# Tokyo Haneda layover guide The Tokyo Monorail leaves Haneda's Terminal 3 about every 5 minutes and reaches Hamamatsucho, a 15-minute walk from Tokyo Tower, in 13 minutes. So 5.5 hours is enough for a first look at Tokyo, and US, UK, EU, Canadian and Australian passports need no visa to leave the airport. - Web page: https://tokyolayover.com/haneda/ - Guide: [Tokyo Haneda Layover](https://tokyolayover.com/haneda/), an independent layover guide to Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND), part of City Layover - Updated 10 November 2026; facts checked 8 November 2026 ## Can you leave Tokyo Haneda on a layover? Yes, if your passport lets you into Japan and you have about 5.5 hours. US, UK, EU, Canadian and Australian passports need no visa; Indian passports do. The Tokyo Monorail reaches Hamamatsucho, a 15-minute walk from Tokyo Tower, in 13 minutes, and its last train back leaves at 11:59pm every day. With less time, stay past security: Terminal 3 has a transit hotel by gate 114. ## Every layover length - **Under 5.5 hours** (Stay airside): Stay at the airport. Between immigration, the train both ways and being back 90 minutes before your flight, under 5.5 hours leaves too little time in Tokyo. Changing planes at Terminal 3, you can rest past security in the transit hotel or a lounge. - **5.5 to 6 hours** (Possible but tight): About 2 hours in town: enough to ride the Monorail 13 minutes to Hamamatsucho and see the city from Tokyo Tower, or walk in Hama-rikyu Gardens by the bay. - **6 to 8 hours** (Go into Tokyo): About 2.5 to 4.5 hours in town: time for Senso-ji, Tokyo's oldest temple, in Asakusa, or the free Imperial Palace East Gardens, closed on Mondays and Fridays. - **8 to 12 hours** (Go into Tokyo): About 4.5 to 8.5 hours in town: any plan in this guide fits with time to spare. Take Senso-ji at an easy pace, or ride to Yokohama's harbour and the Cupnoodles Museum. - **12 hours or more** (Go into Tokyo): Most of a day in town. Landing at night? Rest at the airport, take the first Monorail at 5:09am and be at Hama-rikyu Gardens when it opens at 9am. **Landing late at night:** The first Tokyo Monorail train from the airport leaves about 5:09am and the last one back from Hamamatsucho about 11:59pm. The first JR and Tokyo Monorail train from the airport leaves about 5:09am and the last one back from Tokyo Station about 11:45pm. The first Toei Asakusa Line and Keikyu train from the airport leaves about 5:26am. The last one back from Shimbashi leaves about 10:56pm (11:32pm on Saturday and Sunday). The first Keikyu Line train from the airport leaves about 5:26am. The last one back from Yokohama leaves about 11:04pm (9:40pm on Saturday and Sunday). Last trains from other stations leave at other times; each plan’s route gives its own. If no plan into Tokyo fits around those hours, the verdict is to sleep near the airport. ## Time in town Worked out with this guide’s allowances: about an hour from landing to a train, the ride each way, and back at Haneda 90 minutes before departure. | Layover | In town, about | On the plan | | --- | --- | --- | | 5.5 hours | 2 hours | Tokyo Tower from Hamamatsucho | | 6 hours | 2.5 hours | Tokyo Tower from Hamamatsucho | | 8 hours | 4.5 hours | Tokyo Tower from Hamamatsucho | | 10 hours | 6.5 hours | Tokyo Tower from Hamamatsucho | | 12 hours | 8.5 hours | Tokyo Tower from Hamamatsucho | ## Layover plans Every plan on the overview, in the order it lists them. On the web page each plan's route is timed from your layover length and landing time. ### Tokyo Tower from Hamamatsucho - **Hint**: Nearest landmark, open late - **Layover**: 5.5 hours or more - **Cost**: $ - **Ride**: Tokyo Monorail, about 25 minutes there; leave town 2 hours 10 minutes before your flight 1. **Tokyo Tower**: About 15 minutes' walk from Hamamatsucho, past Zojo-ji. Main Deck ¥1,500, 9am to 11pm, last admission 10:30pm; allow about an hour up there. 2. **Hamamatsucho station**: Tokyo Monorail to Terminal 3: 13 minutes, a train about every 5 minutes, the last at 11:59pm. ### Hama-rikyu Gardens by Keikyu - **Hint**: Flat, quiet, by the bay - **Layover**: 5.5 hours or more - **Cost**: $ - **Ride**: Toei Asakusa Line and Keikyu, about 35 minutes there; leave town 2 hours 20 minutes before your flight 1. **Hama-rikyu Gardens**: 10 minutes' walk from Shimbashi. ¥300, 9am to 5pm, last entry 4:30pm; closed 29 December to 1 January. 2. **Shimbashi station**: Direct train to the airport on the Asakusa Line and Keikyu, about 21 minutes to Terminal 3. The last direct one leaves at 10:56pm on weekdays and 11:32pm at weekends. ### Senso-ji and Nakamise, Asakusa - **Hint**: Tokyo's oldest temple - **Layover**: 6 hours or more - **Cost**: $ - **Ride**: Toei Asakusa Line and Keikyu, about 50 minutes there; leave town 2 hours 30 minutes before your flight 1. **Senso-ji and Nakamise Street**: Through Kaminarimon, up Nakamise Street to the main hall and the five-storey pagoda. Free. A guided walk is about 2 hours: with it, allow a 6.5-hour layover. 2. **Asakusa station**: Direct train to the airport, about 34 minutes to Terminal 3. The last direct one leaves at 10:41pm on weekdays and 11:17pm at weekends. ### The Imperial Palace East Gardens - **Hint**: Free; closed Mondays and Fridays - **Layover**: 6 hours or more · Tue to Thu, Sat, Sun - **Cost**: $ - **Ride**: JR and Tokyo Monorail, about 40 minutes there; leave town 2 hours 20 minutes before your flight 1. **The Imperial Palace East Gardens**: About 10 minutes' walk from Tokyo Station. Free; closed Mondays and Fridays. 9am to 4pm from November to February, last entry 3:30pm. Bags are inspected at the gate. 2. **Tokyo Station**: JR to Hamamatsucho, then the Monorail to Terminal 3: about 30 minutes in all. Leave Tokyo Station by about 11:45pm for the last Monorail. ### Yokohama and the Cupnoodles Museum - **Hint**: Harbour city, good with children - **Layover**: 6.5 hours or more · Wed to Mon - **Cost**: $ - **Ride**: Keikyu Line, about 55 minutes there; leave town 2 hours 35 minutes before your flight 1. **Cupnoodles Museum Yokohama**: From Yokohama station, the Minatomirai Line to Minatomirai, then 8 minutes' walk. ¥500 for adults, free for high school age and younger; 10am to 6pm, last entry 5pm; closed Tuesdays and 23 November 2026. 2. **Yokohama station**: Direct Keikyu train to the airport, about 25 minutes to Terminal 3. The last direct one leaves at 11:04pm on weekdays but 9:40pm at weekends. ### A night at the airport, then Hama-rikyu Gardens - **Hint**: For night arrivals - **Layover**: 12 hours or more · overnight - **Cost**: $ - **Night**: rest near the airport, then head in for the morning - **Ride**: Toei Asakusa Line and Keikyu, about 35 minutes there; leave town 2 hours 20 minutes before your flight 1. **Hama-rikyu Gardens**: Opens at 9am; ¥300. Leave big bags at the airport's 24-hour baggage counters. 2. **Shimbashi station**: Direct train to the airport, about 21 minutes to Terminal 3. ### Royal Park Transit hotel, airside at Terminal 3 - **Hint**: A room inside security - **Where**: Airside - **The Royal Park Hotel Tokyo Haneda Transit, near gate 114**: Rooms on 6- and 12-hour plans, booked on the hotel's website. Refresh room with a shower, ¥5,000 for the first hour and ¥3,000 for each extra hour, by phone or at the desk. Check-in 5am to 1am; the desk is closed from 1am to 5am. ### Haneda Airport Garden hot spring - **Hint**: Open 24 hours, after immigration - **Where**: Landside · needs Japan entry - **Cost**: $ - **Haneda Airport Garden hot spring, by Terminal 3's arrivals hall**: Open 24 hours; the baths close from 10am to 12:30pm. ¥4,800 for adults, plus ¥4,000 between 1am and 5am; towels included. After immigration, so you need permission to enter Japan. ### Landside hotels, showers and the observation deck - **Hint**: After immigration - **Where**: Landside · needs Japan entry - **The Royal Park Hotel Tokyo Haneda, Terminal 3; Haneda Excel Hotel Tokyu, Terminal 2; First Cabin, Terminal 1**: Hotels on the public side of the terminals, after immigration. - **Shower rooms and the observation deck, Terminal 3**: Showers on the arrivals floor, open 24 hours: ¥1,500 for 30 minutes. The observation deck on the 5th floor is open 24 hours, weather permitting. ## At a glance - **Airport**: Tokyo Haneda (HND), Terminal 3 for most international flights - **Tokyo Monorail**: 13 min to Hamamatsucho, about every 5 min, ¥520 - **Last ride back**: Monorail, 11:59pm from Hamamatsucho, every day - **Minimum to leave**: About 5.5 hours - **Be back**: 90 minutes before departure, boarding pass in hand - **Sleep airside**: Transit hotel by gate 114, Terminal 3 - **Currency**: Japanese yen (¥) - **Paying for the train**: Welcome Suica or Tourist PASMO, from ¥1,000 - **Don't forget**: Register on Visit Japan Web before you land ## Arrivals A Tokyo layover is worth leaving the airport for if you have about 5.5 hours and a passport that Japan lets in without a visa. Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND), officially Tokyo International Airport, sits on Tokyo Bay in the south of the city, and most international flights use its Terminal 3. The Tokyo Monorail reaches Hamamatsucho, on the edge of central Tokyo, in 13 minutes, so the ride itself is short. Even so, about 3.5 hours of any trip go on immigration, the ride both ways and being back 90 minutes before your flight, which is why a Tokyo layover needs at least 5.5 hours. - **Bags.** Booked on one ticket, checked luggage is transferred to your onward flight for you, and you head out with just a carry-on. Booked separately, you must reclaim it and clear immigration anyway; Terminal 3's baggage storage counters keep it for you around the clock, from ¥800 a day. - **Train fare.** Buy a Welcome Suica at the Monorail station in Terminal 3, or a Tourist PASMO from the Keikyu station next to it. Both are prepaid travel cards for visitors, loaded from ¥1,000, that pay for the Monorail, the Keikyu, JR trains and the subway. There's no deposit, but no refund either, so load ¥2,000: that covers the Monorail both ways with a little to spare. - **Phone.** Wi-Fi is free in the terminals (HANEDA-FREE-WIFI). Set up a Japan eSIM before you land, so maps and train times work once you're on the train. Paying for the train, and what to do with bags: [getting into the city](https://tokyolayover.com/haneda/getting-to-the-city/). ## Border US, UK, EU, Canadian and Australian passports need no visa to leave the airport; Indian passports do. - **No visa needed.** US, UK, Canadian, Australian, EU and Schengen passports can enter Japan without a visa for up to 90 days, so a layover needs no paperwork beyond your passport. - **Before you land.** Register on Visit Japan Web, the Japanese government's free online service, and fill in your immigration and customs details. It gives you a code to show at the border. - **India and other passports that need a visa.** To leave the airport you need a Japanese visa: the eVISA, applied for online through an accredited travel agency, or a visa applied for through VFS. Ask your airline whether you can change planes airside without one. - **Staying airside.** If you change planes at Terminal 3 and stay in the transit area, past security, you never pass immigration and need nothing. - **Time.** Allow about an hour from landing to the train. A slow queue costs you time in town, not your flight: the time you must head back counts from your departure. Who needs which document, and what changing planes involves: [visa and transit rules](https://tokyolayover.com/haneda/visa-and-transit/). ## Into Tokyo Take the Tokyo Monorail: it leaves Terminal 3 about every 5 minutes and reaches Hamamatsucho in 13 minutes for ¥520. | Ride | Into town | Fare | | --- | --- | --- | | Tokyo Monorail to Hamamatsucho | 13 min | ¥520, or ¥519 on a travel card | | Keikyu Line to Shinagawa | From 11 min | ¥330 | | Keikyu through trains to Shimbashi and Asakusa | From 21 and 33 min | By distance: tap your card | Both stations are on the second floor of Terminal 3, the arrivals floor, a short walk from the arrivals exit. The Monorail is the simplest way in: one line, one stop that matters, and a train every few minutes. Keikyu trains run straight through to Shimbashi and Asakusa, so they suit the plans for Hama-rikyu Gardens and Senso-ji. The first Monorail leaves Terminal 3 at 5:09am and the first Keikyu train at 5:26am. Coming back, the Monorail runs latest: its last train leaves Hamamatsucho at 11:59pm, every day. The last direct trains to the airport from Asakusa, Shimbashi and Yokohama leave earlier, around 11pm and as early as 9:40pm from Yokohama at weekends, so for a late flight come back by Monorail. Every way in, the last trains by station, and taxis: [getting into the city](https://tokyolayover.com/haneda/getting-to-the-city/). ## What to do Tokyo Tower and Hama-rikyu Gardens are within half an hour of the airport, and Senso-ji, Tokyo's oldest temple, is about 35 minutes away by direct train. ### The fastest plan for a short layover 1. Clear immigration and follow the signs for the Tokyo Monorail, on the arrivals floor of Terminal 3. Tap in with your travel card, or buy a ticket from the machines. 2. Ride 13 minutes to **Hamamatsucho**, the end of the line. 3. Walk about 15 minutes to **Tokyo Tower** and ride up to the Main Deck, 150 metres up, for the view across the city: ¥1,500, from 9am to 11pm. 4. Leave Hamamatsucho 2 hours 10 minutes before your flight. That covers the wait for a train, the ride and 90 minutes back at the airport. It needs about 5.5 hours, which gives you about 2 hours in town: time for the tower and a look at Zojo-ji, the temple at its foot. Would you rather have a guide? No free transit tour runs from Haneda, but GetYourGuide and Viator list private Tokyo tours, some with a guide who meets you at the airport. Check that the tour fits your landing time and brings you back to Terminal 3. ### Watch the calendar - **Mondays and Fridays.** The Imperial Palace East Gardens are closed. - **Tuesdays.** The Cupnoodles Museum in Yokohama is closed. - **Winter afternoons.** From November to February the East Gardens close at 4pm and Hama-rikyu Gardens at 5pm, so a late landing suits Tokyo Tower, open until 11pm. - **23 November.** Labour Thanksgiving Day, a national holiday: the Cupnoodles Museum is closed, and the trains run their weekend timetable. - **New Year.** Many sights and shops close from 29 December to 3 January, Hama-rikyu Gardens and the East Gardens among them. Our [itineraries](https://tokyolayover.com/haneda/itineraries/) give timed plans from 5.5 to 24 hours, an overnight plan and places to rest at the airport. ## Head back Be back at Haneda 90 minutes before departure, with your onward boarding pass. - **Time.** With an hour to get out, the Monorail both ways and 90 minutes at the end, a 5.5-hour layover leaves about 2 hours in town, 8 hours about 4.5 and 12 hours about 8.5. Leave Hamamatsucho 2 hours 10 minutes before your flight. - **Why 90 minutes.** Checked in already, with no bag to drop, you go through security and departure immigration and walk to your gate. If you still need to check in, go to the counter first: JAL and ANA close check-in an hour before departure. - **Terminal 2.** A few international flights leave from Terminal 2. The Monorail and the Keikyu both stop at Terminal 3 first and then go on to Terminals 1 and 2, so ride on to your own terminal. - **Late at night.** The last Monorail leaves Hamamatsucho at 11:59pm, and it only matters for a flight after about 2am: for anything earlier you have to leave town before it anyway. The trains stop from about 12:30am until 5am, so if you miss the last one, take a taxi. Time in town at each layover length: [how much time you'll have](https://tokyolayover.com/haneda/getting-to-the-city/#timing-your-return). ## Departures Changing planes at Terminal 3 without entering Japan, you can sleep, shower or rest past security; after immigration there's a hot spring open all night. - **Transit hotel.** The Royal Park Hotel Tokyo Haneda Transit is past security in Terminal 3, near gate 114. It has rooms on 6- and 12-hour plans, booked on the hotel's own website, and a refresh room with a shower and a sofa, ¥5,000 for the first hour. It's for passengers who stay airside at Terminal 3, or who have already passed departure immigration there. - **Lounges.** Pay-in lounges past security in Terminal 3 open 24 hours: the Sky Lounge for ¥1,500 and the TIAT Lounge, with food and showers, for ¥4,400, each for up to 3 hours. - **After immigration.** The hot spring at Haneda Airport Garden, connected to Terminal 3's arrivals hall, is open 24 hours, from ¥4,800, and the shower rooms on the arrivals floor charge ¥1,500 for 30 minutes. You need permission to enter Japan for these. - **A free stopover.** ANA's TOKYO+ fares from Europe include a stopover in Tokyo on the same ticket, if you'd rather plan a night in the city. Rooms, lounges, showers and left luggage: [at the airport](https://tokyolayover.com/haneda/airport/). ## Questions people ask ### Can I leave Tokyo Haneda during a layover? Yes, with about 5.5 hours and a passport that lets you into Japan. US, UK, Canadian, Australian and EU passports need no visa for stays of up to 90 days; Indian passports need one. If you change planes at Terminal 3 without leaving, you never pass immigration and need nothing. ### How long a layover do I need to see Tokyo? About 5.5 hours, which leaves about 2 hours in town once you allow an hour to get through immigration, the Monorail both ways and being back 90 minutes before your flight. Senso-ji in Asakusa and the Imperial Palace East Gardens need about 6 hours. ### What time is the last train back to Haneda? The last Tokyo Monorail leaves Hamamatsucho at 11:59pm, every day. Direct trains from Asakusa, Shimbashi and Yokohama stop earlier, between 9:40pm and 11:32pm depending on the station and the day. On the Monorail it only matters for a flight after about 2am: for anything earlier you have to leave town before the last train anyway. ### Can I sleep at Tokyo Haneda? Yes. Changing planes at Terminal 3 without entering Japan, you can book a room at the Royal Park Hotel Tokyo Haneda Transit, past security by gate 114, or take its refresh room with a shower, ¥5,000 for the first hour. After immigration, the hot spring at Haneda Airport Garden is open 24 hours, from ¥4,800. ### Do I need a visa to leave Haneda on a layover? Not with a US, UK, Canadian, Australian or EU passport: you can enter Japan for up to 90 days without one. Indian passports need a visa: Japan's eVISA, applied for through an accredited agency, or a visa through VFS. Ask your airline whether you can change planes airside without one. ## Sources (checked 8 November 2026) - [Tokyo Monorail: Haneda Airport to Hamamatsucho, ride time and frequency (checked 10 Nov 2026)](https://www.tokyo-monorail.co.jp/english/) - [Tokyo Monorail: fares from Monorail Hamamatsucho (checked 10 Nov 2026)](https://www.tokyo-monorail.co.jp/guidance/pdf/fare_hamamatucho.pdf) - [Tokyo Monorail: timetables, Terminal 3 and Hamamatsucho (last trains for November 2026, checked 10 Nov 2026)](https://train-cloud.navitime.biz/en/tokyo-monorail/railroads/timetables?station=00009590&directional-railroad=00000783-up) - [Keikyu: timetable from Haneda Airport Terminal 3, first trains and ride times, revised 13 Dec 2025 (checked 10 Nov 2026)](https://norikae.keikyu.co.jp/transit/norikae/T5?dw=0&slCode=253-6&d=1) - [Keikyu: fares from Haneda Airport Terminal 3 (checked 10 Nov 2026)](https://www.keikyu.co.jp/ride/ticket/pdf/KK16.pdf) - [Keikyu: Yokohama station timetable towards Haneda and Sengakuji (last trains for November 2026, checked 9 Nov 2026)](https://norikae.keikyu.co.jp/transit/norikae/T5?USR=PC&dw=0&slCode=250-25&d=1) - [Toei Subway: Shimbashi timetable towards Haneda Airport, weekdays (last trains for November 2026, checked 9 Nov 2026)](https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/subway/timetable/asakusa/A10SD.html) - [Toei Subway: Asakusa timetable towards Haneda Airport, weekdays (last trains for November 2026, checked 9 Nov 2026)](https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/subway/timetable/asakusa/A18SD.html) - [Haneda Airport: train and monorail access (checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://tokyo-haneda.com/en/access/train/index.html) - [Haneda Airport: international to international connecting flights (checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://tokyo-haneda.com/en/flight/transit/int_int.html) - [Haneda Airport: arrival steps and Visit Japan Web (checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://tokyo-haneda.com/en/flight/int/arr_step.html) - [Haneda Airport: baggage storage (checked 9 Nov 2026)](https://tokyo-haneda.com/en/service/facilities/baggage_checkroom.html) - [Haneda Airport: card lounges (checked 9 Nov 2026)](https://tokyo-haneda.com/en/service/facilities/lounge.html) - [Haneda Airport: shower rooms (checked 9 Nov 2026)](https://tokyo-haneda.com/en/service/facilities/shower_room.html) - [Royal Park Hotels: The Royal Park Hotel Tokyo Haneda Transit (checked 9 Nov 2026)](https://www.royalparkhotels.co.jp/en/the/tokyohaneda/transit/) - [Haneda Airport Garden: hot spring user guide (checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://www.shopping-sumitomo-rd.com/eng/haneda/spa-izumi/userguide.html) - [JR East: Welcome Suica (checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://www.jreast.co.jp/en/multi/welcomesuica/welcomesuica.html) - [PASMO: Tourist PASMO (checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://www.pasmo.co.jp/en/tourist-pasmo/) - [Tokyo Tower: fees and business hours (checked 9 Nov 2026)](https://en.tokyotower.co.jp/fee/) - [Imperial Household Agency: Imperial Palace East Gardens (opening times checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/en/visit/event/higashigyoen/) - [Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association: Hama-rikyu Gardens, outline (hours and price, checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/teien/en/hama-rikyu/outline.html) - [Cupnoodles Museum Yokohama: admission (hours and prices, checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://www.cupnoodles-museum.jp/en/yokohama/guide/admission/) - [Japan Airlines: international boarding and check-in (checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/inter/boarding_attention/) - [ANA: international check-in counter opening times (checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://www.ana.co.jp/en/jp/guide/boarding-procedures/checkin/international/counter_open/) - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan: exemption of visa, short-term stay (checked 9 Nov 2026)](https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/novisa.html) - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan: eVISA (checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/visaonline.html) - [Embassy of Japan in India: visa (fees from 1 July 2026, checked 9 Nov 2026)](https://www.in.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/visa.html) - [Cabinet Office of Japan: national holidays (checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://www8.cao.go.jp/chosei/shukujitsu/gaiyou.html) - [ANA: TOKYO+ free Tokyo stopover (checked 8 Nov 2026)](https://www.ana.co.jp/en/it/plan-book/promotions/japan-domestic-promotion/)