How to get to the Grand Prince Akasaka from Narita by NEX?

Hi,

We are arrriving at 5pm, I think it is too late to catch the limo bus. How do we take the Narita Express to the Grand Prince Akasaka (like which stations do we switch trains.....etc). Thanks

How to get to the Grand Prince Akasaka from Narita by NEX?

From your hotel web site - Tokyo JR Station - Marunouchi Line - Akasaka-Mitsuke Station

princejapan.com/GrandPrinceHotelAkasaka/akas鈥?/a>

How to get to the Grand Prince Akasaka from Narita by NEX?

As noted above: Take the NEX to Tokyo Station, then transfer to subway Marunouchi Line and get off at Akasaka-Mitsuke (4th stop, 8 minutes.) At Akasaka-Mitsuke, go out of Exit D. When you come out to the ground level, cross the bridge on the moat. The GP Akasaka is on your right. You can%26#39;t miss it.

The limobus to GP Akasaka runs until 9:35pm, but it takes a long time since the GP Akasaka is the last stop after several hotels.

Here is the limobus schedule to the GP Akasaka:

limousinebus.co.jp/en/鈥kasaka_h.html

Thanks everyone%26#39;s info!

Shibuyakko san ~

So do you recommend taking the train then? I worry about dragging my two pieces of luggage changing from one train to another.

Bus v train has been debated many times on TA. I have been a regular visitor for many years and always take the bus, partly out of sheer laziness, especially after travelling for 15/16 hours.

Bus: Immediately outside the terminal you hand your bags to one of the baggage handlers and are given a receipt, get on the bus and after an hour to an hour thirty get off at your hotel, hand the baggage receipt to the bus driver who hands your bags to the hotel baggage handler. The bags, untouched by you, follow you to reception and then to your room.

Train: Walk with bags to the ticket office where you are given the number of your reserved seat on the next available train. Occasionally the next train is fully booked, so you may need to wait up an hour. Then walk with your bags to the platform, stow bags at end of car and find seat. In one hour you arrive at Tokyo station, retrieve bags and start searching for the appropriate subway or JR line. Tokyo station is vast. Trains are almost always crowded and there is no obvious place for your luggage so you put bags near the doors where people will trip over them. You hope that you are travelling in the correct direction and anxiously check the names at each stop. In due course you arrive at your station and carry bags to an exit, of which there are more than 20 at some stations and they can be as much as half a mile apart. Best to get a taxi at this point.

I always stay at the New Otani, which is about 100 yards from the Prince and the bus (I arrive in the morning from the UK) has never taken more than 1hr 30 mns. Door to door the train will take longer but the train time is virtually guaranteed. The risk with the bus is that a major traffic problem will cause a serious delay but this has never happened to me in around 40 trips.

In your case, I%26#39;d also suggest you to take the limousine bus from NRT to the hotel.

Limousine Bus actual duration track record:

鈥logspot.com/2008/09/limousine-bus-actual-d鈥?/a>

Limousine Bus and Tokyo Metro one day ticket combo for 3,100 yen: www.limousinebus.co.jp/en/guide/l_m_pass.htm

The Narita Express is very convenient depending on destinations, yet in your case, getting out of Akasaka-Mitsuke (Nagatacho) Station complex, and then making it to your hotel on foot with heavy luggage can be a challenge especially if you%26#39;re a firsttimer to Tokyo. Transfer at Tokyo Station might be on the simple side, though.

Suica and NEX combo info:

鈥logspot.com/2008/07/narita-express-to-toky鈥?/a>

A 5:00PM arrival is trouble on the bus and you%26#39;ll be stuck in serious traffic. Consider forwarding your luggage and take an overnighter with you on the train. Your luggage will arrive the next morning. The hike from the NEX platform at Tokyo Station to the Marunouchi platform is pretty short because they are both on the west side of the station. There are signs directing you where to go.

Optimistk,

Many thanks for the link. The average time of 90 mins or so would still beat the train door to door, provided you did not have a long wait for the next bus.

All the best,

Bob

is the limousinebus available to the Villa Shinjuku Hotel?