Tokyo - Narita International Airport (NRT)

The Tokyo Narita International Airport, or also sometimes called Tokyo New International Airport, is the main international airport of Tokyo and is with 35 million passengers the second busiest airport in Japan.

Construction of Narita Airport was decided in 1966 to ease congestion on Tokyo Haneda Airport which had limited expansion options due to its close location to Tokyo. But also Narita was unfortunately planned in a populated area and due to massive protests, in which several people died, and problems with land purchases of people unwilling to move it took twelve years before, under heavy security, the airport could finally open. Due to this violent past, it is still the only airport in Japan where you would need to show your ID and boarding pass before you can enter the arrival hall.