Walk to Sakuranoyama Park from Narita Airport

Next month I will travel to Tokyo with my partner, arriving to Narita airport. We will arrive in different flights, which means that even though I will arrive early in the morning, I will have to wait for her arrival for about four hours. I don't want to just sit down and wait in the airport or wander around the shops in the terminal, instead I would prefer to walk around the airport neighborhood.

Checking Google Maps, I have seen Sakuranoyama Park is near the airport, like a 40 minute walk, which would be a nice option. However, the way to reach the park by foot seems pretty unsafe to say the least, basically having to walk through a tight car road with barely any real shoulder for pedestrians. Is there any safe way to go to the park by walking? Or any other similar place that I can walk to in the area?

I want to mention that for different reasons (language barrier, schedules...), I prefer not to use public transports during that four hour time span, and instead just walking around; otherwise I would take the train to Narita City.

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Best Answer

Unfortunately, I was unable to find out if and if so how you can leave the terminal area on foot. There seem to be footpaths on Google Street View but as your view is restricted to that of a car I cannot confirm if they actually go where you want them to.

Once you are off the airport grounds, the type of small road with no pavement is what you will get in large parts of urban Japan. Drivers are used to this, will notice you and avoid you as long as you stick to the side (it might be scary at times but it always worked out so far). As many people in Japan walk or slowly ride a bicycle, drivers also expect obstructions of this kind. So you should be absolutely fine.