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Getting out of the airport in Tokyo

Haneda has two rail operators and a sub-twenty-minute run into town. Narita's fastest published run is thirty-six minutes, and it is a committed ride whichever train you take.

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Haneda, Tokyo Monorail to Hamamatsucho: the operator publishes 13 minutes from Terminal 3, 16 from Terminal 1 and 18 from Terminal 2 on the Haneda Express, and 17, 22 and 24 minutes on the local. The Haneda Express and the local charge the same fare, so there is no reason to wait for an express if a local is on the platform.

Haneda, Keikyu Line to Shinagawa: Keikyu's own Haneda access guide publishes 11 minutes from Terminal 3 and 14 minutes from Terminals 1 and 2, and 20 and 23 minutes through to Tokyo Station, without saying what route or change the Tokyo Station figures assume. The guide publishes no fares in English, only that a fare is calculated in one yen increments when a single IC card is used both to board and to exit.

Haneda, the ticket to buy if you are going past Hamamatsucho, and only if the calendar allows it: the Monorail and Yamanote Line Discount Ticket is 590 yen for adults and 290 for children and covers any Haneda terminal through to any station on the JR Yamanote Line. It is sold on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays between 14 March 2026 and 31 March 2027, plus listed holiday runs such as 26 December 2026 to 3 January 2027, and only on the date of use. There are no advance sales, and on an ordinary weekday it is not sold at all.

Narita, Keisei Skyliner: Keisei publishes a minimum of 36 minutes into central Tokyo, running through to Nippori and on to Keisei-Ueno with no change, though Narita Airport lists Aoto and Shin-Kamagaya as stops some Skyliner trains make. The fare is the same to either station, 2,470 yen on a paper ticket and 2,465 yen on a PASMO or Suica, from Terminal 1 and from Terminal 2/3 alike.

Narita, the fallback if the trains have stopped: the airport's fixed taxi fares start at 23,500 yen via the Keiyo Road, but that buys only Edogawa, Katsushika or Adachi. Central Tokyo, meaning Chuo, Chiyoda, Taito, Bunkyo or Arakawa, is 29,000 yen via the Keiyo Road or 31,000 via the Bayshore route, tolls on top. Price the last Skyliner into your plan, because missing it changes the cost of the night by an order of magnitude.

  1. Tokyo Monorail: access to Hamamatsucho · checked 2026-09-03
  2. Tokyo Monorail: Monorail and Yamanote Line Discount Ticket · checked 2026-09-03
  3. Keikyu: Haneda Airport Access Guide, fare and time search · checked 2026-09-03
  4. Keisei Electric Railway: Skyliner fares from major stations · checked 2026-09-03
  5. Keisei Electric Railway: Skyliner · checked 2026-09-03
  6. Narita International Airport: access by train · checked 2026-09-03
  7. Narita International Airport: taxi · checked 2026-09-03

The rest of Tokyo

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Ride-hailingApps dispatch licensed taxis to marked stands that are not where the taxi rank is, and at Narita the fixed fare is the headline number.Local laws that catch crew outThe medicine in your washbag is the offence most likely to end a Tokyo layover in custody.Staying connectedFree Wi-Fi across all three Haneda terminals, but the SIM counters keep shop hours and Narita's are all landside.WeatherA twenty-one degree swing across the year, and an autumn that is wetter than the rainy season.Eating near the crew hotelsCards are widely taken but not universally, so carry cash, and the table manners that would be rude at home are not rude here.What to buyThe tax-free system changes on 1 November 2026 from an exemption at the till to a refund confirmed by Customs at departure.TippingNot expected anywhere you will go, and pushing it is the awkward move rather than the generous one.