Originally Posted by
CPH-Flyer
Both flights are operated by JAL.
When you arrive in Haneda, you have to go through immigration, reclaim luggage, and pass customs. There is a transfer check in desk at the international terminal, but you will likely be too late for the cut off, but with or without luggage you'd have to take the bus or train to T1. Last cut for passing security at T1 is 20 minutes before departure. Even with JAL sending staff to assist you, that is an ambitious connection in my view.
As a resident using the automated immigration lanes when they were in operations I would normally say 25 to 30 minutes from landing until passing customs with luggage. As a non resident, that is bound to take longer. But even by passing all lines with the help of JAL, it probably can't be quicker.
(and a pet peeve, Haneda is HND, Tokyo for all airports is TYO. After some googling, TKO is a gravel strip airfield in Lesotho)
Many thanks. I suspected the connection process was going to be as described and justify my anxiety.
I'm always a bit nervy about connections anyway, but particularly going from international to internal from a bad experience.
How long would you suggest is realistic? Personally I'd not want anything less than 3 hours.
Apologies on the TKO .... That was probably me introducing that.