Airport transfers

Trains, buses, taxis and airport pickups compared by time and fare for each airport, with the licence rules for rental cars.

New Chitose Airport to Sapporo

One way, per person

JR Rapid Airport→ Sapporo Station Fastest Cheapest 37 min ¥1,230
Airport bus→ Sapporo Station 65 min ¥1,500

Flat taxi fares differ by company; tourist and large taxis are booked at the information desk in the arrival hall.

Narita Airport to Tokyo

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One way, per person

Skyliner→ Ueno Fastest 41 min ¥2,580 Skyliner tickets Klook affiliate
Keisei Limited Express→ Ueno Cheapest 80 min ¥1,060
Low-cost bus→ Tokyo Station 65 min ¥1,500
N'EX→ Tokyo Station 60 min ¥3,140 N'EX round trip Klook affiliate
Limousine bus→ Shinjuku 105 min ¥3,600 Limousine bus Klook affiliate

Per vehicleA pickup is a car booked ahead: the driver waits in the arrivals hall with a name sign and drives you to your hotel.

Flat-rate taxi→ Chuo, Chiyoda ¥29,000
Pickup carup to 4 Cheaper ≈¥19,660 Pickup Kiwitaxi affiliate

Haneda Airport to Tokyo

One way, per person

Keikyu→ Shinagawa Fastest Cheapest 15 min ¥330
Tokyo Monorail→ Hamamatsucho 20 min ¥520 Monorail ticket Klook affiliate
Limousine bus→ Shinjuku 55 min ¥1,400 Limousine bus Klook affiliate

Per vehicleA pickup is a car booked ahead: the driver waits in the arrivals hall with a name sign and drives you to your hotel.

Pickup carup to 4 ≈¥10,940 Pickup Kiwitaxi affiliate
Pickup minibusup to 7 ≈¥16,490

Flat-rate taxis also run, by reservation, with tolls extra.

Kansai Airport to Osaka and Kyoto

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One way, per person

Nankai Rapi:t→ Namba Fastest 38 min ¥1,670 Rapi:t tickets Klook affiliate
Nankai Airport Express→ Namba Cheapest 47 min ¥970
Limousine bus→ Namba (OCAT) 50 min ¥1,400
JR Haruka→ Umeda 45 min ¥1,900 Haruka tickets Klook affiliate
JR Haruka→ Kyoto 75 min ¥2,700

Per vehicleA pickup is a car booked ahead: the driver waits in the arrivals hall with a name sign and drives you to your hotel.

Flat-rate taxi→ Umeda ¥16,400
Pickup car→ Osakaup to 4 Cheaper ≈¥15,700 Pickup Kiwitaxi affiliate

Rental cars and driving licences

Rental counters at New Chitose Airport are on the first floor of the domestic and international terminals. Cars are not handed over at the terminal; each company's bus takes you to its office in Chitose.

Document	Licences
International Driving Permit (paper booklet)	Issued under the 1949 Geneva Convention (Korea, the US and others)
Japanese translation + original licence	Taiwan, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Monaco

Both are valid for up to one year after entry. Permits under the 1968 Vienna Convention and card or digital permits are not accepted.

Fare basis and sources

New Chitose: Adult one-way fares from JR Hokkaido and Hokuto Kotsu. A reserved u-seat on JR costs ¥1,000 more.
Narita: From Keisei, JR East, Airport Limousine Bus, Airport Bus TYO-NRT and Narita Airport's taxi page. Bus times run longer in traffic; taxi tolls are extra.
Haneda: From Haneda Airport, Keikyu, Tokyo Monorail, Airport Limousine Bus and GO TOKYO. The Keikyu fare is from Terminals 1 and 2.
Kansai: From JR West, Nankai, Kansai Airport Transportation and Kansai Airport's taxi page. Times are from Terminal 1; Haruka is the visitor ticket and Rapi:t the station price. Taxi tolls are extra; the pickup includes them.
Dollar prices are converted to yen at the build-time rate (≈).
JR Hokkaido: New Chitose Airport to Sapporo (Japanese)
Hokuto Kotsu: Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
New Chitose Airport: rental cars
Haneda Airport: trains
GO TOKYO: Haneda Airport access
Tokyo Monorail: fare revision (Japanese)
Airport Limousine Bus: Haneda to Shinjuku
JAF: driving in Japan with a foreign licence
JNTO: things to know when renting a car