Train and Bus Route Map
**The nearest station is Kashiwanoha campus station of Tsukuba Express line.
Route Map
- From Narita Airport
- From Haneda Airport
- From Downtown Tokyo
- From Kashiwanoha Campus Station
- Tips: (1)Prepaid IC card (2)Taxi
From Narita Airport
Option 1: By Airport Limousine bus (to Kashiwanoha Campus Station).
Time Table of Narita Airport Limousine Bus for Kashiwa area
90 minutes, 1800 JPY (*only 2 runs/day)
Ticket counter: In front of baggage claims on the arrival lobby. Credit cards available.
Option 2: By railways to come to Kashiwanoha Campus Station.
- Narita Airport => Higashi Matsudo (Narita Sky Access Express, bound for Haneda-Airport Domestic Terminal, 36 min.)
- Higashi Matsudo => Minami Nagareyama (JR Musashino Line, bound for Fuchu Honmachi, 9 min.)
- Minami Nagareyama => Kashiwanoha Campus (Tsukuba Express Line, bound for Tsukuba, 7 min. by Sub-rapid train or 9-12 min. by Local train.)
For more details, please see this manual.
From Haneda Airport
Option 1: By Airport Limousine bus (to National Cancer Center).
**It also stops at Kashiwanoha Campus Station **
Time Table of Haneda Airport Limousine Bus for Kashiwa Area
*We recommend making the reservation for the way back to to Narita airport
70 minutes, 1600 JPY
Ticket counter: In front of baggage claims on the arrival lobby. Credit cards available.
Option 2: By railways to Kashiwanoha Campus Station.
- Haneda-Airport Terminal 1=> Hamamatsucho (Tokyo-Monorail Airport Rapid, bound for Hamamatsucho, 17 min.)
- Hamamatsucho =>Akihabara (JR Yamanote Line toward Tokyo, 10 min. )
- Akihabara => Kashiwanoha Campus (Tsukuba Express Line, bound for Tsukuba, 30 min, by Sub Rapid Train)
From Downtown Tokyo
Come to Kashiwanoha Campus station (Tsukuba Express Line) using the route finder below.
https://world.jorudan.co.jp/mln/en/
To search your ways, input the station names of departure (your place) and destination (Kashiwanoha Campus) in the blanks.
From Kashiwanoha Campus Station
Option 1: Public bus
West Exit of the station, at Bus Stop #1 (see map below)
Take a bus numbered 西柏03 or 西柏04, running almost every 5 minutes (170 JPY, Approx. 10 min.).
Get off at National Cancer Center, “Kokuritsu Gan Kenkyu Center” in Japanese.
Kavli IPMU is 5-minute walk from the bus stop.
See Campus map and Public Transportation.
Option 2: Complimentary shuttle bus run by the University
Take an 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 IPMU. No ticket/certificate is necessary for visitors. The bus will stop in front of Kashiwa Library on campus.
Kashiwanoha Campus station
Tips
(1)Prepaid IC card
Purchasing a prepaid e-money card（Suica or Pasmo) at a station is recommended. These prepaid cards enable you to take transportation services without purchasing tickets at ticket vending machines.
Prepaid IC card for transportation, etc.
(2)Taxi
From Narita Airport, a taxi will cost around 18000 yen without using highway (85 min.) or 60 minutes/25000 yen with highway use (60 min.).
From Haneda Airport, it will be around 19000 yen using highway (70 min.).
Please note that taxi fee is not supported as transportation fee.