I had a roughly 15 hour layover at Haneda Airport, as I was arriving from New York at around 9PM, and was departing the next day to Munich just after 12PM. Even though 15 hours is a reasonable amount of time to go into the city, I decided to stay at the airport so that I could visit the ANA Lounge right at 5AM the following morning (when it opened), allowing me to review it before it fills up.
So for my stay I booked the Royal Park Transit Hotel at Haneda Airport, which is the only airside transit hotel at the airport (meaning you don’t even have to leave the terminal or go through immigration).
How To Book Haneda Airport Transit Hotel
The Royal Park Hotel is the property located on the premises of Haneda Airport. However, there’s an important distinction to understand. The main part of the hotel is located landside (prior to security and immigration), as is the norm for airport hotels.
However, the Royal Park Hotel Haneda also has a transit section. In other words, they have a separate part of the hotel that’s located airside (past security and immigration).
I once had a layover at Haneda and made the mistake of booking the Royal Park Hotel that’s landside, which isn’t nearly as convenient. This time around I booked the airside hotel.
As far as I can tell, there’s no way to directly book the transit hotel online, so the best way to book is by calling the hotel, which was an adventure. I don’t remember the last time I’ve made a hotel booking by phone, especially with a language barrier.
The entire process took about 15 minutes (about half that time was spent repeatedly phonetically spelling out my name).
How Much Is The Haneda Airport Transit Hotel?
As you might expect, you pay a premium for the convenience of staying airside. The transit hotel can be booked in blocks of six hours. For my stay I booked a double room for 12 hours (which is all they had available), and the rate was 21,000JPY (~192USD). Obviously that’s not cheap, though the time savings and transit costs are potentially significant compared to some of the other options.
Below is their pricing, per a display on the check-in counter.
Haneda Airport transit hotel rates
Royal Park Haneda Airport Transit Hotel Review
There’s not all that much to say about the property, so let me share how I got to the hotel, what my room was like, and the free lounge that all guests have access to.
Getting To The Haneda Airport Transit Hotel
After arriving from New York I first had to clear transit security, which took virtually no time. You do need a boarding pass to go through transit security, though there’s also an airline transit counter right before the checkpoint, should you still need it printed.
Haneda Airport International Terminal
Once through transit security the signage was excellent. I headed in the directions of gates 105-149, and there was even specific mention of the transit hotel.
Haneda Airport International Terminal signage
At the top of the escalator I headed in the direction of gates 113-149.
Haneda Airport International Terminal signage
It was a roughly three minute walk…
Haneda Airport International Terminal
…and then I saw a sign leading to the transit hotel, right near gate 114.
Haneda Airport transit hotel signage
That required just going up an escalator.
Escalator to Royal Park Transit Hotel Haneda Airport
Entrance to Royal Park Hotel Haneda transit area
The lobby of the transit hotel is small, and there was no one manning the desk, so I had to ring the little bell they had on the desk. The check-in process took just a few minutes.
Haneda Airport transit hotel lobby
Haneda Airport Transit Hotel Room
My room (#527) was just down the hall from reception, at the very end on the right.
Haneda Airport transit hotel hallway
Haneda Airport transit hotel room exterior
The room is advertised as being 18 square meters (~195 square feet), and I’d say it felt even smaller than that. The room featured an entryway with the bathroom on the right, and the rest of the room straight ahead.
Haneda Airport Royal Park Transit Hotel room
The room had a large and firm bed with just two pillows (which is fine since I was alone, but if I were with Ford I wouldn’t have been happy about only having one pillow each).
Haneda Airport transit hotel room
Across from the bed was a TV, as well as a little stool that could be pulled out if you want somewhere to sit (I guess?), though it didn’t look particularly comfortable.
Haneda Airport transit hotel room
Haneda Airport Royal Park Transit Hotel room
Next to the bed was another one of these stools. I’m not sure how you’re practically supposed to use that?
Haneda Airport Royal Park Transit Hotel room
The bathroom was back by the entrance, and featured a sink with barely any separation from the toilet, as well as a shower/tub combo.
Haneda Airport Royal Park Transit Hotel bathroom
Haneda Airport Royal Park Transit Hotel toilet
Haneda Airport Royal Park Transit Hotel shower
Toiletries were in reusable containers.
Haneda Airport Royal Park Transit Hotel toiletries
There was a laminated sheet in the bathroom telling you everything you could possibly want to know about the water supply at the airport as well…
Haneda Airport Royal Park Transit Hotel water tank explanation
Haneda Airport Transit Hotel Lounge
The hotel has a complimentary “lounge” for guests (if you can even call it that), located next to reception, with seating for about 20. This is the only real shared facility of the transit hotel (there’s no gym or pool or anything), so it’s nice that they have at least somewhere to sit.
Haneda Airport transit hotel lounge
Haneda Airport transit hotel lounge
Haneda Airport transit hotel lounge
Haneda Airport transit hotel lounge
There are even complimentary snacks and drinks, but don’t get too excited. There’s a coffee machine, hot water machine, pitchers of orange juice and water, and some candy, snack mix, and instant noodles. That’s it.
Haneda Airport transit hotel lounge
Haneda Airport transit hotel snacks
Haneda Airport transit hotel snacks
Haneda Airport transit hotel drinks
Royal Park Haneda Transit Hotel Bottom Line
If you’re looking for a convenient place to get some rest at Haneda Airport, the transit hotel is your only real option, and rooms can be booked in blocks of six hours.
Ultimately the hotel is pricey and pretty no frills, but what you’re paying for is the convenience. For my purposes I was happy with this decision — I managed to get about five hours of sleep, and headed back into the terminal well prior to the crack of dawn.
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