TRAIN- TRIP GUIDE : TOKYO
First find the Keisei Line at Narita Airport and get on.
Once you arrive at Narita, follow the signs for “Railways” taking the escalator down to the lower level.
Once there, look for the nice blue Keisei Line:
Ask for tickets to Shibuya (not on Skyliner)—also ask for a Pasmo or Suica card for Ney. You can give
them your Icoca card so they can add a top up value going to Shibuya.
Note: Pasmo or Suica are commonly used in Tokyo, Icoca is in Kansai but it can also be used in Tokyo.
Next go through the (two) ticket barriers and down the stairs to the Keisei platform. (NOT the Skyliner
platform.)
To transfer on to the JR Yamanote Line, get off at Nippori. Look out for the notice on the train:
Get off the train.
This is what the Nippori Station Platform looks like:
Head up the escalator, following the JR signs:
Go through the JR transfer gate—it’s marked as “This is not an exit”:
Head to the JR Yamanote line – platforms 10 (to Tokyo) and 11 (to Shinjuku/Shibuya)
Platform 11 for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Shibuya:
And get on the train! (Every train leaving from the platform is going in the same direction.)
Get off at Shibuya and put your luggage on the lockers and have fun!!!!!
Here’s the Yamanote- Chuo- Sobu Line. As you can see, Shibuya is a bit far from Nippori. Lol
Don’t fall asleep!