How to get to NII from Narita Airport
1. Narita Airport Map (International Terminal 2)
Narita Airport website: (http://www.narita-airport.or.jp/airport_e/index.html)
1st-floor map

Basement (B1) map(*JR, Keisei Narita Airport
Station is located on floor B1)

2. Taking the Train
1) Train categories
From local trains to Shinkansen (bullet trains), Japanese trains are typically classified into the following categories:
Local (各駅停車 Kakueki-teisha or 普通電車 Futsu-densha)
Local trains stop at every station.
Rapid (Kaisoku)
Rapid trains skip some stations. There is no difference in the ticket price between local and rapidtrains.
Express (Kyuko)
Express trains (kyuko) stop at even fewer stations than rapid trains (kaisoku).
Limited Express (Tokkyu)
Limited express trains stop only at major stations. A "limited express fee" has to be paid in addition
to the base fare. The fee is typically between 50% and 130% of the base fare. In case of some non-JR
railway companies (Keisei, etc.), no "limited express fee" has to be paid.
Super Express (Shinkansen)
Shinkansen (bullet trains) are only operated by JR (Japan Railways). Shinkansen use separate tracks
and platforms. A "limited express fee" has to be paid in addition to the base fare. The fee is typicallybetween 60% and 175% of the base fare.
2) Buying a ticket

Tickets for short distance trips are best purchased at vending machines, while tickets and seat reservations for long
distance trips can be purchased at ticket counters in train stations.
a) Purchasing a ticket at a vending machine
Sometimes, the station names on the maps are written only inJapanese. If you are unable to find your destination and thecorresponding fare, just purchase the lowest price ticket (for aparticular line) and pay the difference at the destination station.

1. Find your destination and thecorresponding fare on the map above thevending machine. The map shows the train
lines and stations of the region. Ticket
prices are shown beside each station.
2. Insert the money into the vending machine.
Most machines accept coins of 10, 50, 100
and 500 Yen and bills of 1000 Yen. Manymachines also accept larger bills.
3. Select the number of tickets that you wishto buy. The default is one, so if you aretraveling alone, you can skip this step.
4. Press the button that shows the amount foryour ticket.
5. Collect the ticket(s) and change (if any).

Ticket vending machines with map of lines and stations

3) Entering the paid fare zone
After buying the ticket, proceed through the ticket gate. Automatic ticket gates can be found in most of stations andare operated as follows: Insert the ticket into the slot at the gate entrance, walk through the gate, and pick up the ticketfrom the slot on the other side. If you insert an invalid ticket, the gate will close and a buzzer will sound.

If you have a Japan Rail Pass, you cannot use automatic gates, so you must pass through a manned gate, showing
your pass to the station staff.
4) Station platforms
Find your platform by looking for your train lineand direction. Most important signs are written in
Japanese, English (i.e., Roman alphabet), and, increasingly, in
Chinese and Korean. On many platforms, marks on
the floor indicate where the doors of the arriving train
will be located. Waiting passengers should line up behindthose marks (since train drivers are trained to stop within
centimeters).
Passengers waiting in lines on the platform5) Riding the train
Wait for passengers to exit before entering the train. Be careful not to block the train doors at stations, especially if
the train is crowded. Put bags on the floor or onto the baggage shelves. Most passengers on Japanese trains are either
reading, sleeping or using their mobile phones for sending messages, browsing the web or playing games. Talking on
mobile phones inside trains, however, is forbidden.

Upcoming stations and connecting lines are announced in Japanese. On shinkansen and some other lines frequently
used by foreign visitors, the announcements are also made in English. Shinkansen and other newer trains have displays
in each car, showing the next station.

6) At the destination station
The station names on platforms are written in Japanese kanji, hiragana, and romaji (Roman letters). Furthermore,station signs always show the previous and next stations.
At your destination, leave the paid fare zone through the ticket gates in the same way as you entered. However, in caseof one-way tickets, you won't get your ticket back this time.
If you did not pay the correct fare for your destination station, you have to pay the difference at a "Fare Adjustment"machine before leaving through the gates. If there are no such machines, you can pay the difference at the manned gate.

3. Access from Narita Airport to NII by train
Narita Airport (Kuko) to Takebashi
RouteFirst route

Total expenses
Total time
1,440 yen 1 hour 25 minutes

No. of transfers
1

Total distance
66.3 km

Second route2,080 yen 1 hour 27 minutes

2

74.6 km

Third route1,220 yen 1 hour 26 minutes

379.7 km

First route *1

Total expenses: 1,440 yen

Total time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Transfers: 1

Total distance: 66.3 Km
Station numbering

Narita Kuko (Airport) 成田空港
| Keisei Line LTD. Exp.
Katsutadai 勝田台（Transfer）

Time for each leg

Fare/chargeDistance

25 minutes

560 yen29.0 km

22 minutes

610 yen16.2 km

25 minutes

270 yen21.1 km−| Walking*5 minutes

Toyo-Katsutadai 東葉勝田台| Toyo Kosoku Railway*−2

Nishi-Funabashi 西船橋 (No transfer)

waiting 8 minutes

T23| Tokyo Metro Subway Tozai Line (Rapid)
Takebashi 竹橋

T08*1. This route’s transfer is relatively convenient because of the recent completion of escalators.

*2. Toyo Kosoku Railway and Tokyo Metro Tozai Line are connected directly. That means you do not transfer
between Toyo-Katsutadai and Takebashi station.
Second route

Total expenses: 2,080 yen

Total time: 1 hour 27 minutes

Transfers: 2

Total distance: 74.6 Km

Narita Kuko (Airport) 成田空港

Station numbering| Keisei Skyliner
Keisei Ueno 京成上野（Transfer）

59 minutes

G16

69.3 km

waiting 2 minutes
8 minutes

G11 / T10

| Tokyo Metro Subway Tozai Line
Takebashi 竹橋

Fare 1,000 yen
reserved 920 yen

Distance

7 minutes| Tokyo Metro Subway Ginza Line
Nihonbashi 日本橋 (Transfer)Fare/charge−| Walking
Ueno 上野Time for each leg

waiting 8 minutes
3 minutes

T08

3.5 km160 yen

1.8 kmThird route

Total expenses: 1,220 yen

Total time regard: 1 hour 26 minutes

Transfers: 3

Total distance: 79.7 Km

Narita Kuko (Airport) 成田空港

Station numbering

Time for each leg

Fare/charge*44 minutes

950 yen| JR Airport Limited Express (Direct)
Chiba 千葉 (Transfer)

Distance
44.2 km−| JR Soubu Line (Rapid)

14 minutes

Funabashi 船橋 (Transfer)−waiting 3 minutes| JR Sobu Line (Local)

3 minutes

Nishi-Funabashi 西船橋 (Transfer)

T232.6km

waiting 13 minutes| Tokyo Metro Subway Tozai Line(Rapid)

25 minutes

270 yen21.1 km

T08Takebashi 竹橋*JR line also has a Rapid (Kaisoku) train between Narita Airport and Funabashi, but it runs only once an hour.

Narita Airport (Kuko) to Jimbocho
RouteTotal expenses

Total time regard

No. of transfers

Total distanceFirst route

1,100 yen

1 hour 40 minutes

2

73.2 km

Second route

1,150 yen

1 hour 42 minutes

168.1 km

Third route

1,540 yen

1 hour 42 minutes

266.7 km

Fourth route3,060 yen

1 hour 2 minutes1*Using Limousine BusFirst route

Total expenses: 1,140 yen

Total time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Transfers: 2

Total distance: 73.2 km

Narita Kuko (Airport ) 成田空港

Station numbering

Time for each leg| Keisei Line LTD. Exp.

61 minutes

Aoto 青砥 (Transfer)

950 yenDistance
57.8 km−| Keisei Line Local

8 minutes

Oshiage 押上(Transfer)

5.7 km

Z14| Hanzomon Line17 minutes

Jimbocho 神保町

Second route

Fare/charge

190 yen

9.7 kmZ07
Total expenses: 1,150 yen

Total time: 1 hour 42 minutes

Transfers: 1

Total distance : 68.1 km

Narita Kuko (Airport) 成田空港Station numbering

Time for each leg| Keisei Line

Fare/charge*64 minutes

Keisei-Yawata 京成八幡 (Transfer)

Distance

840 yen50.2 km

310 yen

17.9 km−| Walking

6 minutes

Moto-Yawata 本八幡

S21

waiting 10 minutes| Toei Subway Shinjuku Line (Exp.)*22 minutes

S06
Jimbocho 神保町*Keisei Line has Exp. (Tokkyu) runs 3 times per hour. Transfer is slightly inconvenient because of the short walk.
*If you get the local train of the Toei Shinjyuku Line at Moto-Yawata, it is not the fastest (it takes about 34 minutes).
Third route

Total expenses: 1,540 yen

Total time: 1 hour 42 minutes

Transfers: 2

Total distance: 66.7 km

Narita Kuko (Airport) 成田空港

Station numbering| Keisei Line
Katsutadai 勝田台 (Transfer)| WalkingTime for each leg
33 minutes−5 minutes

Fare/charge
560 yenDistance
29.0 kmToyo-Katsutadai 東葉勝田台−

waiting 8 minutes| Toyo Kosoku Railway *22 minutes

Nishi-Funabashi 西船橋 (No transfer)| Tokyo Metro Subway Tozai Line (Rapid)
Otemachi (Tokyo) 大手町 (Transfer)

610 yen16.2 km

T23
23 minutes
T09 / I09

20.1 km

waiting 8 minutes| Toei Subway Mita Line

3 minutes

370 yen

1.4 kmJimbocho 神保町*Toyo Kosoku Railway and Tokyo Metro Tozai Line are connected directly. That means you do not transfer between
Toyo-Katsutadai and Otemachi station.
I10

Fourth route

Total expenses: 3,060 yen

Total time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Transfers: 1

Total distance:

Narita Kuko (Airport) 成田空港

Station numbering| Limousine bus
Tokyo City Air Terminal (CAT)
東京シティエアターミナル

Time for each leg
55 minutes

Fare/charge
2,900 yenwaiting 3 minutes(Transfer)| WalkingSuitengu-mae 水天宮前

Z10

| Tokyo Metro Subway Hanzomon Line
Jimbocho 神保町

7 minutes
Z07

160 yen４.

NII map

From Takebashi Station:
1. When you get off the train, please go in the direction of Takebashi(written on the yellow platform signboards, see right).
2. Go through the Automatic ticket gate.
3. Walk in the direction of the Palaceside Building (located on the right ofautomatic gate, next to which is a kiosk) from the station.
Go through the glass doors up the stairs/escalator, turn right, and
4. Walk to the end of the restaurant mall all the way through the corridor.
5. Go up the stairs at the end of the restraint mall, and go outside.
6. Turn left and cross the Hitotsubashi Bridge under the freeway.
7. Cross the street.
8. You will see the NII (National Center of Science Building) as thesecond building on your left.
3.1. After going through thegate, turn right and go toward
the Palaceside Arcade entrance

3. 2. Go through this glass gate
(Entrance of the PalacesideArcade) and up stairs/escalator
to B1

1. Yellow
signboard has
a direction ofeach EXIT

4.1. After going up the stairs,
turn right and go straight until
reaching the end of the wide

2. Go through thisautomatic gate

4. 2. You will pass newspaper
panels at the end of the wide
arcade on your left

B1 Floor map of
Palaceside building

5.1. At the end of the wide
arcade, you will see a narrower
arcade toward the right, past
the vending machines

5.2. Next to stairs, go toward
the narrower arcade

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5.3. Go straight to the end of
the narrow arcade

NII(NationalCenter ofScienceBuilding〕

5.4. At the end of the narrow
arcade, go through the glass gate
and up the stairs to the outside ofth b ildi
6. Turn left andgo straight. Cross
the Hitotsubashi
bridge, which islocated under theelevatedhighway.

7. Walk straight and you willsee NII as the secondbuilding on your left side

8. NII’s entrance

From Jimbo-chou Station: (EXIT A８)
1. When you get off the train, go in the direction of exit A8.
2. Go through exit A8, turn right and cross the street.
3. Go straight past Kyoritsu Women’s University on your right side, and cross the street. NII will be on yourright.

NII(National Centerof Science Building〕

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NII (National Institute ofInformatics)