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Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)
Airport Information
(Tokyo, Japan)
Sited some 15 km / 9 miles south-west of central Tokyo, Haneda Airport (HND) is also close to Kawasaki and Yokohama, and lies on the Japanese island of Honshu. The airport is well linked to central Tokyo by road, rail and monorail links, being an important hub for Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.
Originally, Haneda was the major international airport serving Tokyo, but now most international flights arrive and depart at the newer Narita Airport. Today, Haneda Airport serves mainly domestic routes apart from four flights a day to Gimpo Airport in Seoul, South Korea, from the International Terminal. Despite the lack of international flights, Haneda Airport is still the busiest airport in Japan and the fourth busiest airport on the entire planet, handling over 65 million passengers a year.
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There are two main terminals at Haneda Airport - Terminal 1, also known as Big Bird, and Terminal 2, which are linked by an underground tunnel with a moving walkway. A free shuttle bus service runs every five minutes between the two terminals and the International Terminal. There are Tokyo monorail stations at terminals 1 and 2, while the train station is located in the pedestrian corridor and links the two terminals.
Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND) Information: History and Facilities
Located on an appealing bayfront site, Haneda Airfield, as it was originally known, was completed in 1931 and immediately became the biggest civilian airport of its kinds in Japan. The airport soon began offering a range of commercial flights, linking destinations around the country, together with prominent cities in both Manchuria and also Korea.
In the mid-forties, Tokyo's Haneda Airfield was taken over by the US Army and became the Haneda Army Airbase. By the late 1950s, the airport was returned to the city of Tokyo and popular flights to Europe commenced. In the mid-sixties, a fast monorail linked Haneda Airport with Tokyo city centre and soon after, an additional international passenger building and runway opened.
However, due to rising demand, the airport was struggling to maintain service levels and so in 1978, much of the international traffic moved to the newly opened Narita Airport. In 1988, Haneda expanded onto an area of reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay, and by the year 2000, two new runways had been completed and Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND) is currently enjoying a period of international traffic expansion once more.
There are two six-storey shopping malls at Tokyo Haneda Airport - the Galleria Mall in Terminal 1 and the Marketplace in Terminal 2. The shopping centres provide a wide variety of retail outlets, together with restaurants, bars and cafés, with the outdoor rooftop restaurant being especially popular and overlooks the aircraft. Also onsite at Haneda Airport is the 387-room Haneda Excel Hotel Tokyu, which is situated directly above the Marketplace in Terminal 2.
There are post offices in both Terminal 1 and 2, a bank in Terminal 1 and ATMs scattered throughout all terminals, operated by banks such as Citi Bank, Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank and UFJ. Other useful airport facilities at Tokyo Haneda include luggage delivery service, a nursery area, a smoking room and a business court.
Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND) Information: About Tokyo Tourism
Tokyo is a major Japanese city and visitors with both tourism and business on their agenda regular fly into the city's nearby Haneda Airport. For businessmen, many major corporations reside in this part of Japan, particularly around the bustling Shinjuku district, considered by many to be the very heart of the city.
However, if tourism is on your mind, then Tokyo cannot fail to appeal, with leading attractions such as the many shrines within Ueno Park, the traditional gardens in the Jindai Botanical Park, the beautiful 17th-century Asakusa Shrine, the exciting Hanayashiki Amusement Park, and the gleaming Tokyo Tower, where you can enjoy stunning views of Mount Fuji and beyond.
Haneda Airport (HND) is well placed for tourists intending to visit either Tokyo or neighbouring Yokohama, being sited next to Kawasaki and alongside the Pacific coastline. The attractions on the southern side of the city are especially close and these include the Tokyo International Pier, the Hamarikyu-teien Palace Gardens, the endless shopping around the Ginza district, and the roller coaster attractions at the Tokyo Disneyland resort, next to the bay itself.
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