TsukuBlog » Accommodations http://blog.alientimes.org A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:12:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Getting to Narita from Tsukuba in the Early Morning http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/11/getting-to-narita-from-tsukuba-in-the-early-morning/ http://blog.alientimes.org/2008/11/getting-to-narita-from-tsukuba-in-the-early-morning/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:00:34 +0000 Shaney http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=2111 There is a fairly convenient bus service that runs between Tsukuba and Narita airport, but it doesn't run in the early morning or late at night. For example, the earliest bus leaves Tsukuba at 6am and arrives at Narita Airport at around 7:45am. If you need to get to the airport even earlier, you have basically two options.

Hotel Near the Airport

If you have to be at the airport by 7:30am, for example, I think your best option is to go to Narita by bus or train the night before and stay in a hotel near the airport, like the Narita Sky Court Hotel. (I have never stayed at the hotel, but it seems to be one of the cheaper options.) Or, if you don't mind having less luxury, you could try a guest house like Azure Guest House.

Train

Another option is to go by train early in the morning. Take the Tsukuba Express from Tsukuba to Kita Senju (5:28am to 6:01am). Take the Joban line from Kita Senju to Nippori (6:15am to 6:23am). Then take the Keisei Skyliner from Nippori to Narita Airport (6:35am to 7:29am). The cost will be 3070 yen per adult and the total trip will take about 2 hours. These times are for weekdays. The schedule will be different for holidays, and also the schedules change on a regular basis, so please look up the schedule for the actual day that you need to travel. There are plenty of Japanese sites that will let you search for train schedules, but if you can't read Japanese, try Jorudan.

2 Comments

  • At November 26, 2008, Prima Cabina wrote:

    The first or last car of Keisei trains running in the early morning is "For Peddlers Only". In that time, if you are lucky, you may see peddler old ladies in a traditional working wear shouldering a traditional bamboo backpack filled with fresh vegetables from Chiba. Once I could see them on a Keisei platform and was so moved! Feel Japanese tradition before going out to the world.

  • At November 26, 2008, Shaney wrote:

    Wow, that would be a really cool sight!

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I am living in Tsukuba city with my Japanese wife and children for 8 years. Our house is Japanese traditional style and we have enough space to accept some tourist from any kind of country. From before, I was thinking, why there is not any cheap hotel for foreigner in Tsukuba city? I am working as a researcher at one of the national institutes in Tsukuba city and I saw and heard about this problem from many foreigners. For this reason, I decided to provide our room as a guest room. We (I and my wife) working in the day (Mon to Fri), so we can provide our room from 5:00PM to 9:00AM.

Price for one person 3500 Japanese yen
Price for one person who is primary to high school is 2000 Japanese yen
Less than 7 years old is free

Payment in Dollar and Euro are also acceptable.

Facilities:

  1. Dinner and breakfast is free. We will provide vegetarian meal (almost vegetables produced from our garden). In addition, if you want to cook by self, we will provide our kitchen for you.
  2. Transportation is free (Shuttle) from station to our house and vice versa.
  3. Internet free.
  4. DVD projector home theater free until 00:00
  5. Telephone to abroad be based on actual expense until 00:00
  6. We will use the same bathroom.

We are considering you as a member of our family so please take it easy and relax. We are living in a simple house, and will try to keep clean and comfortable space for you. However, we are not professional managers of a hotel so please don't expect the same conditions as at a hotel.

For reservations, please send me an email (tsukubastay[AT]yahoo.com) with your complete address and telephone number. Then we will inform you of our address and telephone number. Our house is in the suburbs of Tsukuba City, and it takes 7 minutes by car from Tsukuba center.

We are looking forward to seeing you at our house.

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