Free shuttle bus between NRT airport and Hilton NRT
 

From NRT Terminal 1 (14th stop post ) to Hilton NRT

07:00 30 45 　 08:00 15 30 45 09:00 15 30 50 10:10 50 　
11:50 　 　 12:45 　 　 13:45 　 　 14:45 　 　 15:35 　 　 16:05 35 　
17:05 25 45 　 18:05 25 45 　 19:05 20 40 　 20:00 20 40 　
21:00 30 　 22:00 　 　 23:00

From NRT Terminal 2 ( 26th stop post ) to Hilton NRT

07:05 35 50 　 08:05 20 35 50 09:05 20 35 55 10:15 55 　
11:55 　 　 12:50 　 　 13:50 　 　 14:50 　 　 15:40 　 　 16:10 40 　
17:10 30 50 　 18:10 30 50 　 19:10 25 45 　 20:05 25 45 　
21:05 35 　 22:05 　 　 23:05

From Hilton NRT to NRT airport

06:32 　 　07:00 17 30 47 08:00 17 30 47 09:00 22 40 　
10:22 　 　11:20 　 　 12:22 　 　 13:20 　 　 14:22 　 　 15:10 42 　
16:10 42 　 17:00 22 40 　 18:02 20 42 　 19:00 22 40 　
20:02 20 42 　 21:10 42 　 22:42

The source is :
http://www.ishinhotels.jp/info_access.htm
Sorry,Japanese only. :)

I had a one night stopover hotel two weeks ago. Service was very efficient and friendly. Our room had two extra large twin beds. Though a bit small, it was more than adequate for a one night stopover.

The health club facilities are fine. There's a nice swimming pool. There's also a traditional Japanese bath in the locker room. Health club access is free for golds.

As a gold, I think they put us on a high floor. We had a runway view room. It was neat seeing those 747s land in the morning.

Also as a gold, the reception gave us coupons for continental breakfast. In the morning at the restaurant, they told us we could have anything at the buffet, including the hot items.

Overall, the Narita Hilton is definitely one of the best ways to use 10,000 HH points. Last year, I used HH points to stay at 3 Scandic hotels. That was also a great way to use HH points.

You'll get a credit for the stay, even thought it was an award. Hilton differs from Starwood in this regard. It is a nice help when we are chasing status renewal.

Overnighting in Narita: Can awards be cancelled?
 

In mid December I will be overnighting in Narita, Japan as my connecting flight is on the next morning, 20 hours after arriving from Chicago.

The Hilton Narita is available for award reservation, but I have 2 problems:

(1) My airticket has an X beside NRT (as opposed to an O) which may mean that I am not allowed to leave the airport; will find out only on the day itself at the immigration counter. In the event that I cannot leave the airport, is it possible to cancel the award reservation at the last minute (4pm) and reimburse the points? Any fees?

(2) I am short of 2000 points currently which I will make up for by early December. Could I make an award reservation now and claim the award voucher later when I have the extra 2000 points needed? I could technically transfer AA miles or purchase the points for $25 but I am trying to avoid that.

I would appreciate any advice and thought.
Thank you very much.

(1) If you have an overnight layover, you will be able to leave the airport. There are no hotels airside, what does the airline expect you to do? Besides, it's not the airline that determines whether you can or cannot leave the airport - that's an immigration issue.

However, if you need to cancel, yes, you can cancel by the deadline and not have hour credit card charged. The award is a spearate matter - if you don't redeem (which is by itself different from the reservation), you can always redeposit. The point I am making is the reservation and the award are 2 separate things.

(2) Again, award reservations and award certificates are separate. Yes you can make an award reservation ahead of time and issue the certificate only when you have the miles or close to the date of arrival.

Thank you, it was done without a hitch. I now have an award reservation and once I obtain the 10000 points I simply have to call in and request a voucher.

It appears that I would also be able to leave NRT, but may eventually incur arrival/departure taxes or fees. Still good! ^

I've never had troubles leaving the airport at NRT for an overnight at the Hilton (also using 10k points, a serious bargain.) Last time I was flying SJC - NRT and connecting next day to CO NRT - GUM and on to YAP and TKK. On the return, we were able to secure seats in the J cabin NRT - SJC the same day, so I cancelled the booking (within the time allowed on my booking, which I believe was 6PM date of arrival,) and I merely rescheduled the 10k stay when we used the Scandic in Brussels.

While at the hotel, we used the complimentary shuttle bus into town... a walk up Ometesando to the Naritasan Shinshoji temple complex is relaxing, and there are several restaurants plus a pub (owned by some VS crew, I believe) caled "Barge Inn." We also used the breakfast chits - presumably good for a Continental breakfast - for a full-on brekkies with huge variety.

NRT Immigration can have long-ish queues, but if you have a USA passport, there's no difficulty, and they will often not ask anything, merely stamp a 3-month visa into your passport.

The bus schedule is great. Got a 1 night stay at 10k! Sweet. It'll be fun poking around Narita for a day.

Based on the room map on the door, I believe the rooms that face inward on the horseshoe are larger than the rooms that face outward from the horseshoe.

Will be there next month - one-night. I know there is a shuttle to the hotel and one from the hotel to Narita City. Anyone have any idea how much a taxi would cost from NRT to the hotel and from the hotel to Jusco? Just in case. Thanks.

Taxis are expensive-1600 yen from Naritasan temple to Aeon shopping centre.
Take the free shuttle to Narita town-there is another Jusco near the dropoff point-you pass it in the bus on your left.There is also a new and stylish supermarket across the rod from the dropoff point.
For a meal go up through the train station to the other side of the railway and their are a large number of restaurants to choose from-most are quite reasonable.Able to get suikiyaki for 1100 yen-but look in side streets for this.

Thanks for the info. ^ Reason I mention using the taxi is if I miss the bus from/to the airport/town. First time staying in Narita in, oh, about 10 years. Always go into Tokyo. I like to shop in department store food courts and pick up sashimi, tempura, yakitori, unagi and musubi and wash it down with a couple of bottles of Asahi Super Dry in the room.

Hilton Narita: upgrade chances for silver?
 

I booked a deluxe queen plus room at the Hilton Narita in Tokyo (1 night) in April. I asked about upgrades on the reservation line and they said the hotel handles that.

Do I have any chance of an upgrade with just silver? I guess it's better than not having it, but realistically?

I doubt it. Hilton Narita's rooms arent great and has a hard line over upgrades, early check-in, late check-out.

Alrighty.

It's only for one night (gotta xfer between NRT and HND), and the pics I've seen look like it's fairly nice overall.

The deluxe queen room is basically the best room at Hilton Narita.As your status goes up so does the floor you are on.As well you are much more likely to get a late checkout.My experience is 1300 when silver,1500 as gold and 1700 asw diamond.There are not many suites.
Just enjoy it and dont forget to go into Narita town on the free shuttle-the last bus back is about 2300 so it is the best thing to do for your evening meal.
use search function as many other posts on narita.

The deluxe queen room is basically the best room there is.Suites are not common.The higher your status the higher the floor you are on.Also more likely to get a late checkout with higher status.
Dont forget to take the free shuttle into Narita town.Last bus back is about 2300 so a good idea for dinner.Use the search function as many other posts on narita.

Yeah, I'll poke around and see.

It looks like there's a shuttle stop at the metro station that goes into Tokyo. What I may do is do a stopover on Friday and stay at the Hilton again, and then just take the shuttle to the Metro and spend the day in Tokyo.

It's not a metro station, as in a subway. There are two train stations in Narita City - JR (Japan Rail) East and Keisei, both of which will take you into Tokyo and, depending on where you want to go in Tokyo and how fast, anywhere from $10 - $30 one-way.

Thanks for the heads up. How "slow" is the $10 way into Tokyo?

Hilton Narita and what to do...
 

First: there's a JTB tourist information bureau in the airport with some maps and brochures - I recommend it, and visiting the ATM, as Japan is much more a cash economy than the US.

Everyone's right about the Hilton Narita NRT - I use it with some regularity for connections and the like. You'll likely not get much of an ugrade, and there's not much to an upgrade anyway. As for the "special" hotel restaurant on the second floor, it's absolute cr@p and extremely overpriced. If you get a breakfast incuded, though the coupon may say Continental, nobody checks and you normally get to access in the lobby restaurant to the whole megillah, as they say in Japan. ;) This hotel is one of the best deals for an award, as it's only 10k HH points.

The free shuttles are nice, and Narita is not a bad place to walk around, as the Narita-san Shinsho-ji temple complex is quite colorful. Wait a while around the main temple, and when you hear the gong, you will see a procession climb the stairs and you will observe a very colorful and interesting ceremony of the burning of "goma" (you will be wolcome if you remove your shoes and are respectfully observant.) If Spring has sprung, the gardens are quite beautiful, and on weekends you may find a shakuhachi and koto concert happening near the picturesque lake. We had these pleasures with the beautiful Fall colors last year - a most relaxing and lovely day!

The way there and back through Narita-shi (city), Ometesando, has quite a wide selection for food - much cheaper than the hotel! You can always stop for a cool one at the Barge Inn (also on Ometesando,) which I think is owned and operated by some Virgin refugees. (You can get shuttle and airport buts timetables at the hotel, and sometimes a map of Narita - I'd get one at the airport.) Cheap eats and good coffee at Kohikan on the same street, as well as Japanese and Indian food. The town specialty is eel.

From Narita-shi, you can train it to Sakura for a walk around the historic castle grounds (no castle any more) and National Museum of Japanese History. Take the train to Sakura, there's a map outside of the train station, and a ten - fifteen minute walk. There's a reasonable restaurant in the museum. I can't recall what we paid for admission, but it was reasonable, and we got some English electronic guide headsets (handy, because there's not quite enough Romaji signage in the museum.)

Boso-no-Mura is nice too, recreations of ancient Japanese village life, interactive and free (closed Mondays, as are many museums in Japan.) Take the Narita Line train to Ajiki (two stops) and the Ryukakuji-dai Shako bus and ask to be let off at Boso-no-Mura. From there it's a five minute walk.

You can always got to Tokyo, of course - it takes a while, and the faster you get there the more it costs. NOt to mention Tokyo ain't cheap either, but it is nice - be sure to get a guidebook or maps and watch your time.

Thanks for the tips. Are those things I could do in a day? My time in Tokyo is going to be fairly limited. The way out is just a rest between my xfer from Narita to Haneda. I'm actually going on to Misawa on business for the week. Fortunately, I have a friend that's living there and he's going to take me around up there. I'm hoping to do a stopover on the way back ... probably stay at the Narita again, although one I guy that's going is staying in downtown Tokyo. Found a room at the Prince Shinagaya (or something like that) for under $100 a night. I just don't want to miss my flight.

I'm not too worried about blowing HH points. My employer's paying, and I get a pretty generous meal per diem even in Misawa. So even if I have to pay for the stopover on the way back, I should have plenty of money.

How much is breakfast at the hotel? It's not included in my rate ... and $154 contract rate vs the $188 bounceback rate with breakfast for the same room seemed a bit much just for breakfast.

I can't recall the price of breakfast - as a Diamond, I always get it. My apologies. Probably, considerably less than $34 for the "Continental," and they offer a ton of breakfast items.

Yes, these are things you can do in a day. Boso-no-Mura or Sakura, no problem and Narita-san and -shi are a few hours. The big problem with Tokyo is there are days and days to do in and around Tokyo (like Nikko and Lake Chuzenji-ko.)

As I recall, there is a decent rail link from Haneda to Narita aas wlel as bus. Ah, here's a link to information.

Misawa - I spent a winter up there, brrrr! Aomori province can be cold, lots of snow. April you should have much better weather than that. Lots of lovely Spring weather in central Honshu!

Thanks for the tips.

I'll probably just buy the hot breakfast. I'm not much on continental unless it's free. :)

I like the train idea. I knew there was a bus between the NRT and HND, but I heard that it could take between 2-4 hours depending on traffic. The trains look like they're pretty consistent, so I could budget my time better.

I know my friend's going to travel a good bit while he's over there, so hopefully he'll hit Tokyo and then guide me around. There's a lot I'd like to see ... just won't have the time. I had originally hoped to add more days on to the trip at my own expense, however I'm in grad school and the time we're going is around crunch time for projects and stuff. They couldn't wait until May to go. :) So maybe I'll get back there next year sometime, and hopefully my wife will want to go.

Super

Hilton Tokyo Airport
 

I am curious to find out if this is a good tourist hotel. It seems to be well outside of Tokyo, but as a level 1 hotel it's awfully cheap for a vacation trip reward redemption.

The other hotels in Tokyo really take a lot of HH points to get a room.

Does the airport hotel offer day tours to parts of Tokyo? Or is it too remote of a location to be worth the difference between level 1 and level 6?

Thanks! :)

Its good if you are transiting NRT or are arriving late evening or leaving early morning. Cat 1 is very good value for the rates charged.

However it is a long way from central Tokyo and the main tourist attractions. If you are spending any number of days in Tokyo then I wouldnt want to commute in/out each day. Not only costs $$ (rather yen!) but you lose so much time.

It's a decent property - full huge breakfast for Diamonds (and Golds too, I think,) good location for Narita-san Shinsho-ji temple complex and the city (Narita-shi), Sakura (National Museum of Japanese History) and Boso No Mura (Edo historical village) near Ajiki. And a steal at 10k points.

But close to Tokyo it's not, and the faster the train the more it costs.

Taking the one of the special express trains (Keisei Skyliner or Narita Express--N'Ex) will take you about an hour from Narita station or the airport to the first stop in Tokyo (Ueno for the Keisei Skyliner,and Tokyo for the N'Ex), and will cost at least 1,920 yen, roughly $20, (for the Keisei Skyliner; N'Ex is about 50% more) one way. A cheaper way to go is by the standard commuter trains. The fastest (such as the Keisei Limited Express) will take you about 75 minutes, but only cost 1,000 yen, roughly $10, one way. When taking the standard commuter trains, you may find yourself competing for a place to sit, especially during rush hours.

So, as others posters have pointed out, you will save travel time by staying in Tokyo, though it might cost you more to stay in Tokyo depending on your hotel choice, how you pay for it (Yen or miles), and how many times you find yourself commuting between Narita and Tokyo.

It is a very good hotel for your arrival day (since most US flights arrive in the early evening). That is what I do, then transfer in the morning to a hotel in downtown Tokyo itself.

If you have an early morning departure (unlikely back to the US, but if travelling onward within Asia), it is also a good hotel since you're very close to the airport.

But as a place to transit to and from, it will be expensive (average express train and bus tickets are $30USD) and travel time is 60-120 minutes -depending on traffic(bus) and number of stops (train) - each way. So I do not recommend it as a base of operations to explore downtown Tokyo. You're better off with a downtown hotel.

For a day or two, like my visit last fall, it's fine. It's interesting to me to watch people on the train--on the way back at night, business men taking off their shoes & even going to sleep! So, there is some educational/entertainment value in doing the ride in and back a few times.

The hotel felt a little tired/dated; I was only silver, so no free breakfast. More than a night or two, I would concur, stay in the city.

JP

There is free shuttle bus run roughly two times per hour to Narita train station. From there, you can catch a limited express train to Tokoy by Y750-Y850 depend on which station you get off. The shuttle bus in about 10 minutes, and train is about one hour. If you only plan a single day rush visit to Tokyo, it is possible to stay in this hotel, otherwise, I will not commute from Narita to Tokyo every day.

Hilton Tokyo Narita Airport hotel Trip Reports and Reviews
 

Did a quick out & back mileage run and stayed at the Hilton Narita for one night. First time using my HHonors VIP Gold Status (comped from AA Platinum). Overall, I found the hotel to be quite nice and the staff very helpful. As a Gold I was given a room on a high floor and a coupon for a Continental Breakfast (which was really a full breakfast buffet). I also received a coupon for free use of the health club (unfortunately it opens at 10:00am and I was already on my way back to the airport). The room was in good but not great shape (looked a tad washed out/tired) but it was comfortable and everything in the room worked. Mini-bar wasn't too pricey (compared to the US) but the gift shop on the lobby level was much cheaper!

Looking forward to my return visit in April.

Good to hear. I have two stays booked there for my Japan trip next month ... one on the way in to my destination and one on the way out.

What level of room did you stay in (Queen, Queen deluxe, etc)?

Do you know how much breakfast is if you have to pay for it?

Anyone know what comps they'd offer a Silver VIP?

Thanks,

Super

I spent a night at this hotel last September and I think it was about ¥2,000.

I agree the rooms here are a bit tired. But for an overnight transit, it's more than adequate and the service here is very good.

A bit pricey. Are there any McDonalds or anything around for a cheap, quick breakfast?

Also, how often does the airport shuttle run? I'm going to have to pick up the train from NRT to HND for a domestic flight, so I'm trying to figure out how much time I'll need.

Thanks,

Super

I think there is a timetable on the Japanese website, or you can do a search here. I remember an FT member did post the schedule in this forum.

Although I read that the shuttle would only take 10min to reach the airport, it took 20-25 min at 7am on a Sunday morning. As a result, we missed the 7.25am Airport Limousine Bus to Westin Tokyo :mad: .

http://www.ishinhotels.com/hilton-na...ess/index.html

Did anyone find it interesting that in Japan, they leave all the drawers opened in overlapping degrees of stagger. I always spend the first 5 minutes closing them. Another thing I do in Japan is to request an iron at a particular time in the morning instead of a wakeup call on the first work day (when I'm the most jetlagged). I get to iron my clothes and at the same time make sure I do not sleep through an alarm. This works perhaps only in Japan because they are very punctual.

I stayed here last December on a 2-night stopover. I found the hotel to be very nice, and the staff extremely polite. I will stay here again.

Day 0: Evening arrival, took hotel shuttle from NRT to hotel and check-in, dinner in the bar.

Day 1: Morning, breakfast at hotel, took the shuttle back to NRT and then express train to Tokyo. Took a bus tour of Tokyo [arranged by hotel concierge]. Return to NRT again by train, and then shuttle back to Hilton.

Day 2: Morning, breakfast in hotel, took shuttle to town of Narita and did a walking tour of the town up to the temples, shuttle back to hotel and then shuttle to NRT and departure flight that afternoon.

Nice little stopover, first time touring in Japan, though I had been through NRT several times.

M8

Schedule for NRT Hilton airport to hotel shuttle?
 

I remember a timetable or link having been posted in this forum on several occations, but now that I need it I can't find it despite having spent 10 minutes searching using Google. Can someone repost (I need an actual schedule, more than the usual "every 10-15 min" info)? Thanks.

The Hilton Narita has a small printed schedule available at the hotel. The bus to the airport is quite regular; many few stop at the nearby Narita Excel Hotel Tokyu, others are nonstop. The hotel shuttle schedule between the airport and the Excel Tokyu (which includes the Hilton, and is operated by them) is here, actually quite easy to find with Google using Hilton Narita shuttle schedule as the search terms.

The shuttle downtown is perhaps half-hourly. It might be someone has the specific schedule, but this is all the information I have from my several stays there.

Have a good stay. :)