Announcement of the establishment of Central Japan International PCR travel center

Easy access from Nagoya station

Setolabo laboratory has announced the establishment of Central Japan International PCR travel center in Nagoya on October 25, 2021. You can take PCR test at the PCR travel center, go to Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO) by Meitetsu train, and receive your negative certificate for overseas travel as a PDF file by email at the airport. Since we send PCR specimens to our laboratory twice a day, it takes minimum 3.5hrs till you get your negative certificate for overseas travel.

Setolabo laboratory would like to announce the establishment of Central Japan International PCR travel center in Nagoya on Monday the 25th of October, 2021.  

Each country started easing travel restrictions for overseas, but there is a possibility to get COVID-19 infection even you had your vaccinations. Thus, each country sets requirement to submit negative certificate of your PCR test when you enter the country. 

In Japan, mainly health care and medical facilities were used to issue negative certificate for overseas travel. However, the public health center (Hokenjyo), government of Japan has now approved that a sanitary laboratory can issue negative certificate for overseas travel. Thus, we have established Central Japan International PCR travel center. Since negative certificate issued by medical centers is expensive and it takes longer to receive the certificate, it was hard for many people who wish to travel overseas. Setolabo laboratory now sets low price for negative certificate for travel overseas. 

Also, there is a risk of not getting your negative certificate before your flights when you have PCR test at other PCR centers or use postal PCR self-test kit. This is because they use outsourcing laboratory or postal delays. In order to resolve this issue, we use own laboratory, which makes available time of the test results as short as possible.  Also, we send specimens to laboratory twice a day, so we are now able to provide the test result in minimum 3.5 hours. 

Most of PCR tests in Setolabo laboratory are entrusted by the government. We were also in charge of PCR testing of the Tokyo Olympics 2021. We are closely working with aged care facilities to do screening test as well. 

Since we are located in front of Nagoya station, you can use Meitetsu train to Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO). Thus, after your test is done, you can take a train to the airport, and you can receive your negative certificate as a PDF file by email at the airport. Of course, you can receive it at any destinations including other airports. 

We provide customer support 24/7 by phone after we issued your negative certificate. If you have any problems at the airport, you can call us directly and we will help you.  Also, we are aligned with medical facilities registered with TeCOT to provide online medical counselling. 

We provide our website with multiple languages, and we hope it is easy for people from different countries to use our services as well as Japanese people. Setolabo laboratory is currently working on alliance with some airlines, and we are expecting more customers who take international flights. 
 

Setolabo laboratory Central Japan International PCR travel center
Setolabo laboratory website:  https://setolabo.jp/en/home-2/
Central Japan International PCR travel center website:  https://setolabo.jp/en/nagoya-2/

Address: 3F Aoyama Building, 1-8-1 Taikou, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 453-0801
(5 minutes walk from Nagoya Station)

PCR test fee: JPY5,500 (prepayment PayPal),  JPY6,000 (cash at the PCR center)
Negative certificate for overseas travel: JPY13,200 (including 24hrs support and online medical counselling if needed)
Negative certificate for daily use: JPY3,300

Opening hours: 09:00- 17:00
 

 

	PCR test	Result (approximately)	Paper negative certificate (approximately)
Morning	09:00~    10:30	14:00 (for overseas travel) 14:30~ (for others)	14:00~ (for overseas trvel) 14:30~ (for others)
Afternoon	10:30~    15:50	19:30 (for overseas travel) 20:00~22:00 (for others)	19:30 ( PDF document by email) next day 09:00~

                                                                                                                     *as at 12/11/2021
*Please check our website for the most updated information before you visit.
*Please make an appointment online at our website. 
 

Ideal way to use our PCR center (Example)

• PCR test before departing from Chubu Centrair International Airport (relaxed situation) ​

Departing at 17:00 from Chubu Centrair International Airport
10:30    PCR test at our PCR center (Central Japan International PCR travel center)
11:00    Shopping and Japanese lunch at Nagoya station
14:00    Receiving test result by email and your negative certificate on paper at the PCR center
14:20    Taking Meitetsu train from Nagoya station to Chubu Centrair International Airport
15:00    Arriving at the Airport
15:10    Check-in at the airline counter 
15:30    Time to relax at the airport
17:00     Departure
 

• PCR test before departing from Kansai International Airport (situation in a hurry)

Departing at 15:30 from Chubu Centrair International Airport
10:30    PCR test at our PCR center (Kansai International PCR travel center)
11:00    Shopping and Japanese lunch at Nagoya station
12:15    Taking Meitetsu train from Nagoya station to Chubu Centrair International Airport
13:00    Arriving at the Airport
14:00    Receiving test result by email and your negative certificate as a PDF file by email
14:10    Check-in at the airline counter
15:30    Departure

*These are just examples. Please check your flight time and schedule carefully.
*At the airline check-in counter, they may ask you to show them your negative certificate.


Benefits to have your PCR test done in Nagoya city before going to the airport
・You can stay overnight in Nagoya and have time for sightseeing and shopping
・Hotel price is much cheaper than one around the airport
・Easy access to the airport  

 

When you depart from other airports 
There are many international flights from other airports such as Kansai International Airport. If your flight is from other airport, you can have your PCR test at our PCR center, and you can head to the airport. You will receive negative certificate as a PDF file by email before arriving at the Airport you are departing from.


CONTACT
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Setolabo laboratory staff name: Kaneko
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