Access to Kavli IPMU

Train and Bus Route Map

*The nearest station is Kashiwanoha-Campus Station of Tsukuba Express Line.

Route Map2Route Map


From Haneda Airport

Option 1: By Airport Limousine bus to Kashiwanoha-Campus Station

*It also stops at National Cancer Center, a large hospital right in front of the campus.

Timetable of Haneda Airport Limousine Bus to/from the Kashiwa Area

90 minutes, 1,800 yen

 

Option 2: By railways to Kashiwanoha-Campus Station

  1. Haneda Airport => Hamamatsucho (Tokyo Monorail, 14 min at the fastest)
  2. Hamamatsucho => Akihabara (JR Yamanote Line,11 min)
  3. Akihabara => Kashiwanoha-Campus (Tsukuba Express Line, 30 min at the fastest)

 

From Narita Airport

Option 1: By Airport Limousine bus to Kashiwanoha-Campus Station

*This service is temporarily suspended from August 1, 2024.

Timetable of Narita Airport Limousine Bus to/from the Kashiwa area

Narita Airport Service

70 minutes, 1,800 yen

 

Option 2: By railways to Kashiwanoha-Campus Station

  1. Narita Airport => Higashi-Matsudo  (Narita Sky Access Express, 34 min at the fastest)
  2. Higashi-Matsudo => Minami-Nagareyama  (JR Musashino Line, 9 min)
  3. Minami-Nagareyama => Kashiwanoha-Campus (Tsukuba Express Line, 7 min at the fastest)

For more details, please see this manual.

 

From Downtown Tokyo

Come to Kashiwanoha-Campus Station (Tsukuba Express Line) using a route finder like the one below.

https://world.jorudan.co.jp/mln/en/

Enter the stations of departure (your place) and arrival (Kashiwanoha-Campus) in the blanks.

 

From Kashiwanoha-Campus Station

Option 1: Public bus

West Exit of the station, at Bus Stop #1 (see the map below)

Take a bus numbered 西柏03, 西柏04 or 西柏10, running almost every 5 minutes (170 yen, approx. 10 min).

Get off at National Cancer Center, “国立がんセンター” (Kokuritsu Gan Center) in Japanese.

Kavli IPMU is 5 minutes' walk from the bus stop.

See Campus map and Public Transportation

 

Option 2: Complimentary shuttle bus run by UTokyo

Take a university shuttle bus running between the station and our campus (approx. 10 min).

The bus stop is along the station rotary road close to Mitsui Garden Hotel Kashiwanoha.

A small stand shows "Corporate bus."

On board, tell the driver that you are visiting Kavli IPMU. No ticket/certificate is required for visitors. The bus will stop in front of Kashiwa Library on campus.

Shuttle bus timetable

Campus map

 

Kashiwanoha-Campus station - U TokyoKashiwanoha-Campus Station - UTokyo

Kashiwanoha Campus stationKashiwanoha-Campus Station

 

Tips

(1) Prepaid IC card

You might want to purchase a prepaid e-money card (Suica or PASMO) at a station. It enables you to get on trains/buses without purchasing tickets.

*Railroad companies have suspended issuing a new Suica/PASMO card since August 2023. You can still download them as a mobile app and start using it at once.

Prepaid IC card for transportation, etc.

 

(2) Taxi

From Narita Airport, it will take approx. 90 min without highway use and approx. 60 min with highway use to get to the campus by taxi. The cost depends on which service you use but will be no less than 25,000 yen.

From Haneda Airport, it will take approx. 70 min to get to the campus by taxi. The cost depends on which service you use but will be no less than 20,000 yen.

*Taxi fees between the airport and the campus cannot be supported in accordance with the rules even when your host promises to cover your travel expenses.