Tokyo's long-haul gateway, an hour out of the city in Chiba. Three terminals: Terminal 3 is the low-cost one and has no rail station of its own.
Getting from Narita Airport into Tokyo
What the airport itself publishes for each way in.
| Route | Transport | To | Time | Fare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keisei SkylinerThe fastest way in. Reserved seats only. | Train | Nippori and Keisei Ueno | 36min | 2580yen |
| Narita Express (N'EX)One way in an ordinary reserved seat. Holders of a foreign passport can buy the N'EX Tokyo Round Trip Ticket for 5,200 yen instead. | Train | Tokyo Station | 53min | 3140yen |
| Narita Express (N'EX)One way in an ordinary reserved seat. Holders of a foreign passport can buy the N'EX Tokyo Round Trip Ticket for 5,200 yen instead. | Train | Shinagawa, Shibuya and Shinjuku | — | 3330yen |
| Narita Express (N'EX)One way in an ordinary reserved seat. Holders of a foreign passport can buy the N'EX Tokyo Round Trip Ticket for 5,200 yen instead. | Train | Yokohama | — | 4480yen |
| Airport Limousine75 minutes is the fastest run, in the evening; daytime buses take about 85 to 95 minutes. | Bus | Tokyo Station | 75–100 min | 3100yen |
| AIRPORT BUS TYO-NRTThe low-cost bus between Narita and Tokyo Station. Late-night and early-morning buses cost more. | Bus | Tokyo Station | 65min | 1500yen |
| TaxiA fixed fare by zone, set by the airport's taxi committee. Expressway tolls are extra. | Taxi | central Tokyo | — | 23,500-38,500 yen |
- Train to Nippori and Keisei Ueno36 min
- Train to Tokyo Station53 min
- Bus to Tokyo Station75–100 min
- Bus to Tokyo Station65 min
- Keisei Skyliner
- The fastest way in. Reserved seats only.
- Narita Express (N'EX)
- One way in an ordinary reserved seat. Holders of a foreign passport can buy the N'EX Tokyo Round Trip Ticket for 5,200 yen instead.
- Narita Express (N'EX)
- One way in an ordinary reserved seat. Holders of a foreign passport can buy the N'EX Tokyo Round Trip Ticket for 5,200 yen instead.
- Narita Express (N'EX)
- One way in an ordinary reserved seat. Holders of a foreign passport can buy the N'EX Tokyo Round Trip Ticket for 5,200 yen instead.
- Airport Limousine
- 75 minutes is the fastest run, in the evening; daytime buses take about 85 to 95 minutes.
Free shuttle buses link the terminals: 14 minutes between 1 and 3, 3 minutes between 3 and 2, 10 minutes between 2 and 1.
Step by step from Narita Airport
- Tokyo Stationfrom 1,500 yen · 53 min at the quickest
- Shinjukufrom 3,330 yen · 80 min at the quickest
- Shibuyafrom 3,330 yen · 90 min at the quickest
- Shinagawafrom 3,330 yen
- Ikebukurofrom 2,300 yen · 90 min at the quickest
- Ueno and Nipporifrom 2,580 yen · 36 min at the quickest
- Asakusafrom 3,100 yen · 110 min at the quickest
- Ginzafrom 3,600 yen · 90 min at the quickest
- Yokohamafrom 4,000 yen · 85 min at the quickest
- Tokyo Disney Resortfrom 2,900 yen · 56 min at the quickest
- Haneda Airportfrom 1,810 yen · 80 min at the quickest
- Roppongi and Akasakafrom 3,600 yen · 105 min at the quickest
Every route we cover, with first and last departures and where to board: airport transfers.
Inside Narita Airport, terminal by terminal
Which airlines use which terminal, where the station is, and the lounges, showers, beds, SIM counters, ATMs and baggage counters in each building.
- Narita Airport Terminal 1NRT · 47 airlines
- Narita Airport Terminal 2NRT · 42 airlines
- Narita Airport Terminal 3NRT · 9 airlines
All three airports side by side, and which terminal each airline uses: airport terminals.
From 1 November 2026, tax-free purchases need a customs check at departure: see how it works at Narita.
Frequently asked questions
What is the quickest way from Narita Airport into Tokyo?
The Keisei Skyliner to Nippori and Keisei Ueno, which the airport puts at about 36 minutes. The fare is 2,580 yen.
What is the cheapest way from Narita Airport into Tokyo?
The AIRPORT BUS TYO-NRT to Tokyo Station, at 1,500 yen. It takes about 65 minutes.
How much is a coin locker at Narita Airport?
From 400 yen for the smallest size per a day.
Can I send my suitcase from Narita Airport to my hotel?
Yes. JAL ABC, Sagawa Express and Yamato Transport have counters at the airport (Terminal 1 1F and 4F, Terminal 2 1F and 3F, Terminal 3 1F), and the bag arrives the next day, or the day after for some areas.
Sending your bags on, or leaving them here
Japan's courier network reaches this airport, so a case can go to your hotel without you.
- Who runs it
- JAL ABC, Sagawa Express and Yamato Transport
- Where the counter is
- Terminal 1 1F and 4F, Terminal 2 1F and 3F, Terminal 3 1F
- Counter fee
- 660 yen on top of the delivery charge.
- How long it takes
- Next day, or the day after for some areas.
- Same day to a hotel
- Sagawa's counter takes same-day orders between 06:30 and 14:00 for ten Tokyo wards and selected hotels in Urayasu.
- Worth knowing
- Every baggage counter at Narita carries the government's hands-free travel mark, which means staff can serve you in English.
Coin lockers
What it costs to put a bag down for the day.
| Size | Inside | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Small | H33 × W34 × D66cm | 400yen |
| Medium | H50 × W34 × D66cm | 600yen |
| Large | H86 × W34 × D66cm | 800yen |
A day runs until midnight, not 24 hours from when you put the bag in. Lockers in Terminal 2 basement and Terminal 3 second floor charge by the hour instead: 300 yen for the first six hours in a small one, then 400 yen for each further 24 hours. An extra-large locker (H227cm) costs 1,200 yen per 12 hours.
The lockers that deliver to your hotel
| Size | Inside | Price |
|---|---|---|
| S | H32.5 × W34 × D65cm | 400yen |
| M | H50 × W34 × D65cm | 600yen |
| L | H86 × W34 × D65cm | 800yen |
| LW | H86 × W56 × D65cm | 1200yen |
The MULTIECUBE lockers let you search for a free one and reserve it (500 yen on top). Leave a bag by 11:30 and they will deliver it the same day to a participating hotel in ten central Tokyo wards or Urayasu. Membership registration is required for both.
Getting online
Rental counters are in the arrivals hall here, so you can sort a connection after you clear customs.
- eSIM
- Bought before you leave home and installed over Wi-Fi, so you land connected. Needs a phone that takes an eSIM and is not carrier-locked.
- Prepaid SIM
- Sold at the arrivals counters and vending machines at the larger airports. You swap your physical SIM — keep the old one safe.
- Pocket Wi-Fi
- A rented router for several devices at once. Picked up and dropped back at the airport counter, or posted back.
- Free Wi-Fi
- Available in the terminal. It stops when you leave the building.
What happens between the plane and the exit
The same order at every international airport in Japan.
- Quarantine — a health check as you come off the aircraft.
- Immigration — fingerprints and a facial photograph, for everyone aged 16 and over, then the landing permission seal in your passport.
- Baggage claim.
- Animal and plant quarantine — before customs. Meat, fruit, vegetables, seeds and plants go to this counter first.
- Customs — green channel with nothing to declare, red channel otherwise.
Register on Visit Japan Web before you fly and you get one 2D code that covers both immigration and customs. You need a phone or tablet to show it.
What you can and cannot carry is in our what you can bring to Japan table, and the baggage allowance for your airline is in the airline baggage rules.
Connecting onto a domestic flight
You clear immigration and customs here, at the first airport you land in.
- How it works here
- If you are flying on to a domestic flight from Haneda rather than Narita, the train takes about 90 minutes and costs 1,760 yen; the limousine bus takes 65 minutes and costs 3,600 yen.
- Your bags
- On one ticket with one airline they are normally checked through. On separate tickets, or across a low-cost carrier, you collect them and check in again.
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- Access by trainNarita Airport
- Access by busNarita Airport
- Taxi faresNarita Airport
- Coin lockersNarita Airport
- Baggage storage and deliveryNarita Airport
- Terminal shuttle busesNarita Airport
- N'EX faresNarita Airport
- Skyliner — how to purchase tickets, and faresNarita Airport
- Skyliner Discount TicketNarita Airport
- N'EX (Narita Express) tickets and faresNarita Airport
- N'EX (Narita Express)Narita Airport
- N'EX TOKYO Round Trip TicketNarita Airport
- Airport Limousine timetable and fares (Narita to Tokyo)Narita Airport
- AIRPORT BUS TYO-NRTNarita Airport