Narita International Airport aka: NRT

I love everything about Japan…including the airport! :p

Miss it so much! :)

’Nuff said!!

I like NRT. It is my airport f preference when travelling through Japan. Smoking rooms, like in most Japanese airports, are conveinently located. The smoking room in the international concourse of NRT is far more comfy than those in NGA and some of the other Japanese airports. The rooms in Narita actually have seating and are actually large enough, compared to the “aquarium” like rooms in Nagoya. I have always found the Japanese to be especially friendly and courteous while carrying out their duties. This goes for security, clerks and airport officials. They are doing a job but still manage to be friendly and respectful.

I was stuck there for several hours during a storm, so I wandered around quite a bit.

TIPS:

1. figure out how to use a Japanese payphone before you get into a situation where you MUST make a call (like to tell the person picking you up you’ll be 3 hours late!). they only accept special phone cards or Japanese coins. luckily, i got Japanese coins in change after buying a magazine in US dollars but I couldn’t figure out how much money to put in. the Japanese person using the phone next to mine was no help.

2. you can take a shower or get McD’s there (they have some funky menu variations).

3. get something at the candy/goodies shop!

4. if your plane gets delayed…keep checking to make sure you’re waiting at the right gate because they changed gates on me 3 or 4 times and were very bad about notifying everyone!

5. be patient with the toilets. eventually you’ll find the right buttons (the “flush sound” button was very funny and embarassing).

not worth visiting when you have already been in the air for 23 hours and have to sit and wait for 7 more hours :( i thought there’d be awesome sushi and robots everywhere