Narita International Airport - Cultural References

Cultural References

• Narita Airport was mentioned in an episode of Death Note in which Light's father departs from there on a hijacked 747 that lands in the desert of the United States.
• Narita Airport was the setting of a Japanese television drama Stewardess Story which is about Japan Air Lines crews life and mainly tells a cabin attendant life, starred by Chiemi Hori, Morio Kazama.
• Narita Airport was mentioned in the 1987 film Too Much, starring Bridgette Andersen
• Narita Airport was the setting of a Japanese television drama Good Luck!! which is about All Nippon Airways crews life and mainly tells a co-pilot life, starred by Takuya Kimura, Shinichi Tsutsumi, and Kou Shibasaki.
• Narita Airport is one of the airports featured in Air Traffic Controller by TechnoBrain.
• Narita Airport is depicted in "Returning Japanese", an episode of American sitcom King of the Hill.
• Narita Airport is the namesake of the song "Welcome to Narita" by Textual.
• In Japanese, the term "Narita divorce" (成田離婚, Narita rikon or narikon?) is often used to refer to divorces that immediately follow a married couple's honeymoon, since many married couples return to Japan through Narita after honeymoons in foreign countries. The phrase was used as the title of a popular television drama in Japan.
• Canadian country singer Aaron Lines song, "I Haven't Even Heard You Cry" includes a voice welcoming passengers to the airport.