We noticed that you're using an unsupported browser. The TripAdvisor website may not display properly.
We support the following browsers: Windows: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox. Mac: Safari.
Friends who know Tokyo

Favorites (0)

Connect with friends - see if Tokyo is one of their favorites.

Can Advise Me (0)

Connect with friends - see if they have advice on Tokyo.

Been There (0)

Connect with friends - see if they've been to Tokyo.

Going There (0)

Connect with friends - see if they're going to Tokyo.

Free Newsletter

Interested in Tokyo?

We'll send you updates with the latest deals, reviews and articles for Tokyo each week.

Explore other Tokyo resources:

Tokyo forums: Leaving tomorrow -- two quick JR questions!

TripAdvisor™ Best Tokyo Travel Deals

Expedia.com Hurry in and Book Now. This Sale and the Summer will be Gone Before you know it.
LHW.com Stay 3 nights for the price of 2 at participating Leading Hotels of the World.
HolidayInn.com Official Site. Kids Eat Free. Free Internet. Click or Call 877-270-6397

Sign in / Register
 
Tokyo Forum
Post a new topic Watch This Topic
Search in: 
   Jaxie
   Joined: Apr 2006
   Forum posts: 50
   Travel map pins: 19 

ubergenius
Reply to this post
Posted on: 4:26 pm, July 04, 2008

The day is finally here! I just wanted to run a couple of things by you brilliant folks:

After reading about several options here on TA and elsewhere, we're taking the NEX from Narita to Tokyo Central Station and then a cab from the station to Hotel Kitcho. I just went to confirm this plan on the Kitcho website (http://www.kitcho.co.jp/english/fly_map.html) and found additional specific directions I hadn't noticed before indicating a 25 minute subway ride from Tokyo Central? Elsewhere on the same page and on TA it seems a 1200Y cab trip should do the trick. Should I rethink my plans?

Additionally, is Tokyo Central Station the same station we'll go to two days later for our train to Hiroshima?

Thanks a bunch!

   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   Joined: Mar 2008
   Forum posts: 582
   Travel map pins: 169 

Posted on: 5:29 pm, July 04, 2008

Yes, "Tokyo Central Station" is Tokyo Station--the same as the Shinkansen to Hiroshima leaves from. No one calls it "Tokyo Central".

I gather from their site that you have a choice of a complicated subway transfer or the taxi. Take the taxi; you'll be tired and ladden with baggage. Print out the Japanese-language access map for the driver. The hotel is the red square: http://www.kitcho.co.jp/japanese/access.html

But consider taking the convenient, comfy Airport Limosine bus to Tokyo City Air Terminal (TCAT), then a short taxi ride (you risk the bus getting stuck in traffic, but you're not driving!). Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see the frequent service:

limousinebus.co.jp/en/…tcat.html

   Toronto
   Joined: Mar 2005
   Forum posts: 8,630
   Travel map pins: 181 

Posted on: 5:36 pm, July 04, 2008

These are the instructions from that website:

1. 12-18 minutes by taxi from Tokyo Station. 1000-1500 yen.

2. 25 minutes by subway from Tokyo Station to the nearest station and WALK

   Jaxie
   Joined: Apr 2006
   Forum posts: 50
   Travel map pins: 19 

ubergenius
Posted on: 5:37 pm, July 04, 2008

Thanks so much for the tips. We are actually avoiding the limo bus for two reasons: we get into Narita at 4:30PM, which to me means that we will undoubtedly get stuck in rush hour on the limo bus but not the NEX. Also we have 21 day JR passes that we may as well squeeze every yen out of!

   Aoyama Dori and San Jose
   Joined: Jan 2006
   Forum posts: 4,656
   Travel map pins: 114 

destination expert  What's this?
for Kawasaki, Yokohama, Tokyo
Route246
Posted on: 1:28 am, July 05, 2008

4:30PM arrival is very bad for using the bus. You absolutely will get stuck in traffic. The JR Pass seals the deal. Don't bother with the subway. Use the taxi.

<<<We are actually avoiding the limo bus for two reasons: we get into Narita at 4:30PM, which to me means that we will undoubtedly get stuck in rush hour on the limo bus but not the NEX. Also we have 21 day JR passes that we may as well squeeze every yen out of!>>>

TripAdvisor™ Best Tokyo Travel Deals

Expedia.com Hurry in and Book Now. This Sale and the Summer will be Gone Before you know it.
LHW.com Stay 3 nights for the price of 2 at participating Leading Hotels of the World.
HolidayInn.com Official Site. Kids Eat Free. Free Internet. Click or Call 877-270-6397