Tokyo - Narita, Japan (NRT) > Reviews

Advantages: Main airport for Japan, helpful staff
Disadvantages: Hard to reach, lack of facilities unless you know Japanese

...an hour out from Central Tokyo and getting into the city centre can be expensive. I would advise not taking the JR line train but the Keisei line instead as it's much cheaper (unless you are lucky enough to have a JR pass). Driving or taxi would also be possible I suppose, but there is a toll road and Japan is expensive enough without extravagances! As for the airport itself, I found it pretty standard. Better facilities than most US airports, ... Read review

Advantages: Places to buy food & drink if needed
Disadvantages: Untiday, All shops the same, uncomfortable seating... BORING!

I stayed at this aiport for about 6 and a half hours on my way to Australia last year... What a horrible place! Travelling on my own, and having absolutely no knowledge of Japanese were definitely things against me. Getting from one end of the airport to another was horrible. All the signs are in Japanese, and the ones that do have English are very small and quite complicated. Once I figured out where I was going, I was looking forward to getting ... Read review

Advantages: Bad facilities, ugly, slow....and they are the good things
Disadvantages: Bad facilities, ugly, slow, smells.....awful food

I always thought of Japan as a clean, efficient place with great food, good service and attention to detail.... well the obviously forgot about all this when they opened Narita International airport, granted I have only once used this airport in going to Japan and all other times used it in transit to the USA but now a days when I'm asked how I'd like to fly to the USA I always ask, "which route avoids Narita". The stop over for flights to and from ... Read review