HND · Layover Guide
Tokyo
Stop in Tokyo.
Best layover: 6–24h
LayoverScore™
Base city score. Your route score varies by savings and timing.
Exit realism
Comfortable window
Enough room in Tokyo for a real stop. Keep the buffer at the end anyway.
Landside playbook
If time slips
- Drop the last stop. Go straight to the train, taxi rank, or ride pickup you already chose.
- Add 15 minutes to map ETAs for the return leg at rush hour.
- One ticket for the whole trip protects you when the inbound is late. Separate tickets do not.
Worth knowing
- Do not stack three stops. One solid block in the city beats a rushed loop.
- Do not treat one map time as gospel for immigration lines. Pad on your first pass through this hub.
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Places to stay
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Score 90 · Discover 57 · Ease 3
Why Tokyo scores 90
Getting there
Tokyo Monorail $3 · Keikyu Line $3
min to center
metro- 01Tokyo Monorail to Hamamatsucho (13 min, ¥500)
- 02Keikyu Line to Shinagawa (11 min, ¥300)
- 03Limousine Bus to Shinjuku (35-85 min, ¥1,300)
- 04Taxi to central Tokyo (30-45 min, ¥6,000-8,000)
- 01Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa with its iconic Thunder Gate
- 02Shibuya Crossing and Hachiko statue photo op
- 03Fresh sushi breakfast at Tsukiji Outer Market
- 04Teamlab Borderless digital art museum in Odaiba
- 05Meiji Shrine forest walk in Harajuku
Experiences in Tokyo
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- シーシャカフェ&バー ジャンゴ~60 min1 min walk
- ドトールコーヒーショップ コモレ四谷店~60 min1 min walk
- シーシャカフェ&バー ジャンゴ~75 min1 min walk
- STAND 永福町本店~75 min7 min walk
- Dolphin Club Miyakejima~90 min1 min walk
- HOOKAH TIME Lounge Bar Pokrovka~90 min1 min walk
- Meiji Jingu4.6
- Shibuya Crossing4.5
- Yoyogi Park4.4
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.14.5
- Gōtokuji Temple4.6
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Where to stay →Drop your luggage. Don't drag it around the city.
Haneda Airport Lockers
All terminals, multiple locations
$4/day
2 min walk
Ecbo Cloak
Various shops in Tokyo via app
$6/bag
5 min walk
First Cabin Haneda
Terminal 1, 1F
$30/day
3 min walk
From the terminal to the good part.
Tokyo Monorail
city-center
To Hamamatsucho, then transfer to JR Yamanote Line
13 min
$3.00
Keikyu Line
city-center
Direct to Shinagawa, connects to JR lines and Shinkansen
20 min
$3.00
Taxi/Uber
city-center
To Shibuya/Shinjuku area, traffic dependent
35 min
$50.00
Limousine Bus
city-center
Direct to major hotels and stations, comfortable with luggage
50 min
$9.00
Tokyo Subway 24-hour Ticket
Unlimited Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway lines
Available at airport, perfect for layover exploration
$6
per day
Getting there
Get an Uber from the airportAt the airport
- 01Edo Market food hall with ramen, sushi, and tempura
- 02Observation decks on both terminals with runway views
- 03Japanese souvenir shops with Tokyo Banana and KitKat flavors
- 04Capsule hotel inside Terminal 1 for naps
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