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city and beyond. You can also
have your luggage picked up
for delivery to the airport,
though this has to be ordered
two days in advance. Companies
offering this service operate
counters at Narita and Haneda
airports. Among the service
providers are JAL ABC and ANA
Sky Porter. The cost is about
¥2,000 for one large bag.

On Departure
Entrance to Terminal 2, Haneda Airport It can take up to 90 minutes to
reach Narita Airport from central
Getting to and from Domestic Flights Tokyo, so set out about 4 hours
Haneda Airport
An extensive flight network run before your departure time. If
Lying just to the south of central by JAL and ANA covers Japan’s traveling by the Narita Express,
Tokyo, Haneda Airport has four main islands and many of reserve seats well in advance,
three terminals, only one of the smaller ones, too. For trips especially during Golden Week
which handles international up to around 350 miles (600 and the New Year holiday. All
flights. The terminals are linked km), shinkansen bullet trains trains stop at Terminal 2 first,
by a free shuttle bus and an (see p174) may be faster and and terminate at Terminal 1.
underground walkway. more convenient than planes; The departure lobbies of both
Limousine Buses run to in addition, there is often little terminals are on the 4th floor.
several destinations in central difference in price. Domestic Many flights from Terminal 2
Tokyo, including major hotels. flights have both economy are boarded at the satellite
The Keikyu private train line seats and, at an extra cost, a terminal, reached via a shuttle
(see p175) departs from “Super Seat” service, which train. Other flights require
underneath the airport and combines first and business shuttle bus connections in
connects with the JR network class. The domestic low-cost order to board the plane.
at Shinagawa Station (about airline Skymark connects
11 minutes). The Tokyo Monorail Haneda and Narita to various
(see p171) links Haneda with cities in Hokkaido and Kyushu,
Hamamatsucho Station, on the and to Naha in Okinawa.
JR Yamanote Line (about 20
minutes). It is pretty cramped Luggage Delivery
at rush hour, but it gives a
fascinating view over parts of It is possible to have your
Tokyo Bay. A taxi into Tokyo luggage delivered from the Luxurious N’EX, traveling from Narita
will cost at least ¥5,000. airports to any address in the Airport to central Tokyo

DIRECTORY
Tickets and Fares UK: Limousine Domestic Flights
Tel (0845) 7-747-700. Buses
Air New Zealand ∑ uk.jal.com/ukl/en/ ∑ limousinebus.co. Skymark
∑ airnewzealand.com Tel 050-3116-7370.
USA and Canada: jp/en ∑ skymark.jp/en
All Nippon Airways Tel 1-800 525 3663. Narita Airport
(ANA) ∑ ar.jal.com/arl/en/ Luggage Delivery
Tel 0120-029-222 (toll-free). ∑ narita-airport.jp/en/
∑ ana.co.jp Qantas index.html ANA Sky Porter
∑ qantas.com.au ∑ ana.co.jp/eng/amc/
British Airways Narita Express reference/tameru/
∑ britishairways.com United (N’EX) other/delivery/
∑ united.com ∑ jreast.co.jp/e/nex skyporter.html
Japan Airlines (JAL) Virgin
Tel 0120-25-5931 (toll- Tourist Information JAL ABC
free; international ∑ virgin-atlantic.com Center ∑ jalabc.com/english
reservations); or Narita Airport Terminal 1.
0120-25-5971 (toll-free; Tel (0476) 30-3383.
domestic reservations). Keisei Skyliner Terminal 2.
∑ jal.co.jp/en/ ∑ keisei.co.jp Tel (0476) 34-6251.

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