Narita Airport Terminal 2 · Arrivals, departures and trains
International departures at Narita T2 are on the third floor, arrivals on the first, and JR and Keisei services connect at Airport Terminal 2 Station below ground. Allow separate transfer time if you visit T3 before departing from T2.
At a glance
- International departures
- T2 third-floor check-in lobby
- International arrivals
- T2 first-floor arrivals lobby
- Trains
- Airport Terminal 2 Station · JR and Keisei
- Getting to T3
- Connecting walkway or free shuttle bus
- Official information
- Narita Airport: route from the station to T2 ↗
Checked · 2026.10.27
Narita Airport Terminal 2 · Arrivals, departures and trains
International departures at Narita T2 are on the third floor, arrivals on the first, and JR and Keisei services connect at Airport Terminal 2 Station below ground. Allow separate transfer time if you visit T3 before departing from T2.
Reaching trains after arrival
After immigration, baggage collection and customs, follow the railway signs from the public arrivals lobby down to Airport Terminal 2 Station. Keisei and JR are separate operators, so check the line on your ticket and use the correct gates. For a Skyliner journey to Nippori, both the basic fare and a reserved-seat limited-express ticket are required.
From the station to international departures
The official guide says to leave the ticket gates toward T2 and take the escalator on the right, before the automatic doors, up to the third floor. Check the departure board that day for your airline’s check-in counter. If returning from a meal or seeing a companion off at T3, plan around your actual airline terminal and check-in deadline.
Planning a trip between T2 and T3
A free shuttle to T3 leaves from bus stop 1 on the first floor of T2; the connecting walkway is another option. Official bus travel times are about 6 minutes from T2 to T3 and 3 minutes from T3 to T2, excluding the wait and the walk to the stop. The landside bus before security and the bus within the international transfer area are different services.
Shopping and reaching the gate after departure formalities
Distinguish duty-free shops in the international area beyond security and passport control from shops in public areas. You still need to walk to the boarding gate after shopping, so check the gate and boarding time on your boarding pass first.
The story behind this place
After Miyu’s birthday,
a quieter few days in Tokyo
Relief on the far side of the queue
Stepping off the aircraft and into the terminal brought me to the next stage: entering Japan. I had done this often enough that the procedure was not entirely unfamiliar, but the moment of…
Read this scene ↗From counter R to gate 84 in Terminal 2
After seeing our companion off at Terminal 3, we returned to Narita Airport's Terminal 2. It was a moment when the feeling of entering the final stage of the trip became unmistakable.…
Read this scene ↗