Access

If there is no special reason, we recommend to use Tokyo-Haneda Airport for entering Japan. You can directly transit from Tokyo-Haneda Airport to Sendai Airport, or use Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo station to Sendai station. Sendai is in the Tohoku (northeastern) area of Japan, and a two-hour distance from the Tokyo area.

From Tokyo-Haneda Airport to central Sendai (recommended)

(1) From Haneda Airport, please first go to Tokyo station. There are mainly two ways.

(1-1) Take Tokyo Monorail from the airport to Hamamatsu-cho, and change to JR Yamanote Line or JR Keihin-Tohoku Line for Tokyo.

(1-2) Take Keikyu Airport Line from the airport to Shinagawa, and change to JR Yamanote Line or JR Keihin-Tohoku Line for Tokyo.

Both will take about 30-40 minutes in total. We note that most international airlines depart/arrive at Terminal 3 in Haneda Airport, but some may not. Please check which terminal to be used carefully.

(2) From Tokyo station, please go to Sendai station via Tohoku Shinkansen.

It will take about 90 minutes.

From Tokyo-Narita Airport to central Sendai

There are actually several routes for this case. We recommend the following route.

(1) From Narita Airport, please take Keisei Skyliner to Keisei-Ueno station.

It will take about 40-50 minutes.

(2) Please walk from Keisei-Ueno station to JR-Ueno station.

It will take about 5-10 minutes. There exists a crosswalk betwen Keisei-Ueno and JR-Ueno stations. Please be careful when it is raining.

(3) From JR-Ueno station, please go to Sendai station via Tohoku Shinkansen.

It will take about 85 minutes. We note that terminals in Narita Airport are separated mainly for the airline alliances. As for Terminal 3 in Narita Airport, which is used mainly by LCC, it takes about 20 minutes from Terminal 2 on foot.

From Sendai Airport to central Sendai

(1) From Sendai Airport, please take Sendai Airport Access Line to Sendai station.

It will take about 20 minutes.

From Sendai station to Katahira Campus, Tohoku University

Katahira Campus is located inside the central Sendai region (not campuses in the Aobayama direction). It takes 15 minutes on foot from Sendai Station to Katahira Campus of Tohoku University. You can also take the Sendai Subway Namboku Line from Sendai Station to Itsutsubashi Station (the nearest station to Katahira Campus). [11 minutes]

Interactive map offered by Tohoku University