If you're arriving in Tokyo from abroad, you'll almost certainly touch down at New Tokyo International Airport. Otherwise, if you're coming to the capital from elsewhere in Japan, your arrival points will be one of the main train stations (Tokyo, Ueno or Shinjuku), the ferry port at Ariake on Tokyo Bay, or the long-distance bus terminals, mainly at Tokyo and Shinjuku stations.



By plane
Some 66km east of the city centre, New Tokyo International Airport (better known as Narita) has two terminals (flight arrivals and departures tel 0476/34-5000); which one you arrive at depends on the airline you fly. Be prepared for...
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By train
If you're coming into Tokyo by Shinkansen JR train from Osaka, Kyoto and other points south, you'll pull in to Tokyo Station , close to the Imperial Palace. Most Shinkansen services from the north (the Hokuriku line from Nagano,...
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By bus
Long-distance buses pull in at several major stations around the city, making transport connections straightforward. The main overnight services from Kyoto and Osaka terminate at the bus station beside the eastern Yaesu exit of Tokyo Station -...
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By boat
The most memorable way to arrive in the capital is by long-distance ferry , sailing past the suspended roads and monorail on the Rainbow Bridge and the harbour wharves to dock at Tokyo Ferry Port at Ariake on the man-made island of...
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