Narita layover
 

At the end of October I have a 8 hour layover in Tokyo before catching my flight back to the U.S. On a previous trip I went to Narita City which was very nice but this time, call me crazy, I would like to try and get to Tokyo and back during my layover time. Granted I know I would have only a few hours but I am willing to spend the money to at least see something other than the airport! For those who may have done this may I please have your thoughts...am I insane to try? Also, which rail line would be the best to take? Finally, figuring about two hours time in Tokyo any thoughts on what I could/should see in that limited time? Your counsel is greatly appreciated!

One option is to take the Keisei Skyliner to Keisei Ueno Station. Ueno Park is right there and there's a lot to do in the park, including several good museums. It is also just a few minutes by taxi or subway to Senso-ji (Temple) if you prefer that to the park and its museums.

Great...thank you for the suggestion!

Better than the Skyliner, catch the Keisei Sky Access train. That gets into Keisei Ueno in under forty minutes, rather than the 56 minutes that the Skyliner travels in. I posted some information about the Sky Access here:

http://www.fodors.com/community/asia...ss-service.cfm

Sydney2K mystifyingly typed: <i>Better than the Skyliner, catch the Keisei Sky Access train.</i>

The new Keisei service is still called Skyliner. Keisei uses the term Sky Access in a kind of general way, but their schedules list the fast trains as <b>Skyliners</b> -- http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetud...able_ueno.html.

Keisei also continues to offer the old, slower service 1x/hour -- on the schedules, these trains are now called Cityliner.

I apologise Rizzuto, you are, of course correct.