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Yoshinoya ramen? Yes, it now exists, and it’s awesome【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2019
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There’s only one place in Japan where the beef bowl king serves these noodles.

Japan
(airports • beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • Narita Airport • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • travel • Yoshinoya)

Narita Airport accommodation: New hostel opens in a converted Japanese elementary school

Oona McGee
Oct 3, 2019

Go back to school at Ready to Flight! Narita.

Japan
(accommodation • hostels • hotels • Japanese schools • Narita • Narita Airport • schools • travel)

Last chance for sushi before leaving Japan: Narita Airport’s amazing Sushi Kyotatsu restaurant

Casey Baseel
Oct 2, 2019

When it’s time to say goodbye to Japan at the end of your trip, don’t forget to say goodbye to the sushi too.

Japan
(airports • COK • food • Narita • Narita Airport • restaurants • SNJO • sushi • travel)

Typhoon Faxai strands thousands at Narita Airport in Japan【Pics & Video】

SoraNews24
Sep 10, 2019

Store shelves stripped of goods as suspended services leave people with “no escape” at airport.

Japan
(airport • airports • Chiba • Narita Airport • news • rain • trains • travel • typhoon • Typhoon Faxai • weather • winds)

Meatless Vegetable Burgers on sale at select Freshness Burgers in Japan【Taste test】

Master Blaster
Jun 7, 2019

They really push the limits of what you would call a “burger”, but we try one anyway.

Japan
(burgers • fast food • food • freshness burger • Narita Airport • New Chitose Airport • Shinjuku Gyoen • Tokyo • tomato • vegetarian)

American traveler caught peeing on sleeping Japanese businessman during flight to Tokyo

Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2018

Abuse of the complimentary alcohol service leads to a rude, wet awakening.

Japan, USA
(airplanes • COK • crazy • crime • drunk • gross • Narita Airport • travel)

Narita Airport starts free cultural event series with kimono-wearing, manga creator experiences

Casey Baseel
Feb 28, 2018

The Tokyo-area’s much-maligned international air hub is giving us a new reason to actually enjoy going there.

Japan
(airports • cool • culture • kimono • manga • Narita • Narita Airport • Ninja • samurai • travel)

Tokyo travel tip: Use all of your leftover yen coins at Narita Airport’s huge capsule toy area

Casey Baseel
Dec 22, 2016

Change your pocketfull of change into a fistfuls of cool souvenirs from your trip to Japan.

Japan
(airports • capsule toys • gachapon • Narita Airport • Tokyo • toys • travel • vending machines)

The Grind, the Tornado, and the Samurai – Video explains how to use Japanese toilet bidets【Video】

Casey Baseel
Dec 17, 2016

Don’t let the machines do all the work! Learn how to take control of your butthole’s destiny with these demonstrations.

Japan
(Docomo • funny • Narita Airport • Smartphones • Toilets • video)

Flying out of Narita Airport? Don’t miss its awesome departure area mattress-soft sofas

Casey Baseel
Aug 16, 2016

Tokyo’s international air hub has one last bit of hospitality for you before you go.

Japan
(airports • Narita • Narita Airport • Tokyo • travel)

Kit Kat Premium Gift Shop now open for limited time near Narita Airport

Kay
Apr 14, 2016

If you’re coming to Japan and buying Kit Kats is on your list of things to do, you’ll want to check this store out!

Food & Drink, Japan
(chocolate • Kit Kat • Narita Airport • souvenirs • sweets)

Tokyo airport to test megaphone translator

Anime News Network
Nov 16, 2015

Translates announcements into English, Chinese, Korean.

Japan
(Japan • megaphone • Narita Airport • technology • Tokyo • translation)

Narita Airport’s new budget terminal has running track floors, mattress-inspired sofas 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Apr 10, 2015

Narita Airport is the Tokyo area’s largest access point for air travelers. This month, the terminal added a new terminal specifically designed for low-cost carriers and budget travelers, but as this sneak peak video shows, affordable can overlap with innovative and stylish, as Terminal 3 is set to prove that you don’t have to spend big to help people travel in ease and comfort.

Japan
(airports • architecture • cool • design • Narita Airport • travel)

Narita Airport attempts to woo international travellers with ‘Omotenashi’ welcome program

Fran W
Apr 1, 2015

‘Omotenashi’, the spirit of Japanese hospitality, became something of a buzzword at home and abroad when Christel Takigawa used the phrase in her speech to the International Olympic Committee in 2013.

And it’s in this spirit that Tokyo’s Narita airport plans to extend an especially warm welcome to international visitors this year, as it renews its Omotenashi Program of special offers and cultural events for transferring passengers.

Japan
(calligraphy • cultural events • geisha • Japan • kimono • lounge • maiko • Narita Airport • tourists • travel)

Narita Airport shuttle buses – Cheaper than the train, but which bus is best?

Fran W
Feb 28, 2015

Most tourists to Japan will come in and out through Tokyo’s Narita Airport. But like many international airports, Narita is not exactly on the doorstep of a major destination city, and travellers headed for Tokyo will usually make the 60-kilometer (36-mile) journey to the metropolis via the Narita Express, a high-speed rail service with a single-trip fare of 3020 yen (US $25.34).

What’s perhaps less well-known is there are two budget bus services that take you from Narita Airport to Tokyo Station for as little as 900 yen. Tokyo Shuttle and The Access Narita seem to offer similar airport shuttle services, but which is the better option? And can they match the Narita Express in comfort and convenience? We sent one of our Japanese reporters to test out both services and find out!

Japan
(Narita Airport • service • shuttle bus • Test • transportation)

We search for the fabled bed and breakfast inside Narita’s runway that’s just 10 bucks a night

Casey Baseel
Dec 10, 2014

While it’s often referred to in travel literature as Tokyo Narita Airport, Japan’s busiest international air hub is actually located in Chiba Prefecture, making it about a one-hour train ride away from downtown Tokyo (and you can tack an extra 30 minutes or so onto that if you’re not willing to shell out the extra cash for the express train). This makes Narita sort of inconvenient if you’ve got an early departure, or if you arrive late and don’t feel like spending two hours in transit before you can collapse in your hotel bed.

So our interest was piqued when we found out about a bed and breakfast built so close to the airport it’s actually inside the runway area, and once we heard the rumors that it costs just 1,000 yen (US $8.50) a night, we decided to go searching for the mysterious hotel ourselves.

Japan
(hotels • Narita Airport • travel • urban exploring • weird)

Visiting a maximum security shrine at the foot of the Narita airport runway

Scott R Dixon
Dec 9, 2014

Flying into Narita International Airport, many travelers are surprised to learn they are almost 60 km outside of Tokyo and need to take an hour train ride to get into the city. Its location in rural Chiba Prefecture was chosen in the 1960s when the government realized the smaller Haneda airport could not keep up with the booming postwar air traffic in and out of Tokyo. Many locals protested the new airport that bulldozed over their formerly quiet lives and the bitter fight left the area with some very odd landmarks, such as a heavily secured and monitored shrine that sits almost directly in front of one of the runways.

Japan
(Air travel • airport security • Chiba • creepy • Haneda Airport • Narita Airport • runway • shrine • surveillance • Toho Shrine • Tokyo)

Tokyo’s Haneda Airport becomes fourth airport in the world to be awarded coveted 5-Star rating

Scott R Dixon
Sep 24, 2014

If you’ve ever visited Japan, chances are pretty high that you’ve been through Narita International Airport (and perhaps even been lucky enough to sample the perfect beer served there), no doubt thinking that you were flying to directly into Tokyo only to discover that you were still an hour train ride away from the city. The smaller Tokyo International Airport, commonly called Haneda, is, however, actually located within the city, but has until recently been considered Tokyo’s main domestic airport.

But all that’s about to change. As well as increasing the number of destinations it serves, Haneda has been improving its facilities and significantly upping its game in an effort to become more of an international hub. In fact, it was recently awarded the coveted 5-Star award from the ratings company Skytrax, making it the first airport in Japan and only the fourth in the world with that title.

Japan
(airlines • airport • business • Haneda Airport • Narita Airport • ratings • skytrax)

One more check on your Japan ‘to do’ list: New capsule hotel to open at Narita Airport!

Preston Phro
Apr 27, 2014

Capsule hotels are eternally fascinating to all who visit Japan. Their compact size, cheap prices, and spaceship-bunk-like nature seem quite bizarre to most people who have never had the pleasure of spending a few weeks in a submarine. While most of us want the largest hotel room money can buy, a capsule hotel literally crams people into the tiniest space available, while offering some incredible conveniences.

But when visiting Japan, there’s lots to see and do, so it’s easy to forget about checking yourself into a capsule. Fortunately, you’ll soon be able to find out what it’s like to be stuffed in a tube even at the airport!