New Japanese Airport Terminal Has a Running Track

So travellers can run—or more realistically, walk briskly—between gates. This is just one of several clever design elements at Narita Airport’s new low-cost terminal.

In the video below, you can see the terminal and hear designers talk about their innovative ways to save money (and still make a striking airport). Click on “CC” for English subtitles.

As Asahi News reports, this is the first new terminal at Narita Airport, which serves Tokyo, in twenty-two years.

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