Narita International Airport Terminal 2 (NRT/RJAA) / Hyougushi

Tokyo Narita Airport(NRT) is the largest international airport in Japan. It is named “Tokyo” but it’s truly in Chiba pref and far from Central Tokyo. So many tourist from overseas should find the way to move between Narita Airport and Tokyo.

In this blog article I explain the means of transportion and its price, usability and so on.

The list of the way to move between Narita Airport and Tokyo

I will explain each of them in the following.

Keisei Skyliner

Skyliner | KEISEI Electric Railway

▼Price

¥2,470（All seat reserved, To/From Ueno and Nippori）

Traveler from abroad can buy discount ticket from following page with ¥2,200(¥270 off).
→Trip Information Entry | E-Ticket

▼Destination

Ueno, Nippori

▼Time

36min（Nippori）
41min（Ueno）

▼features

✓ The fastest way between Narita Airport and Central Tokyo
✓ If you reserve you will never fail to sit because it’s all reserved seat
× High price compared with Access Express

Keisei Access Express

Access Express | KEISEI Electric Railway

▼Price

¥1,330(To/From Higashi-Ginza)

▼Destination

Shinagawa, Nihombashi, Higashi-Ginza, Asakusa, Uemo etc

▼Time

64min（Higashi-ginza）

▼features

✓ Low price compared with Skyliner
✓ You can easily access to Asakusa Line direction because it’s connected (Asakusa, Nihombashi, Higashi-Ginza, Shimbashi, Shinagawa, Yokohama etc)
△ It takes about 1 hour to Central Tokyo
× It’s unreserved seat so you sometimes can’t sit

Keisei Limited Express

Limited Express | KEISEI Electric Railway

▼Price

¥1,030(To/From Ueno)

▼Destination

Shinagawa, Nihombashi, Asakusa, Ueno, Nippori etc

▼Time

70min(To/From Ueno)

▼Features

✓ Frequent and low-cost
✓ Direct access to Asakusa Line
× Takes more than 1 hour
× Unreserved seat

Narita Express

About N’EX | Narita Express | JR-EAST

▼Price

¥3,020(To/From Tokyo Station)

▼Destination

Tokyo, Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro etc

▼Time

53min(To/From Tokyo Station)

▼Features

✓ Direct access to Big city Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro
✓ Comfortable new type train and fulfilling equipments
× High cost and not so much fast

Rapid train Airport Narita

▼Price

¥1,280(To/From Tokyo station)

▼Destination

Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama etc

▼Time

90min(To/From Tokyo station)

▼Features

✓ Direct access to Yokohama direction
× Take too much time
× Unreserved seat
× Slow but not inexpensive(Cost performance is not good)

Keisei bus Tokyo Shuttle

Keisei Expressway Bus Tokyo Sta. Departure and Arrival from Narita Airport of 900 yen (Tokyo shuttle)

▼Price

¥900(With a paid reservation)
¥1,000(Without reservation)

▼Destination

Tokyo, Ginza

▼Time

60-100min

▼Features

✓ Low cost
✓ Direct access to Tokyo station
✓ Midnight bus is useful for first flight
× Influenced by traffic condition

THE ACCESS NARITA (Highway bus)

THE ACCESS NARITA

▼Price

¥1,000

▼Destination

Tokyo, Ginza

▼Time

60-100min

▼Features

✓ Low cost
✓ Direct access to Tokyo station
✓ Midnight bus is useful for first flight
× Influenced by traffic condition

Postscript

I recommend the bus because of its good cost-performance. There is a lisk of traffic jam but it’s no problem to have plenty of time, if you arrive earlier you could use a lounge (if you have required credit card).

Enjoy trip in Japan!