Originally Posted by
Q Shoe Guy
It would surely be at least 3 hours by using the plane including the transfer from HIJ (which is in the mountains, not even considering the dire fare to fly on a CRJ) to the city.
If you fly AA, you're eligible for the oneworld Visit Japan fare, which cuts the cost of any domestic ticket down to Y10,000. But if there are no suitable NRT-HIJ flights, transferring from NRT to HND is a time-consuming hassle.
Now the cheapest would be to drive from Narita and take advantage of the "cheap" tolls on the highways (Pickles' cat Smidgen could drive).
The cheapest would be to do what I did in my student days and hitchhike it...