So you arrived! Now What?
Narita and Haneda are the two international airports closest to Tokyo. Haneda is practically in Tokyo (see map) and Narita is quite a bit further out. From memory, landing in Haneda is slightly more expensive, but I suppose that if you were sticking to a tight budget you would weigh up the cost of the slightly more expensive ticket and the cheaper transfer to landing in Narita with a cheaper ticket but a slightly more expensive transfer. It all depends on your chosen airline, you possibly will not get a choice. After considerable research and weighing up the logistics of manhandling our luggage and two children, landing in another country and having next to no language skills apart from 'hello', 'thank you' and 'excuse me' I opted for a shuttle to hotel transfer. It wasn't cheap. There are cheaper options out there, there are trains (which may require a transfer depending on where you want to stay) and buses that stop in main areas requiring you to...