Nine hotels at and near Narita Airport, for a landing after the last train or a flight before the first: the 9h nine hours capsule you can walk to from Terminal 2, seven airport hotels with free shuttle buses, and one in Narita town by the temple.
Narita is a long way from central Tokyo, and that's the reason to sleep near it: if you land after the last Skyliner or Narita Express, or fly out before the first, an airport hotel saves a very expensive taxi. For a normal arrival, go straight into town; our Narita Airport to Tokyo guide has every train and bus, and where to stay in Tokyo compares the city areas (Ueno, at the end of the Skyliner, is the easiest; see Ueno hotels). My short answer at the airport: 9h nine hours Narita Airport for a pod you can walk to from Terminal 2, Hotel Nikko Narita for the best-run free shuttle, with buses that start at 4:30am, and Hotel MyStays Premier Narita for families, for its free indoor pool.
Narita has only one place to sleep at the terminals, the capsule hotel by Terminal 2. Every other hotel sits in a belt of airport hotels a few kilometres away, and the seven here all run free buses for their guests, mostly from bus stop 16 at Terminal 1 and from stops 25 to 33 at Terminal 2. Terminal 3 gets almost none of these buses, so Terminal 3 passengers walk 10 to 15 minutes to Terminal 2 or take the free inter-terminal bus. There's also one hotel in Narita town, for the temple and the old streets. For pods in the city, see capsule hotels in Tokyo; with children, see family hotels in Tokyo.
Rates move with the date, so check each hotel's own site, and expect higher prices and full houses around the cherry blossom (late March to early April), Golden Week (29 April to 5 May 2027) and New Year.
At the terminal: the Terminal 2 capsule. 9h nine hours Narita Airport is the only place at Narita you can walk to from check-in. It's a Nine Hours capsule hotel next to Terminal 2, in the P2 car park building, and Narita Airport lists it as its airport hotel. Pods are sold for the night or for a few hours, so it works for a nap and a shower on a long layover as well as for a midnight landing. Our capsule hotels guide explains how pod hotels work: lockers, shared showers, one person per pod.
It's a capsule, with the trade-offs that brings: a curtain rather than a door, a locker rather than a room, and no space for a big case in the pod. It fills up, so book ahead. Terminal 3 is a walk of 10 to 15 minutes away, and Terminal 1 a free bus or one stop on the train.
Book ahead: it's the only bed you can walk to from a Narita terminal, and it fills up. Big suitcases are better left in the terminal's coin lockers or baggage counters.
The shuttle hotels: a free bus from the terminal. Narita's other hotels are in a belt a few kilometres from the runways, and every one here runs a free bus for its guests. Narita Airport's own page lists the stop and journey time for each. Narita Tobu Hotel Airport is among the closest: about 5 to 10 minutes by hotel bus from Terminal 1's stop 16 and 10 to 15 from Terminal 2's stop 25, and the hotel times the return trip at 3 to 5 minutes to Terminal 2. Parking is ¥1,000 a night if you're driving.
Its buses don't serve Terminal 3 at all any more: the hotel dropped its early morning Terminal 3 runs, so Terminal 3 flyers get off at Terminal 2 and walk or take the free connecting bus. Older car satnavs may list it under its old name, Holiday Inn Tobu Narita.
From the hotel the bus takes about 3 to 5 minutes to Terminal 2 and 10 to 15 to Terminal 1. Older car satnavs may still list it as Holiday Inn Tobu Narita, its name until 2011.
Hotel Nikko Narita has the clearest published timetable and the most useful early buses. Its green buses leave the hotel from 4:30am, and the 4:30, 5:10 and 5:50am departures call at Terminal 3 before Terminal 2 and Terminal 1, which makes it my pick for a dawn flight from any terminal (one midday bus also ends at Terminal 3; the hotel's timetable gives it as 12:10 in one note and 12:20 in another, so ask the desk). In the evening they pick up from Terminal 2 (stop 33) until 12:20am and Terminal 1 (stop 16) until 12:25am, so a late arrival is covered too. With 7,469 Google reviews it's also the most-reviewed hotel here.
The bus is for hotel guests only, and outside those runs Terminal 3 passengers change at Terminal 2. The last bus from the hotel to the airport leaves at 10:20pm, so a night flight means a taxi, which the hotel estimates at about ¥1,500 and 10 minutes to Terminals 1 and 2.
The green buses are for hotel guests only. A taxi to Terminal 1 or 2 is about 10 minutes and roughly ¥1,500, by the hotel's estimate. Arriving at Terminal 3, walk or take the free inter-terminal bus to Terminal 2's stop 33.
Toyoko Inn Narita Airport Honkan is the cheap, no-nonsense choice, and its free shuttle runs the longest day of any hotel here: from Terminal 2 (stop 31-B) and Terminal 1 (stop 16) from about 4:30am to after midnight, every 20 minutes or so for most of the day, and from the hotel from 4:20am to 11:35pm. The early buses from the hotel, up to 6:10am, also call at Terminal 3, for drop-off. A free buffet breakfast starts at 6:30am.
It shares the bus with the Toyoko Inn Narita Airport Shinkan (annex) next door, so at busy times the buses fill up, and they can leave early when full; there's also a gap in the timetable around 1pm. Rooms are compact, and check-out is at 10am.
Shared with the Shinkan (annex) next door. The hotel's buses up to 6:10am also call at Terminal 3, for drop-off only. There's a gap in the timetable around 1pm, and buses leave early when full.
Hilton Tokyo Narita Airport is the full-service choice: a big Hilton about 15 to 20 minutes from the terminals on its free shuttle (Terminal 1 stop 16, Terminal 2 stop 26), with a basement health club with a pool, gym and sauna, and parking at ¥500 a night for guests. Its free bus also runs to JR Narita Station, about 20 minutes away, which makes an afternoon at the Naritasan temple easy. Children of elementary-school age or younger who share a parent's bed stay free.
The health club is partly or fully closed for maintenance from 10 to 14 November 2026, so check before you count on a swim that week. It's one of the further hotels from the terminals, so allow for the bus ride on an early flight.
The health club on the basement floor has a pool, gym and sauna; it's partly or fully closed for maintenance from 10 to 14 November 2026. Children of elementary-school age or younger sharing a parent's bed stay free.
ANA Crowne Plaza Narita is a 390-room hotel with free buses from Terminal 1 (stop 16, 7:25am to 11:10pm) and Terminal 2 (stop 25, 7:15am to 11pm); the hotel puts the ride at about 20 minutes from Terminal 1 and 25 from Terminal 2. Buses to the airport start at 6am, and it also runs buses to JR Narita Station and Aeon Mall Narita. Parking is ¥400 a night for guests.
Its last pick-ups, 11pm and 11:10pm, are earlier than Hotel Nikko's or Toyoko Inn's, so a delayed late flight can leave you on a taxi. The buses aren't low-floor, which matters with a wheelchair or a pushchair. Check-out is 11am.
390 rooms. Its buses also run to JR Narita Station and Aeon Mall Narita. The buses aren't low-floor, which matters with a wheelchair or a pushchair.
Hotel MyStays Premier Narita is the one for families: its indoor pool, about 15 metres long, is free for guests from 8am to 10pm, and children love it. The free shuttle takes about 15 minutes from Terminal 1 (stop 16) and about 20 from Terminal 2 (stop 26), by Narita Airport's timings, and another free bus runs to JR Narita Station's east exit. The bath with a sauna costs extra.
Bring swimwear (there's none to rent) and floats if you need them; towels are rented. The pool opens at 2pm on 13 November and 11 December 2026 for cleaning. Like the Hilton nearby, it's at the far end of the hotel belt, so allow for the ride.
Bring towels and swimwear for the pool: towels are rented, swimwear isn't. The bath with a sauna costs extra. The pool opens at 2pm instead of 8am on 13 November and 11 December 2026 for cleaning.
Marroad International Hotel Narita is the driver's choice: an 800-space car park at ¥500 a night for guests, a free shuttle that takes 10 to 20 minutes from Terminal 1 (stop 16) and Terminal 2 (stop 27), and a free town bus from JR Narita Station. Terminal 3 passengers use the Terminal 2 stop.
It has the lowest Google score of the shuttle hotels here, 3.9. For one night between flights, with a car, it does the job.
Terminal 3 passengers use the Terminal 2 stop. It has an 800-space car park, the biggest of the hotels here.
In Narita town: by the station and the temple. If you'd rather spend a spare evening somewhere with streets and restaurants, stay in Narita town instead of the airport belt. Richmond Hotel Narita is 5 minutes on foot from the east exit of Keisei Narita Station and 10 from JR Narita, and the hotel puts the airport about 20 minutes away by train. Naritasan Shinshoji, the great temple founded in 940, and its approach street of shops and eel restaurants are close by, which makes this the best base for a last day in Japan.
There's no hotel shuttle: you take the train to the airport, so check the first train against your check-in time for a very early flight. For a dawn departure, one of the shuttle hotels or the Terminal 2 capsule is safer.
5 minutes on foot from the east exit of Keisei Narita Station and 10 from JR Narita's east exit; the hotel puts the airport about 20 minutes away by train.
A dawn flight: Hotel Nikko Narita (buses from 4:30am, the first three via Terminal 3) or Toyoko Inn (from 4:20am).
A landing after the last train: Hotel Nikko or Toyoko Inn, whose buses pick up past midnight, or the capsule at Terminal 2.
A long layover: 9h nine hours Narita Airport, by the hour or the night.
Families: Hotel MyStays Premier Narita for its free indoor pool, or the Hilton for the pool and a bus to Narita town.
Driving: Marroad (¥500 a night, 800 spaces) or ANA Crowne Plaza (¥400 a night).
A last evening in Japan: Richmond Hotel Narita in Narita town, near the temple.
The capsule: you can walk to Terminal 2, but it's a pod, not a room, and it books up.
The shuttle hotels: free buses and proper rooms, but you're tied to a timetable, most buses skip Terminal 3, and the belt around the airport has little to walk to in the evening. Check the last bus against your landing time, and the first against your check-in.
Narita town: a real town with restaurants and the temple, but no shuttle; the train sets your timetable.
Bus times, stops and facility notes on this page are from each hotel's own website, and the stops from Narita Airport's hotel-bus page, on 5 November 2026. Hotels change timetables, so check yours when you book.
For the Skyliner, Narita Express, buses and taxis into the city, see Narita Airport to Tokyo; the city areas are compared in where to stay in Tokyo. Flying from Haneda instead? See Haneda Airport to Tokyo, and for its hotels, hotels near Haneda Airport.
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