Courtyard by Marriott Nagoya sits an eight-minute walk from Fushimi station, right beside the Horikawa river. It opened on March 1, 2022 with 360 rooms, ten of them suites. Book it for breakfast: the CRUST buffet costs ¥3,700 and serves kishimen and Nagoya Cochin omelettes. I stayed in July 2026.
- Location — about 8 minutes on foot from Fushimi subway station; about 5 minutes by taxi from Nagoya Station; on the Horikawa river, between Nagoya Station and Sakae
- Rooms — 360 in total including 10 suites; 25–28 m² for standard categories, 56 m² for the Courtyard Suite
- Breakfast — CRUST on the first floor, 6:30–10:30 (last orders 10:00), ¥3,700 adults and ¥1,800 children, charged separately
- Brand tier — Courtyard sits in Marriott’s Select category, not Luxury and not Premium. Knowing that is what makes the lobby surprising
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What Does a Bonvoy Upgrade Actually Get You Here?
In my case, a room on the 12th floor. I was upgraded as a Marriott Bonvoy Platinum member, and the room sat close to a corner, which meant a long walk down the corridor to reach the door. That corridor lifted my mood before I even opened it: a slatted wooden ceiling, indirect lighting running the length of it, and none of it what I expect from a Select-tier hotel.
One point of accuracy before anything else. The hotel does not publish how many floors the building has, so I will not call it a twelve-storey hotel. What I can tell you is that my room was on the 12th floor. Marriott’s own room listings do split by height — the Premier Room Twin is labelled as an upper-floor room and the Deluxe Room Twin as a lower-floor room — so the category you book is what decides how high you sleep. An upgrade is never promised to anyone.
“The first thing that impressed me here was not the room. It was a corridor. A slatted wooden ceiling and indirect lighting the whole way down — not what I expected from a Select-tier hotel, and the part I photographed first.”
— Yuu, japanesefestival.net
The person who checked me in was genuinely courteous, and the overseas guest at the desk beside me — from Taiwan, I believe — was clearly having just as easy a time of it. That matters more than it sounds, because Nagoya check-in desks are not uniformly good at this.
Then the part I most want on the record. I left something behind when I checked out. The hotel kept it carefully and I collected it later without any fuss. That single exchange is what settled how I feel about the place, and it is the reason this review exists at all.
The lobby, honestly, feels like more than I paid for. Stylish, calm, well lit, and priced nothing like it looks. If you want the tiers above this one, our guide to luxury hotels in Nagoya covers them — this is emphatically not one of those, and that is the point.
Source: Marriott — Courtyard by Marriott Nagoya, rooms, accessed August 2026.
What Are the Rooms Like?
Two beds, a twin, and more space than two people need. Officially the Deluxe Room Twin is 28 m² and the Deluxe Room King 25 m². Heavy luggage might make it tight, but for the vast majority of trips it will simply not come up.
Which Room Type Should You Book?
All sizes below are Marriott’s own approximate figures. The practical decision is between a Deluxe and a Premier: the size difference on a twin is nil, and what you are actually paying for is height.
| Room type | Size | Official note |
|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Room King | 25 m² | Standard entry category |
| Deluxe Room King with sofa | 25 m² | Same footprint, adds a sofa |
| Deluxe Room Twin | 28 m² | Listed as a lower-floor room |
| Premier Room King | 28 m² | Listed as a larger room |
| Premier Room Twin | 28 m² | Listed as an upper-floor room |
| Courtyard Suite | 56 m² | Corner room, separate bedroom and living area |
The bathroom is clean and has a bathtub, with a large, spotless mirror. It is the kind of layout that works for anybody, which sounds like faint praise and is not. I did no work on this stay, but the desk would have taken it.
Why Is There a Tree on the Wall?
The artwork of branches and leaves behind the bed is not simply decoration. Marriott’s own English copy describes the interiors as using earthy design elements inspired by the Hori River, and the welcome sheet left in the room goes further, saying the design draws on the Horikawa’s nature, culture and history — a river the same sheet credits with an important role in the city’s development. The water outside the window carries on into the wall above your pillow. Once you notice it, you see the same palette in the corridor and downstairs in the lobby.
In-Room Practicalities Worth Knowing
Wi-Fi is free, on the network MarriottBonvoy, with no password to type. Housekeeping runs 11:00 to 14:00. Room service is available. And since June 2025 the rooms have had water servers instead of bottled water, with amenities moving progressively to bamboo — part of the same programme under which Marriott Japan adopted the GREEN KEY sustainability certification, which this hotel obtained in June 2025. If you travel with a refillable bottle, this is one of the few hotels in Nagoya where that decision pays off.
About the View, Honestly
There is a large residential tower directly in front of the window. This is not a hotel you book for a panorama, and I would rather say so than have you discover it at 15:01. Look right, though, and the high-rise cluster around Nagoya Station comes into frame with the Horikawa running below — a view that tells you plainly that you are in the middle of a city. If the window is what decides your trip, the towers by the station are the better bet: see our hotels near Nagoya Station guide.
Why Is Breakfast the Reason to Book?
Because it is the best argument this hotel makes. I can praise every single thing that came off that buffet, and as a room in which to eat Nagoya food it is close to ideal. It is served at CRUST on the first floor: ¥3,700 adults, ¥1,800 children, 6:30 to 10:30, last orders 10:00, and it is not included in the room rate.
The two dishes the hotel itself puts forward are kishimen (きしめん) — Nagoya’s flat wheat noodle — finished in the style of pho, and an egg station where a Japanese-style omelette made with Nagoya Cochin (名古屋コーチン) chicken is cooked to order in front of you. Having eaten both, I can say the billing is honest. Around them sits a wide spread of Japanese and Western dishes built on Tokai-region ingredients. I had not eaten a breakfast this good in a long time, and I ate far too much of it.
“Nagoya food is scattered across the city in specialist shops that each do one thing. Working through them properly takes days. Here it all arrives at once, before 10am, in one room.”
— Yuu, japanesefestival.net
Our Nagoya meshi food guide takes the city’s specialities one at a time; this buffet covers a good share of them in a single sitting, which makes it an efficient way to cover ground on a short trip.
The other surprise is the room itself. You are on the first floor, and yet the planting outside the glass makes the whole space feel green. I may honestly have enjoyed that view more than the one from the 12th floor.
I went down at about 9:30 and the room was already fairly full, so the peak is busier than that. Come down early.
Local note from Yuu
Add breakfast to the booking. It is the one option here I would call non-negotiable. You are choosing it at the reservation screen, not at the restaurant door, so decide before you book rather than after.
Source: CRUST, official restaurant site — menus, accessed August 2026.
Is There a Buffet on Saturday Night?
Yes — and it is a different buffet from the one served the rest of the week. I was there on a Saturday and we used CRUST’s Saturday-only family dinner buffet. A chef finished plates at a live station, and it went as far as a chocolate fountain and a candy floss machine. Families with small children were visibly delighted. It was nothing at all like breakfast, in the best way.
The restaurant runs it every Saturday as the Family & Friendly Dinner Buffet: ¥5,800 for adults and ¥2,900 for children aged 6 to 12, 17:00 to 21:30. Alongside the seasonal buffet spread it adds a children’s menu, soft-serve ice cream and the candy floss machine — which the official menu lists as a Saturday-dinner-only item, so it is a fixture of this evening rather than something I happened to catch.
The one number to plan around is the last entry: 19:30 on Saturday. That is an hour earlier than the rest of the week, and it is the detail most likely to catch you out if you were planning a late dinner after a full day out. Do not turn up at 20:00 on a Saturday expecting to be seated.
The other six nights are a different proposition entirely. The CRUST Semi Buffet, billed by the restaurant as the new standard for its evening service, runs Sunday to Friday, from ¥5,000 for adults and from ¥2,500 for children aged 6 to 12, 17:00 to 21:30 with last entry at 20:30. Antipasti and dessert come from the buffet; the main course is made to order at the live kitchen. So the choice of night genuinely changes what dinner is here.
One caution that still stands: the wider offer programme at this hotel turns over quickly. Several of the drink offers printed on the sheet in my room in July 2026 had already been replaced on the official site a month later. The Saturday buffet itself has held steady at the same price, but if you are planning an evening around anything else, check the official page rather than a review.
Source: CRUST, official restaurant site — menus and special offers, accessed August 2026.
THE LOUNGE, Where I Hold My Meetings
Something I should admit: I use this hotel far more often than I sleep in it. The first floor is where I eat with friends and argue with people from my graduate programme. The prices are workable, the seating is comfortable for hours, and nobody hurries you.
The lobby lounge is called THE LOUNGE, and Marriott describes it as a comfortable, relaxed space made for gatherings with friends, family and colleagues. Daytime service runs 10:00 to 17:00 with barista coffee, house-made pastries and afternoon tea. Bar service begins at 17:00 and runs to 22:30 Sunday to Thursday and 23:00 on Friday and Saturday. THE LOUNGE takes reservations from the general public through TableCheck, or by telephone on 052-228-2217, so you do not have to be a guest to sit down.
It is quiet precisely because it sits a little away from Sakae. The crowd is well mannered and the volume is low, which in central Nagoya is rarer than it should be. If you are looking for somewhere in this city where you can actually hear the person across the table, put it on the list.
What Is Currently On at THE LOUNGE?
As published on the restaurant’s official offers page in August 2026, THE LOUNGE was running WINE DISCOVERY at ¥3,000 (nine wines, 90 minutes free-flow, three appetisers) and CHAMPAGNE JOURNEY at ¥6,500 (ten wines including Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, 90 minutes free-flow, six appetisers), plus a DJ night every Friday from 18:30 to 22:00 with no cover charge. Treat all of this as a snapshot: as the dinner story above shows, this programme changes faster than a review can keep up with. Check the official page before you plan an evening around any of it.
The Fitness Centre, and the Floor It Shares
There is a fitness centre on the second floor, open 24 hours all year, free of charge and limited to hotel guests. I used it around midday and there was nobody else in it at all. The machines are new, the windows let in real daylight, and it is a genuinely pleasant room rather than a corridor with a treadmill in it.
The equipment Marriott lists covers weight machines, treadmills, exercise bikes, a stair climber, free weights, a leg press, a dual adjustable pulley, a wellness ball and mats — enough that you are not inventing a workout around what happens to be free.
The same floor is the banquet and MICE floor. Three function rooms sit up there: the Central Ballroom (440 m²), which holds up to 500 people, the Crystal Room (220 m²) and the Oasis Room (140 m²), each divisible in two, with up-to-date AV equipment throughout. Their names are printed on the lift buttons, which is how most guests first learn they exist.
Source: Sekisui House, opening press release (13 January 2022).
Is the Fushimi and Horikawa Area a Good Place to Stay?
Yes — and I can go into more detail here than I normally would, for one reason. Ten-odd years ago I lived alone a one-minute walk from where this hotel now stands.
I will be blunt about what that was like. Back then this was not an area you walked at night if you could avoid it. Today it is unrecognisable. The stretch from Fushimi station to the hotel door runs along a main road the entire way, well lit, with people on it — which is exactly what you want if you are arriving late or walking with small children.
“When I lived here I would not have believed this neighbourhood could become somewhere I would send visitors. That change is, genuinely, one of the reasons to stay at this hotel rather than another one.”
— Yuu, japanesefestival.net
The area around Nayabashi (納屋橋), the bridge over the Horikawa (堀川), has changed a great deal over the same stretch of years. It now draws a young crowd in the evenings. I would not have written that sentence a decade ago.
Two things I am deliberately not telling you, because the hotel does not publish them and I will not guess. I will not give a walking time to Nayabashi — only that the hotel faces the Horikawa and Nayabashi crosses the same river. And I will not give a walking time from Nagoya Station, because the sources disagree: the opening press release says 18 minutes, the city’s official tourism site says 15. This review therefore uses about 5 minutes by taxi, which everybody agrees on.
One more discrepancy worth knowing at street level: the city’s official tourism site directs you out of Fushimi Station exit 6, while the Japan National Tourism Organization says exit 5. Marriott gives no exit number at all. Either works; the road is the same. For how the subway itself operates, our guide to getting around Nagoya is the better starting point.
Finally, something about the building itself, since it explains the finish. The land and building are owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo head office, Marriott International runs the hotel under contract, and Sekisui House handled the project management, design and construction. At opening it was Japan’s sixth Courtyard by Marriott and the first foreign-brand city hotel to open in central Nagoya in about two decades — a line that says most of what needs saying about how long this part of the city waited.
Source: Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau, official tourism site, accessed August 2026.
Who It Suits, and Who It Does Not
| Book it if… | Look elsewhere if… |
|---|---|
| You hold Marriott Bonvoy status. Platinum put me on the 12th floor, though nothing is promised to anyone | You are booking for the view. A residential tower stands directly in front of the window |
| You want to try Nagoya food efficiently. One breakfast covers a great deal of ground | You need Nagoya Station or central Sakae. This sits apart from both — which is precisely why it is quiet |
| You want somewhere calm to talk, or you are here on business and using the second-floor MICE rooms | You want luxury-brand facilities. This is the Select tier. It performs above it, but it is not pretending to be above it |
| You have small children. The walk from Fushimi is all main road, and breakfast is ¥1,800 for children | You are optimising purely on room rate. Our budget hotels in Nagoya guide is the better place to start |
Still deciding which part of the city to base yourself in? Start with our where to stay in Nagoya guide, then come back to this one.
Practical Information
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Address | 1-17-6 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0008 (〒460-0008 愛知県名古屋市中区栄1-17-6) |
| Telephone | 052-228-2220 (restaurant and lounge reservations: 052-228-2217) |
| Access | About 8 minutes on foot from Fushimi Station (the Higashiyama and Tsurumai subway lines); about 5 minutes by taxi from Nagoya Station |
| Opened | March 1, 2022 — Japan’s sixth Courtyard by Marriott |
| Rooms | 360 in total, including 10 suites. Deluxe King 25 / Deluxe Twin 28 / Premier King 28 / Premier Twin 28 / Courtyard Suite 56 m² |
| Check-in / check-out | 15:00 / 12:00. Minimum check-in age 18 |
| Smoking / pets / Wi-Fi | Non-smoking throughout / pets not accepted / free Wi-Fi (network MarriottBonvoy, no password) |
| Restaurants | CRUST (1F) — breakfast 6:30–10:30 (L.O. 10:00), lunch 11:30–15:00 (L.O. 14:00), dinner 17:00–21:30. THE LOUNGE (1F) — 10:00–17:00, then 17:00–22:30 (23:00 Friday and Saturday). Room service available |
| Breakfast | ¥3,700 adults / ¥1,800 children at CRUST, not included in the room rate |
| Dinner | Sunday to Friday: CRUST Semi Buffet — from ¥5,000 adults and from ¥2,500 for children aged 6–12, 17:00–21:30 (last entry 20:30). Saturday: Family & Friendly Dinner Buffet — ¥5,800 adults and ¥2,900 for children aged 6–12, 17:00–21:30 (last entry 19:30) |
| Fitness centre | 2F, open 24 hours, free, hotel guests only |
| Banquets / MICE | 2F, three rooms — Central Ballroom 440 m² (up to 500 people), Crystal Room 220 m², Oasis Room 140 m² |
| Parking | ¥2,200 per night. Limited spaces, first come, first served — a parking-inclusive plan is what secures one |
| Sustainability | In-room water servers replaced bottled water in June 2025; bamboo amenities phasing in; GREEN KEY certification obtained June 2025 |
| Official site | marriott.com — Courtyard by Marriott Nagoya |
Two things this review will not tell you. The room rate, because it moves by date and by plan and any figure I print will be wrong by the time you read it. And whether late check-out is available, because the hotel does not publish a time or a fee for it — ask the front desk rather than trusting any review, including this one.
Rates and Booking
Rates here move constantly, so instead of a price band that ages badly, here is what actually changes your total. All three of these decisions are made at the booking screen, not at the front desk.
- Breakfast is an add-on. ¥3,700 for adults, and the one thing at this hotel I would not skip
- Parking is limited and first come, first served. If you are driving, a parking-inclusive plan turns a gamble into a reservation
- Dinner depends on the night. Saturday is the family buffet at ¥5,800 with a 19:30 last entry; Sunday to Friday is the Semi Buffet from ¥5,000 with a 20:30 last entry
If you hold Bonvoy status, weigh that side too. The upgrade is real value, and it is the one thing no third-party rate can promise you.
Working out whether your dates work?
This is where I start before deciding which channel to book through. Weekends here move faster than people expect.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is breakfast included in the room rate at Courtyard by Marriott Nagoya?
No, breakfast is charged separately: ¥3,700 for adults and ¥1,800 for children, served at CRUST on the first floor from 6:30 to 10:30, with last orders at 10:00. Having eaten it, I would add it to every booking.
Can you eat Nagoya food at the breakfast buffet?
Yes, and that is the whole point of it. The hotel highlights kishimen noodles finished in the style of pho, and an egg station where a Japanese-style omelette with Nagoya Cochin chicken is cooked to order in front of you. Around them sits a spread of Japanese and Western dishes using Tokai-region ingredients. Come early: the room was already busy at 9:30.
How do you get to Courtyard by Marriott Nagoya from Nagoya Station or Fushimi Station?
From Fushimi station on the Higashiyama and Tsurumai subway lines it is about 8 minutes on foot, along a main road the whole way. From Nagoya Station, allow about 5 minutes by taxi. I give no walking figure from Nagoya Station because the official sources disagree: the opening press release says 18 minutes and the city’s official tourism site says 15.
Can I expect a Marriott Bonvoy upgrade at this hotel?
It happens, but it is never guaranteed. I was upgraded as a Platinum member to a room on the 12th floor, which is one data point and not a policy. Marriott’s own room labels do split by height, with the Premier Room Twin listed as an upper-floor room and the Deluxe Room Twin as a lower-floor room, so the room category is what decides the height.
Is there a dinner buffet on Saturday at CRUST?
Yes, but it is a different buffet from the rest of the week. Saturday is the Family & Friendly Dinner Buffet, ¥5,800 for adults and ¥2,900 for children aged 6 to 12, 17:00 to 21:30 with last entry at 19:30. The other six nights run the CRUST Semi Buffet, from ¥5,000 for adults and from ¥2,500 for children, 17:00 to 21:30 with last entry at 20:30. Note that Saturday’s last entry is an hour earlier than the rest of the week.
When can I use the fitness centre at Courtyard by Marriott Nagoya?
Any time. It is on the second floor, open 24 hours all year, free of charge and reserved for hotel guests. I used it around midday and had the entire room to myself.
Can I use the lounge or the restaurant without staying at the hotel?
THE LOUNGE takes reservations from the general public online through TableCheck, or by telephone on 052-228-2217. It runs 10:00 to 17:00 for barista coffee, house-made pastries and afternoon tea, then switches to bar service from 17:00. I use the first floor far more often than I stay upstairs.
Is there parking at Courtyard by Marriott Nagoya?
Yes, on-site parking costs ¥2,200 per night, but the spaces are limited and allocated first come, first served. The hotel itself recommends booking a parking-inclusive plan if you need a space guaranteed.
About the Author
Yuu was born in Nagoya and has lived here for 35 years, including a stretch over a decade ago in an apartment a one-minute walk from this hotel, back when it was not a street you walked after dark. He stayed here in July 2026, used the Saturday dinner buffet, the fitness centre and the breakfast, and took every photograph on this page. What settled his opinion was not the room. It was that the hotel looked after something he left behind.
Related Guides
- Where to Stay in Nagoya — how the areas actually differ, and which one fits your trip.
- Hotels Near Nagoya Station — if trains, luggage or a skyline window decide it for you.
- Luxury Hotels in Nagoya — the tiers above this one, including TIAD and Marriott Associa.
- Budget Hotels in Nagoya — the other end of the same city.
- Nagoya Meshi Food Guide — what that breakfast buffet is a shortcut to.
- Getting Around Nagoya — the subway lines that put Fushimi 8 minutes from your door.
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