A three-tier red pagoda in Narita with gilded carved brackets and painted eaves under a cloudy sky, green trees at the lower right

The Great Pagoda of Peace at Naritasan Shinshoji seen head-on above a flight of stone steps, red balconies and dark green roofs under a pale grey sky

A Korean Air aircraft taxiing at Narita, the word NARITA spelled in trimmed hedges behind it among autumn trees

The onboard display of a Narita Express train reading Narita Express N’EX, Car No. 2, Arriving at Tokyo

Narita, Chiba

Narita: What to Do and Where to Stay

Food · Things to do · Where to stay

Narita is the town beside Tokyo’s main international airport. Naritasan Shinshoji, founded in 940, is about 10 minutes on foot from JR Narita or Keisei Narita Station, and the Omotesando approach to it is about 800 m long, with more than 150 restaurants and souvenir shops and a long line of eel restaurants.

The station is about 8 minutes by train from Airport Terminal 2·3 Station. You can sleep in a capsule hotel connected to Terminal 2, at a hotel a few minutes away by free shuttle, or in a hotel at the stations.

Narita: things to do, where to stay

Things to do in NaritaNaritasan Shinshoji Temple · Narita Omotesando · Eel restaurants on the approach
Where to stay in Narita9h nine hours Narita Airport · Hotel Nikko Narita · Narita Tobu Hotel Airport

In depth

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