Sky Promenade, Midland Square

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Open-air terrace at 220 m, open until 22:00: 1,000 yen on weekdays, 1,200 at weekends and on public holidays.

You go up to the forty-second floor of Midland Square for the ticket, then further up: the last three floors are an open-air ramp, with no glass in front of you. Below run the tracks of Nagoya Station and, to the east, you can pick out the MIRAI TOWER planted in its park. Anyone who arrives after sunset finds the city lit up and the wind blowing.

The Sky Promenade occupies floors 44 to 46 of Midland Square, the office tower opposite Nagoya Station, 220 metres above the ground. It is declared a 屋外展望台, that is, an open-air observation deck, which is rare among Japanese observatories: the route climbs between perforated walls and there is no glass separating you from what you are looking at.

ℹ️ Open 11:00–22:00 with last entry at 21:30; in August half an hour longer, and at New Year there is a special opening from 5:30 to 8:30. Adults aged 18 and over 1,000 yen on weekdays and 1,200 on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays; students 500, elementary school 300. Because it is open-air, in rain or wind you still go up but you get wet, and in severe weather they may restrict entry or close. The website warns that in strong wind an umbrella is more a danger than a shelter: a jacket is better.

🚉 Kintetsu-Nagoya · 2 min walk

Sources: midland-square.com

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