Narita Airport成田空港 成田国際空港 成田飛行場 成田alternative words: Narita, Narita International Airport, New Tokyo International Airport keywords: airport related topics: Haneda Airport , Chiba Prefecture , Keisei electric railway related web sites: http://www.narita-airport.jp explanation: Principal airport of Tokyo and its environment. Initial airport of Tokyo, Haneda being saturated, the government decided to build a new airport in Chiba prefecture in 1966. Due to a protestation coming from farmers and students, the airport opened very lately in 1978 with only one runway. In order to reach the airport from Tokyo, take a train from Tokyo or Ueno railroad stations (one hour of trip) or a bus from major stations and hotels (between one and half and 2 hours of trip) | |