Transportation Guide

A. From Narita Airport (NRT) to Conference site

Take a train or bus to a terminal, and take a taxi from there. See gB. From Narita Airport to Hotelsh and gC. From Hotels to Conference site.h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


B. From Narita Airport to Hotels

Hotels are located in the Shinjuku and Shibuya areas. There are several ways to get there from Narita airport:

(a)    Take a limousine bus bound for Shinjuku or Shibuya. Then take a taxi to your hotel. The limousine takes about an hour and a half and costs 3,000JPY. To major hotels in the Shinjuku area, there are several direct buses. For the Shibuya area, Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyo is at the Keio Shibuya station. Please visit http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/e/index.html for more information about the limousine bus.

(b)    Take NEX (Narita EXpress) on the JR line. It takes an hour and a half and costs 3,110JPY. NEX runs every 30 minutes.  However, although some NEX trains stop at Shibuya, most do not. All seats in NEX are reserved, so you need to buy a reservation ticket at the Narita Airport.  For a timetable, see http://www.jreast.co.jp/nex/timetable/from_narita/shinjyuku/index.html. For more information about NEX, see http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/index.html.

(c)    Take the Keisei line, Skyliner or limited express, bound for Ueno.

·         Change to the JR Yamanote line at Nippori station. This is a loop line that passes through Shinjuku and Shibuya.

·         For Shibuya, change to the Ginza line (G-line, Yellow line) of the Tokyo metro subway at Ueno station. G16 is the code of the Ueno (Ginza-line). The end of the Ginza line is Shibuya (G01).

Taking the Keisei limited express and changing at Nippori or Ueno is the most reasonable method to get to Shinjuku/Shibuya from the Narita airport.

 

C. From Hotel Area to Conference site

The easiest way is to take a taxi, but you can use public transportation. The building name in which the conference is held is A-block in our institute.  See also http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/map/index.html for details.  Look particularly at the page of the campus map for the Komaba campus. Choices are:

(a)    Take a taxi at your hotel. The taxi fee from the Shinjuku area to the conference site will be about 2,000-3,000JPY, and from the Shibuya area will be about 1,000-2,000JPY. It takes about 10-20 minutes. Your taxi will arrive at our main gate.

(b)    From the Shibuya area, take the local train on the Keio line at the Shibuya station. Get off at the second stop, named Komaba-Todai-mae. (Do not take the express train; it does not stop at this station.) Walk along the railroad in the direction in which your train is going, and you will arrive at the site in 5-10 minutes. Or you can walk from the Shibuya area to the conference site; it takes 30 minutes on foot.

(c)    From the Shinjuku area, get on the Odakyu line at the Shinjuku station. The Shinjuku station is a terminal station in Tokyo, so please watch carefully for signs to the Odakyu line or you might get lost in the station. Choices are:

·         Take the local train, which departs at the underground level. Get off at the 5th stop, Higashi-Kitazawa              station, and a 10-minute walk will bring you to the conference site.

·         Take the express train, which departs at the ground level. Get off at the next stop, Yoyogi-Uehara station, and a 15-minute walk will bring you to the conference site.

D. From Haneda Airport (HND) to Conference Site/Hotels

We recommend taking the bus bound for Shibuya or Shinjuku (visit http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/e/index.html for detail information), but you can reach Shibuya and/or Shinjuku by train.

Take the Keikyu (Keihin-Kyuko) line for Shinagawa, and at Shinagawa, change to the JR Yamanote line for Shibuya and Shinjuku. See gC. from Shibuya/Shinjuku area to conference site.h

 

E. From Shinkansen to Conference site/Hotels

Shinkansen (bullet train) arrives at the Tokyo station or the Shinagawa station. You can take the JR Yamanote line to get to the Shibuya and Shinjuku areas. Also, you can take the JR Chuo line from the Tokyo station to the Shinjuku station. See gC. from Shibuya/Shinjuku area to conference site.h

 

F. From Downtown Tokyo to Conference site

There are several ways to get to Shinjuku or Shibuya from downtown Tokyo.

(1)    Take the JR Yamanote (loop) line to Shibuya and/or Shinjuku.

(2)    Take the Ginza line (G-line, Yellow line) of the Tokyo metro subway. G01 is the code of the Shibuya station. The Ginza line stops at Akasaka-mitsuke, Ginza, and Asakusa.

(3)    Take the JR Chuo line to Shinjuku.

(4)    Take the Chiyoda line (C-line, Green line) of the Tokyo metro subway. C01 is the code of Yoyogi-Uehara station, from which you can walk to the conference site.

(5)    From the Roppongi area, we recommend that you take a taxi to the conference site. However, you can get on the Chiyoda line (C-line, Green line) at Nogizaka station (C05), which is located about 1km away from the Roppongi intersection.

(6)    For more information on the Tokyo metro subway, please visit http://www.tokyometro.jp/e/index.html, where you can download the subway network map.

 

G. Sightseeing

For sightseeing, Shinjuku is one of the best terminals in Tokyo.

(1)    Hakone: The Odakyu line goes to Hakone-Yumoto, an entrance to the Hakone area. It takes one and half hours from Shinjuku to Hakone-yumoto on the special express.

(2)    Nikko: Asakusa, at the end of the Ginza line, is a terminal of the Tobu line, and it is the gateway for Nikko. But there are also some trains from Shinjuku to Nikko.

(3)    Mt.Fuji: There are several entrances for Mt. Fuji. One is Gotemba and another is Kawaguchi-ko. You can go to Gotemba station on the Odakyu line (special express Asagiri). You can take the JR Chuo line at Shinjuku to go to Kawaguchi-ko. From both Gotemba and Kawaguchi-ko, you need to get on a bus to Mr. Fuji.

(4)    Kamakura: Take the JR Shonan-Shinjuku line at Shinjuku or Shibuya and change to the Yokosuka line at the Ofuna station.