Originally Posted by
The _Banking_Scot
Hi,
If you can catch the Narita Express from Shinagawa station then 1 stop at Tokyo station then non stop to Narita . It has dedicated luggage storage spaces. Depending on the hotel the airport limousine bus could pick you up from the hotel.
The trains to HND do not have dedicated luggage spaces so you may need to keep a hold of them if they have wheels to stop them rolling. The Tokyo monorail from Hamamatsucho has some luggage storage ( may need to lift luggage up a bit to a shelf if the floor level storage is full)
Don't know about Star alliance lounges ( I suspect they would be the ANA lounges ) as I am one world and use JAL/Cathay lounges when visiting HND/NRT
Regards
TBS
+1 - the train is simple and you can purchase your seats very easily at the station. You will come in basically in the basement -- just take the elevators up to the departures level -- which we prefer versus hauling the luggage up multiple escalators....
In terms of lounges we've found that the NRT lounges are less crowded and offer pretty much the same type of food than HND -- with the NH lounges having better food and wine than the UA lounge. Although at prime time (3-6pm) the lounges can get busy...