Sunday, February 15, 2009   Layover Page If you are doing an
international flight and notice your ticket says you have a stop
in TOKYO, you are probably thinking, cool you have a few hours
down you'll jump in a cab right into the city. Well
unfortunately it is more complicated then that.  If you have a
international stop over and your ticket says TOKYO, the airport
you are using is Narita International Airport. Narita Airport is
some 60 km outside of Tokyo.  The reasons you don't want to go
all the way out to Tokyo on a short layover:  Immigration and
Customs clearing can take upwards to one hour. Then you will
need to factor in time for currency exchange and purchasing
train tickets.  A train can take 1 - 1.5 hours just to get into
Tokyo, then another 15-30 minutes to travel within the city.  On
your return to the airport you have to go through multiple
security checks (2-3 different ones), then you have to go
through exit immigration lines at the airport.  So in all, you
have to factor: getting into Japan (