We made the map we could not find.

We looked for this map. It didn’t exist.

A friend visiting Nagoya in a wheelchair asked a simple question: which exit at Nagoya Station has a lift? We spent an evening on it — official pages, forum posts, blurry photos, three different floor plans — and still could not give a straight answer.

So we made one. Accessibility Map NAGOYA is a small, independent guide to moving around this city without steps. Not a list of everything, but the one landmark to head for, the gate with the wide lane, the lift that actually reaches the platform.

Who it’s for

Anyone for whom a flight of stairs changes the plan.

How we work

We start from official floor plans and barrier-free information, then go and look. If we have not seen something ourselves, we say so rather than guessing. Where a route is complicated, we name a landmark you can find from a distance — the Silver Clock, the Gold Clock — instead of writing directions nobody can follow in a crowd.

The guide grows one area at a time. Nagoya Station first, because almost every trip starts there, then Sakae and Hisaya-odori, Yaba-cho and Osu.

Where this can go wrong

A lift breaks. A gate closes for building work. A toilet moves. Anything on this site can go out of date without us knowing, so please check official signage on the day.

This is an independent project. It is not affiliated with any railway company, venue or public body.