Hello I am going to technically be transiting Tokyo for about 9 hours. My flight arrives Narita at 330 PM and then my flight from Haneda leaves at Midnight. Obviously it gives me some time to checkout downtown Tokyo in between. What is the least expensive way to do this transportation wise? Should I just take the subway everywhere? Narita Express and Limosuine Bus seem much pricier.

Will you have checked baggage? Because airlines will not transfer your checked baggage between NRT-HND. You have to carry your own baggage between NRT and HND.

If you have checked baggage you should head directly from Narita to Haneda, check your baggage at Haneda, and then head out to Tokyo for dinner. If you do not have checked baggage then you can head out to Tokyo directly from Narita.

I understand Narita Express train or Limousine Bus is pricier. However, Narita Airport is located 58 km (36 miles) from Tokyo. Arriving at Narita 3:30 p.m. and departing Haneda at midnight sounds like a lot of time. But as first timer not familiar with Tokyo, I will recommend Narita Express or Limousine bus because it will be easier to figure out and save time.

So your recommending going straight to Haneda from Narita on the bus and then going into the city once I drop my stuff off? How much time do you figure this whole process would take?

I think this is my best deal here...

http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/suica-nex/#category02

Gets me into downtown Tokyo the fastest and on top of that comes with 1500 yen on it for the subway ride to Haneda later on.

This sound right? As just the limo bus is 3000 Yen between Narita-Haneda.

I have taken Narita-Haneda Limousine bus many times to connect to domestic flights out of Haneda. Bus ride is usually around 70 � 80 munities from Narita to Haneda. I never had traffic delay which cause a trip to be longer. Once there was a major delay at the expressway, the bus took detour south and went through tunnel-bridge road going through middle of Tokyo Bay and arrived at Haneda Airport on schedule.

So, realistically speaking, if your flight arrive on time at Narita at 3:30 p.m. then you should be out of customs/immigration by 4:30 p.m. latest, there is good chance you will be out before 4:30 p.m. Take Limousine bus to Haneda Airport immediately then you should be at Haneda Airport by 6 p.m. If everything go smooth then I think it is perfectly possible for you to be at Haneda Airport around 5:30 p.m.

For example, you can get to Ginza from Haneda Airport in less than 30 minutes by Keikyu Line. It is hard to describe Tokyo as one location which represent �downtown.� I think Ginza/Shibuya/Yurakucho area is good area to walk around for first time visitor short in time. These three area is easy walking distance of each other and easy access from Haneda Airport.

If your checked baggage is not that large and if you think you will not mind dragging your baggage while you walk around Tokyo, then you can head from Narita to Tokyo directly.

Definitely follow AlwaysAisle's advice and go straight to HND first to drop off the bags. If you want to explore Tokyo a bit and this is your first time in Tokyo, then forget trying to save money by taking some commuter train while carrying around luggage. In fact, forget about NEx because that means getting off at Shinagawa and then transferring to the commuter-style Keikyu train at Shinagawa most likely around 5.30~6p. I recently took that Keikyu train with suitcases in tow in the evening... it was brutal. So I would just do the easiest thing, which would be to take the bus straight from NRT to HND. See the schedule here:
http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/en/pla...ches/index/3/3

You won't have that much time. But if you decide to head to Shinjuku or Shibuya, you'll still probably have close to 3hours. For Shinjuku/Shibuya, you're best off taking Monorail to Tennozu Isle and then transferring to Saikyo line. You should return back the way you came and plan on leaving Shinjuku by 10pm in order to get back to HND for your midnight flight.

I think N'EX to Shinagawa + Keikyu to HND is pretty good. It's efficient and cheap (if using N'EX + Suica intelligently).
If heading to a midnight departure from HND, the OP can leave luggage in a coin locker at Shinagawa. Explore Tokyo. Come back to Shinagawa and catch an evening service to HND. No need to get on a rush hour train.

I think that would work if the OP is indeed able to store luggage at Shinagawa. I'm not sure how it is at Shinagawa, but the oversize lockers are often sold out in Shinjuku and Ikebukuro. Tokyo station is notoriously bad. The last time I tried to find a locker there, I saw nothing available in any size, and there was such long line for their storage counter service that I just gave up. But assuming Shinagawa's more like Shinjuku and not like Tokyo, it should be fine if the OP just has smaller carry-on size stuff. But those big lockers can be hard to come by sometimes. I still think it's best to not deal with these worries by getting those bags checked in at HND first thing.

Am I able to do this deal with Narita-Haneda Limousine bus with the metro pass?

http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/discou.../en/index.html

It just says NRT/HND-Downtown Tokyo nothing about using the NRT-HND bus. Anyone have an idea?

Subways don't come into HND so, even if you get this card, you'll still have to pay for some of the transport. Now, some of the Asakusa subway trains do run straight onto HND. But those are operated by Keikyu (non-subway). So I doubt that you'll be able to use this card on the Shinagawa-HND portion.

Looking at some prices here... if you decide to bus straight from NRT to HND first, then it's 3000 yen. Say you head to Shibuya after that, it'll be 560yen one-way via Keikyu to Shinagawa then Yamanote line. Alternatively, it'll be 740yen one-way via Monorail to Tennozu Isle then Saikyo line. Okay... I said earlier to take the Monorail via T.Isle to Saikyo line, but I didn't think it'd be so much more expensive going that route. So just do the Keikyu-to-Yamanote. In any case, NRT-(LimoBus)-HND-Shibuya-HND will cost you 4120yen total.

Another option: If you're taking the monorail and ultimately heading for Shinjuku, it's faster and cheaper to go all the way to Hamamatsucho and transfer to the Oedo line rather than taking the Rinkai line.

I understand about leaving baggage in coin lockers at Shinagawa station. But this is OP�s first time in Japan not familiar with way around Tokyo by train, hope people remember first time they were at Tokyo trying to figure way around.

There are nine coin lockers at JR Shinagawa station, all of them are inside of ticketed area. Only one coin locker in north side accepts Suica and all other coin lockers at JR Shinagawa station accept coins only.

This means OP likely need to get exact change where getting currency exchange in the U.S. departure will only provide OP with paper currency, no coins, so OP likely need to get some Japanese Yen cash at Narita before he boards Narita Express. There are three different size where largest one, 500 yen lockers, can accommodate typical size suite case.

However, again, remember first time visiting any country for the first time and struggling to figure out which coin is which? Also, JR Shinagawa station is divided to north side and south side ticketed concourse area. Middle is walkway connecting west and east side of the station which separate ticketed area of JR Shinagawa. If OP left luggage in south side coin locker and when came back to retrieve ended up at north side of coin locker� Remember, this will be very first time OP will be at JR Shinagawa station, let alone first time in Japan�

Again, I am emphasizing that this is very first time OP will be in Tokyo, under limited time, and likely OP does not read nor speak Japanese. I think these things are easy for seasoned travelers to Japan, but when we remember very first time we stepped out foot in Tokyo back when� I just think it will be best to keep things simple as possible for OP�

So this would be my simplest option to do this?

Yes, if you're set on visiting Shibuya. You could visit other parts of Tokyo without transfers, but there's not much directly along the airport lines. Maybe Asakusa, 36 min from Haneda by limited express?

Note that OP probably won't be able to check the luggage with his/her airline so early but will need lockers or a left luggage service at HND. Does the international terminal of the airport have such facilities?

IIRC there are buses from a few hotels to HND for the late evening international flights, although depending on flight schedules, it should be possible to leave later when using the monorail, etc.