
Tell us about your Nagoya move
Share your departure postcode, arrival month, destination city or district in central Japan and rough load size.
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