Originally Posted by listorganizer

Had a successful, albeit short, visit into Tokyo during my layover. The flight into HND was delayed a couple hours, so I didn't have as much time as I wanted, but it was worth it to just be able to walk around a bit.

My advice to anyone on a tight schedule who wants to go into Tokyo on a layover from HND is to prepare your MySOS (I guess soon to be VJW) ahead of time. It took about 15-20 minutes to get through Immigration, which wasn't bad considering there were a couple planes that got in around the same time.

Also a good idea to know exactly where you're planning to go and how to get there. I already had a Suica card, so it was a breeze getting on the monorail.

Coming back into T3 was surprisingly fast. Long lines at passport control and security, but they went pretty fast. If you have at least an extra 2-3 hrs to get into town, HND is great for this.