TRANSPORTATION GUIDE & MAPS (Keep an electronic copy of this on your internet-enabled devices to access the links. Electronic copy of this guide is downloadable at neaef.org/young-leaders-program)
From Tokyo Narita Airport to Sendai Station
IMPORTANT: Take a picture of your train ticket showing the fare for reimbursement purposes. In most cases, your ticket will be collected in the train.
From Narita Airport, take the Skyliner going to Keisei Ueno Station. You can purchase the ticket online in advance using this link: http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/e-ticket/en/ticket/skyliner-ticket/index.php
Fare: 2,470 yen Time: Approximately 47 minutes from Narita Airport Terminal 1 Approximately 43 minutes from Narita Airport Terminal 2
From the Ueno Station, take the Komachi or Hayabusa (Tohoku Shinkansen) going to Sendai Station. It would be best to buy the ticket at Ueno Station because online reservation requires exact time of boarding.
Fare: 10,790 yen (one way) Time: 86-88 minutes (Komachi) & 86-89 minutes (Hayabusa)
• NARITA AIRPORT FLOOR MAP: https://www.narita- airport.jp/en/map/?map=4&terminal=1
• JR-EAST TRAIN TIMETABLE (TOKYO TO SENDAI): https://www.eki- net.com/pc/jreast-shinkansen- reservation/English/wb/common/timetable/e_tohoku_d/index.html
• JR-EAST TRAIN TIMETABLE (SENDAI TO TOKYO): https://www.eki- net.com/pc/jreast-shinkansen- reservation/English/wb/common/timetable/e_tohoku_d/index.html
For time-specific detailed steps using your GPS on your phone, please download/use Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps
From Tokyo Haneda Airport to Sendai Station
IMPORTANT: Take a picture of your train ticket showing the fare for reimbursement purposes. In most cases, your ticket will be collected in the train.
Option 1 From Haneda Airport, take the Tokyo-Monorail and get off at Hamamatsucho Station. At Hamamatsucho Station, take Kaihintohoku Line (bound for Omiya) or JR Yamanote Line (bound for Tokyo Station) to Tokyo Station. Fare: 490 yen Haneda Airport International Terminal – Hamamatsucho 160 yen Hamamatsucho – Tokyo Station Time: Approximately 13-14 minutes (from Haneda International Terminal to Hamamatsucho) Approximately 6-7 minutes (from Hamamatsucho to Tokyo Station)
From the Tokyo Station, take the Komachi or Hayabusa (Tohoku Shinkansen) going to Sendai Station. Fare: 11,000 yen (one way) Time: Approximately 92 minutes
Option 2 From Haneda Airport, take the Airport Limousine to Tokyo Station Yaesu North Exit. Fare: 930 yen Time: Approximately 45 minutes
• HANEDA AIRPORT FLOOR MAP: http://www.haneda-airport.jp/inter/en/map/
• JR-EAST TRAIN TIMETABLE: https://www.eki-net.com/pc/jreast-shinkansen- reservation/English/wb/common/timetable/e_tohoku_d/index.html
For time-specific detailed steps using your GPS on your phone, please download/use Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps
From Sendai Airport to Sendai Station
IMPORTANT: Take a picture of your train ticket showing the fare for reimbursement purposes. In most cases, your ticket will be collected in the train.
Option 1 From Sendai Airport, take the Sendaikuko Access Line, stay in the same train, and get off at Sendai Station (7 stations). Fare: 650 yen Time: Approximately 25 minutes
• SENDAI AIRPORT FLOOR MAP: https://www.sendai-airport.co.jp/en/floormap/
For time-specific detailed steps using your GPS on your phone, please download/use Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps
Getting to the hotel from Sendai Station:
HOTEL METROPOLITAN SENDAI WEBSITE: https://www.sendaimetropolitan.jp/ ADDRESS: 980-8477 Miyagi, Sendai, Aoba-ku Chuo 1-1-1, Japan PHONE: +81 22-267-2246
Hotel Metropolitan Sendai is right next to Sendai Station. Use West Exit to go to Hotel Metropolitan Sendai (4 minutes).
Getting around Sendai
ICSCA: Reloadable card to pay Bus and Subway: http://www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/icsca/icsca_purchase.html
The ICSCA card can be purchased in any subway stations.
AUGUST 9-10 (ANNUAL NEAEF CONFERENCE): CHI-NO-YAKATA (TOKYO ELECTRON HOUSE OF CREATIVITY) (From Hotel Metropolitan Sendai)
ADDRESS: 2 Chome-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 980-0812, Japan TOHOKU UNIVERSITY MAP: https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/map/en/?f=KH_Z05 GOOGLE MAP: https://goo.gl/maps/74qoGkuLQjn
OPTION 1: 11-MINUTE WALK (SIX BLOCKS AWAY)