Tokyo Haneda Airport Guide: Terminals, Transfers and Arrival

At a glance

Details with date and source

Code: HND (Tokyo International Airport)ConfirmedAs of 11/2026Source: JNTO: Flughafen Haneda, Airport Access
Terminals: Terminals 1 and 2 domestic, Terminal 3 international, plus ANA international at Terminal 2ConfirmedAs of 11/2026Source: Flughafen Haneda: FAQ Flights & Procedures
Distance: about 30 minutes by train from central TokyoConfirmedAs of 11/2026Source: JNTO: Flughafen Haneda, Airport Access
Fastest transfer: Tokyo Monorail to Hamamatsucho, about 13 minutes from Terminal 3, 520 yenConfirmedAs of 11/2026Source: Tokyo Monorail: Fare table
Fares: Limousine bus 1,000 to 1,400 yen per Tokyo destination, night bus to Shinjuku 2,800 yenConfirmedAs of 11/2026Source: Limousine Bus: Shinjuku/Nakano line
Hours: Terminal 3 generally open 24 hours, overnight stays only with an international flightConfirmedAs of 11/2026Source: Flughafen Haneda: FAQ Terminal details
Tip: Fill in Visit Japan Web beforehand, it is free and works with the customs e-gateConfirmedAs of 11/2026Source: Japan Customs: e-Gates

Overview and terminals

Haneda is officially Tokyo International Airport. The three terminals are called T1, T2 and T3, and they are split by airline rather than by destination.

Terminal	Flights	Airlines according to the airport
Terminal 1	domestic only	Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines, StarFlyer, Japan Transocean Air
Terminal 2	domestic and international	Domestic: ANA, AIRDO, Solaseed Air. International: ANA
Terminal 3	international only	many airlines, listed by the airport under "List of Airlines"

Codeshare flights can follow different rules, so go by your booking. The international departure hall is on level 3 (3F), and the Terminal 3 observation deck on level 5 is open 24 hours but can close in bad weather or for security reasons. One long-haul route that has returned to Haneda is Qatar Airways from Doha, covered in our news item.

A free shuttle bus links the terminals. Under the timetable the airport has listed since 18 August 2026 until further notice, it runs every 4 minutes from 5:00 to 20:00 and every 8 minutes until 24:00. The first departure from Terminal 3 is at 4:47 and the last at 1:15. If you change between a domestic and an international flight or between two international flights, the information counters hand out free transit tickets for Keikyu and the monorail (the airport asks for your passport and flight documents as proof).

Arrival: immigration, Visit Japan Web and customs

The sequence is the same at Terminals 2 and 3: quarantine, immigration, baggage claim, animal and plant quarantine if needed, customs, arrival hall. According to the airport, foreign visitors show an arrival card along with the passport.

Visit Japan Web lets you register that card and your customs declaration in advance and gives you a QR code to hold up to the scanner at the airport. The manual says some functions also work offline. It costs nothing, and Japan Customs warns about fake sites that charge for registration. Paper forms are still available on the plane and in the customs area. For the rest of your preparation, use the pre-trip checklist.

Haneda is one of seven airports with an electronic customs gate (the others are New Chitose, Narita, Chubu Centrair, Kansai, Fukuoka and Naha). You declare at a terminal while your bags are still coming out, then walk through the gate without stopping. You need an IC passport and your QR code, everyone in your group goes through the terminal individually, and children under 100 cm may pass the gate with a family member. Spot checks still happen.

The duty-free allowance per adult is 3 bottles of alcohol (about 760 ml each), 200 cigarettes or about 10 packs of heated tobacco, 2 ounces of perfume and other goods with a combined overseas value under 200,000 yen, with single items under 10,000 yen not counted. Cash and payment instruments above 1 million yen must be declared. Use the green channel only if you carry nothing dutiable, prohibited or restricted, and everyone else takes the red one.

From the airport into the city

All terminals connect directly to the Keikyu line and the Tokyo Monorail. At Terminals 1 and 2 both platforms are on the first basement level (B1). At Terminal 3 the Keikyu gates toward central Tokyo and Yokohama are in the arrival hall on level 2, and the monorail gates are on levels 2 and 3. Our news item Haneda by train, Yamanote Line and monorail covers the route step by step.

Option	Route	Travel time	Fare (adult)	Frequency and hours
Tokyo Monorail (Haneda Express)	Terminals 3, 1, 2 to Hamamatsucho, then JR Yamanote Line	about 13 minutes from Terminal 3, about 16 from Terminal 1, about 18 from Terminal 2; local trains take 4 to 6 minutes longer	520 yen, 519 yen with an IC card; child 260 yen	on average every five minutes
Keikyu Airport Line	through trains from all terminals to Shinagawa and beyond	Shinagawa about 15 minutes (airport), about 20 (JNTO)	shown at the ticket machine or by Keikyu	timetable from Keikyu
Limousine bus to Tokyo Station	Yaesu North Exit (Tekko Building)	about 35 minutes (airport)	1,200 yen	timetable from the operator
Limousine bus to Shinjuku	Shinjuku Station West Exit, Busta Shinjuku, hotels	about 35 minutes	1,400 yen	timetable from the operator
Limousine bus to Shibuya	Shibuya Station (Mark City)	about 40 minutes	1,300 yen	timetable from the operator
Limousine bus to Toyosu	Toyosu Station	about 30 minutes	1,000 yen	timetable from the operator
Night bus to Shinjuku and Ikebukuro	Shinjuku West Exit, Busta Shinjuku, Ikebukuro	leaves Terminal 2 at 0:05, reaches Shinjuku at 0:48	2,800 yen	from Terminal 3 at 0:20, 1:00, 1:40, 2:20; Terminal 2 at 0:05, Terminal 1 at 0:10
Taxi	stand on the ground floor of each terminal, Terminal 3: stand 21	not stated	fixed fare to most destinations in Tokyo and Kanagawa, tolls extra	not stated

For train and monorail combined, the airport gives these estimates: Hamamatsucho about 20 minutes, Shinagawa 15, Tokyo Station 30, Yokohama 30, Ueno and Asakusa 40, Shibuya 45, Shinjuku 50, Maihama 50 and Narita 1 hour 45 minutes. The 13 minutes is the pure running time of the Haneda Express from Terminal 3 according to the monorail, taken from a page last dated March 2021; the monorail's undated overview page gives the same time. The 520 yen fare applies to all three airport stations.

On certain days there is a cheaper combination: monorail plus Yamanote Line for 590 yen (child 290 yen) from Haneda via Hamamatsucho to any Yamanote station, one trip and only on the day of purchase. It is sold at the monorail station machines on weekends and holidays from 14 March 2026 to 31 March 2027 and on special dates, including 31 October to 3 November 2026 and 26 December 2026 to 3 January 2027. The IC card wizard helps you pick a card.

Buses stop at ground level at every terminal. At Terminals 1 and 2 you buy a ticket from a machine, at Terminal 3 from a machine or the ticket counter, before boarding. The operator sells time-specific tickets for the same day there (cash, credit card or IC card), and you can also reserve online in advance. Travel times are guidelines. For Tokyo Station, the operator's timetable we pulled on 2 November 2026 for the days from 3 November (example: 5 November) showed just six departures from Terminal 3 between 8:00 and 16:00, with a 55-minute ride, so check your line in advance. Keep power banks in your hand luggage. Several downtown lines (Marunouchi, Roppongi, Ginza, Shinagawa, Toranomon) are currently suspended, according to the airport. Farther afield you can reach Tokyo Disney Resort (about 30 to 40 minutes), Yokohama (about 30) or Hakone Togendai (about 3 hours), and one example is the direct bus to Ikaho and Shima Onsen.

At night the bus takes over: JNTO says the last train leaves around midnight and the first one reaches the airport just after 5 a.m. A bus to Yokohama also leaves Terminal 3 at 1:20. In the morning the early bus starts in Ikebukuro at 3:35, stops at Higashi-Shinjuku at 3:50 and Busta Shinjuku at 4:00 and arrives at Terminal 3 at 4:35, also for 2,800 yen. Times can change with the flight schedule.

For taxis, most trips between Haneda, Tokyo and Kanagawa carry a fixed fare approved by the transport ministry, with tolls added. The airport does not publish the amounts, so ask at the stand. Taxis booked through an app use separate pick-up points, at Terminal 3 on the 8th floor of car park P5. JNTO notes that a taxi costs more than the other options but can pay off for groups.

Departure: check-in, tax-free and luggage

You check in at your airline's counter, and counters can change on the day. The airport sets no check-in times, they depend on the airline. After that come security, customs (declare cash and goods worth more than 1 million yen), the departure check and boarding. Some flights offer facial recognition boarding ("Face Express"). On international flights, liquids must be in containers of 100 ml or less, packed together in one clear resealable bag of up to 1 litre, one bag per person.

Under the tax-free rules in force since 1 November 2026 you pay the price including tax and get the tax back once customs has confirmed the export. You confirm within 90 days of purchase at the tax-free terminal, before you check your bags, because afterwards it can no longer be completed. Terminal 1 has no service. Terminal 2 has 8 machines (6:00 to 2:00) and Terminal 3 has 13 (24 hours), both before security. Green means you are done, red means you take your goods to customs. You can also do it online via Visit Japan Web, but only in the departure hall areas with the dedicated Wi-Fi, before security. The "Self Tax Refund" machines behind security pay out cash (Terminal 2: 5 machines, 6:45 to 1:30, Terminal 3: 5 machines, 24 hours), though not for every shop. All rules and worked examples are in our tax-free guide.

The international tourist tax has been 3,000 yen since 1 July 2026 and, according to JNTO, is usually already part of your ticket. In addition, Haneda lists a passenger service facilities charge for departures of 2,950 yen per adult and 1,470 yen per child. Ask your airline how it is billed to you.

If you still have hours to fill before your flight, drop your bags at the terminal. Storage at Terminal 3 (arrival hall on level 2, departure hall on level 3, open 24 hours) costs per item and 24 hours 800 yen under 120 cm combined dimensions, 1,000 yen from 120 to under 200 cm and 2,000 yen up to 300 cm, and bags are kept for up to two weeks. Coin lockers at Terminal 3 cost 500, 700 or 900 yen per 24 hours, at Terminals 1 and 2 they start at 400 yen per day. They sit before security and can be used for up to seven days.

Practical: money, SIM, IC card, JR Pass, luggage forwarding, sleeping

Cash: Terminal 3 has a Seven Bank ATM (5:00 to 24:00) and a Japan Post Bank ATM in the arrival hall, the latter running around the clock except from 0:00 to 7:00 on the third Monday of the month. The airport says other credit cards work at these machines too. Behind security the limit is 30,000 yen per withdrawal. The currency exchange counters at Terminal 3 are listed as open 24 hours, with night-time maintenance breaks.

SIM and Wi-Fi: Free Wi-Fi is called HANEDA-FREE-WIFI and does not work inside some shops. In the Terminal 3 arrival hall the Mobile Center rents routers (6:30 to 23:00, with an unstaffed machine in front that runs around the clock), and the AnyFone Japan counter rents routers and sells prepaid SIM cards (6:00 to 23:00). To skip the queue, buy an eSIM in advance, and our eSIM comparison for Japan shows the options.

IC card: The monorail and Keikyu both take IC cards, and on the monorail you pay 1 yen less. JNTO says the Keikyu information center in the Terminal 3 arrival hall sells a Pasmo card.

JR Pass and JR tickets: According to JNTO you collect the Japan Rail Pass at the JR East Travel Service Center in the Terminal 3 arrival hall, next to the monorail entrance, and you can buy JR tickets there. The airport says the Terminal 3 tourist information center (level 2, open 24 hours) also arranges JR tickets. Check the opening hours before you fly. Whether a pass pays off is something the JR Pass calculator works out, and more background is in the JR Pass guide. Whether to buy Shinkansen tickets at the airport is weighed in this pros-and-cons piece.

Luggage forwarding: Every terminal has courier counters. At Terminal 3 you find Yamato Transport (arrival hall, level 2, 5:00 to 23:00 or 6:00 to 23:00 depending on the counter) and JAL ABC (arrival hall, level 2, 4:00 to 1:00, plus a counter in the departure hall on level 3 that is staffed around the clock). The JAL counter at Terminal 1 delivers bags up to 15 kg to hotels in Urayasu, Odaiba or Maihama on the same day if handed in by 13:00.

Sleeping and showers: Terminal 3 is generally open around the clock (hours can change depending on circumstances), but only passengers who have used or plan to use an international flight may stay inside overnight. The domestic areas of Terminals 1 and 2 close at 0:00. Each terminal has a hotel: First Cabin (a capsule hotel) at Terminal 1, Haneda Excel Hotel Tokyu at Terminal 2 and Royal Park Hotel Tokyo Haneda at Terminal 3, which also has a transit hotel in the secure area for international connections only. What a capsule hotel is like is covered in our capsule hotel guide. Showers are at Terminals 2 and 3, at Terminal 3 around the clock for 1,500 yen per 30 minutes, with no reservations.

Narita or Haneda?

Haneda is closer to the city: JNTO puts it at about 30 minutes by train to the center and calls it more convenient for Tokyo than Narita. That favors Haneda if your hotel is in Tokyo, you land late or you fly early. If you split your flights between the two airports, plan the transfer: the train (Keikyu, Toei, Keisei) takes 90 to 115 minutes and costs 1,760 to 3,080 yen, or 1,746 to 3,066 yen with an IC card. The limousine bus takes 65 to 85 minutes and costs 3,600 yen. For the planned faster link, see New Haneda to Narita high-speed link planned.

Frequently asked questions

Which terminal do I need at Haneda?

It depends on your airline. Terminal 1 handles only domestic flights of Japan Airlines, Skymark, StarFlyer and Japan Transocean Air. Terminal 2 handles domestic flights of ANA, AIRDO and Solaseed Air plus international ANA flights. Terminal 3 is the international terminal. For codeshare flights, go by your booking.

What is the quickest way to Shinjuku?

The limousine bus runs directly to Shinjuku Station West Exit in about 35 minutes for 1,400 yen. By train and monorail the airport estimates about 50 minutes in total. The bus saves you from changing trains with luggage.

Can I sleep in the terminal at Haneda?

At Terminal 3 yes, but only with an international flight you have used or plan to use. The terminal is generally open around the clock. The domestic areas of Terminals 1 and 2 close at 0:00, and afterward you generally cannot stay in the hall.

Do I have to use Visit Japan Web?

The customs declaration is mandatory, but the digital route is not: paper still works. Japan Customs recommends the electronic version. Visit Japan Web is free, and its QR code works at the scanner and the e-gate. Sites that charge for it are fakes, according to customs.

How do I get away from Haneda at night?

JNTO says the last train leaves around midnight. After that, night buses run to Shinjuku and Ikebukuro (from Terminal 3 at 0:20, 1:00, 1:40 and 2:20, 2,800 yen), and one to Yokohama at 1:20. Or stay in Terminal 3, which is generally open around the clock, provided you have an international flight.