How to get to TMU from Narita airport
--Instruction for those who carry heavy luggages
See also the pdf version (5.6MB) of this document with a couple of useful Japanese expressions.1. From Narita airport to Shinjuku station
Go to the nearest JR station (Narita Airport Station or 2nd Airport Terminal Bldg Station) and get a ticket for Narita Express bound for Shinjuku. All seats of this train require seat reservation, and the fee for Shinjuku is 3,110 yen (it includes the fee for reservation and special express; it may vary depending on whether the day is a holiday or not). The configurations of these two stations are available here. One could get a ticket from a vending machine, but foreigners are well advised to get a ticket from a guy at the office, since people there speak English (I don't even remember if there is any instruction in English on vending machines; for Japanese using a vending machine is a much faster option, though). Narita Express bound for Shinjuku is available approximately every one hour. The time table is available here.2. From Shinjuku station to Minami-Osawa station
You are supposed to arrive at the platform 3 or 4 at Shinjuku station. Shinjuku station is particularly complicated if you carry heavy luggages (i.e., the path for approximately horizontal translation only is quite non-trivial; I'm assuming that you are carrying heavy luggages with rollers and that it is relatively easy for you to move horizontally), and you have to follow exactly the direction of the arrows in either of the two maps below (Take a look at either of the two, depending on your taste; Click the maps to enlarge.). First, go all the way to the front end of the platform 3 or 4 and go downstairs. Next go along Alps Square, North Corridor, West Entrance. Make sure that you never go along Central Corridor and Central West Entrance, because in that case you would have to carry heavy luggages upstairs and downstairs to take your next train. At West Entrance give up your ticket for JR Line and get out of the exit of JR Line. Next, follow the arrows in the maps below.
3. From Minami-Osawa station to the International House at TMU
After getting off at Minami-Osawa (there are an escalator and an elevator going up), get out of the exit giving up your Keio Line ticket. If you think you can carry your luggages for 15 minutes all the way, then follow the arrow in the campus map. Otherwise, you have to take a taxi. To take a taxi, make left after you get out of the exit of Minami-Osawa station and you will find a taxi. They should be able to take you all the way to the entrance of the International House for about 700 yen. The reception (0426-77-3001) at the International House closes at 21:00, and if you think you can't make it by then, call Yasuda's cellular phone (I'll give this number to everybody by email in due course).