Postal Address

Cosmic Raditaion Laboratory, RIKEN
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako City, Saitama, 351-0198 JAPAN
TEL: +81-48-467-9337
FAX: +81-48-462-4640


Access to the Laboratory

From NARITA or HANEDA Airport to RIKEN


From Narita Airport to Wako-shi Station

·Keisei airport bus goes directly to Wako-shi Station. This service was begun on July 13, 2007. The timetable is the following. However, the arrival time depends on the traffic. See detail infomation.
Narita Airport to Wako-shi station | Wako-shi station to Narita Airport
Narita T2Narita T1Wako-shi|Wako-shiNarita T1Narita T2
09:00 09:05 11:00|05:3007:0507:10
10:30 10:35 12:30|06:3008:2508:30
13:10 13:15 15:10|07:3009:2509:30
14:40 14:45 16:40|09:3011:2511:30
16:10 16:15 18:10|12:5514:5014:55
18:50 18:55 20:50|15:4517:4017:45
20:50 20:55 22:50|18:4020:4520:50
Tel: +81-3-3621-2418(9:30 - 17:30 JST) The fare is 2800 yen. Keisei bus Site is http://www.keiseibus.co.jp/pc/index.html.


From Narita Airport to Ikebukuro Station

·Airport Limousine bus goes directly to Ikebukuro Station. However, the arrival time depends on the traffic. Limousine bus ticket counters are located in the arrival lobbies of Terminal 1 & Terminal 2 at Narita Airport. The fare is 3,000 yen. When you are in Terminal 1, the bus for Ikebukuro departs from the platform No.1. When you are in Terminal 2, the bus departs from the platform No.7 or No.17.
A bus reaches at Hotel Metropolitan Tokyo about 90 minutes. You will walk from Hotel Metropolitan Tokyo to the enclosure of a Ikebukuro Station, and arrive at the ticket counter of Tobu-Tojo-Line in about 3 minutes. (more info. about Airport Limousine Bus, click "Airport Limousine Bus" or "Ikebukuro" on the upper map)
·Narita express can also arrive in Ikebukuro Station directly (one and a half hours). The ticket is available at the "VIEW" plaza of JR line. There are ticket counters at each terminals (Terminal1&Terminal2). The fare is 3,110 yen.
·Keisei SkyLiner Please get off the Keisei Skyliner at Nippori Station. Then you must change to Yamanote-Line and go to Ikebukuro Station. We recommend this way since a fare is cheaper than above 2 ways. The fare is 1,920yen. The ticket is available at the ground floor one of the Keisei station. There are ticket counters at each terminals (Terminal1&Terminal2). You will arrive to Nippori Station in about 1 hour by Keisei Skyliner. It will take another 20 minutes from Nippori Station to Ikebukuro Station by JR line.


From Haneda Airport to Wako-Shi Station

New airport Limousine bus service was begun on 2007. It will take about 60 - 100 minutes from Haneda airport to Wako-shi station. See detail (Japanese, English).


From Haneda Airport to Ikebukuro Station

There are two kinds of routes to come to Ikebukuro Station from Haneda Airport. They are way of using a Airport Limousine bus, and way of using a monorail.
We recommend a Airport Limousine bus so you goes directly to Ikebukuro Station.
Seats are allocated on a first come, first serve basis and advance bookings are not accepted. Please purchase a ticket at the Tour Desk (Limousine Bus Ticket Counter ) in the arrival lobby in advance and wait at the bus stop. The bus from Haneda leaves from Stand No. 6 outside the level 1 arrival lobby.Schedules for the routes above apply on week days, weekends and public holidays.
You arrive Metropolitan Tokyo about 1 hour. The fare is 1,200 yen.


From Ikebukuro Station to Wako-shi Station

·Tobu-Tojo-Line Please find the ticket counter of Tobu-Tojo-Line, first. You ride on a special express or express of Tobu-Tojo-Line, and arrive in 12 minutes up to the Wako-shi station. The fare is 240 yen.
·Tokyo Metoro Line Please find the ticket counter of Tokyo Metoro Yorakucho-Line, first. You ride on Tokyo Metoro Yurakucho-Line, and arrive in 19 minutes up to the Wako-shi station. The fare is 230 yen.



Wako-shi Station---RIKEN Area MAP


♠On foot : About 10-15 mitutes from Wako-shi Station.
♠ By taxi : About 5-10 minutes from Wako-shi Station.
♠ By bus : About 5-10 minutes from Wako-shi Station.
Wako-shi Station --- Hirosawa (Seibu Bus, to Oizumi Gakuen Stop)about every 20 minutes.


How to come in RIKEN
    Please go to the west gate, then say to a guard that
    "RIKEN Symposium ni kimashita.".
    "Suzuki Umetaro Hall" is located at south of RIKEN campus.
    See the campus map.






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