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Tokyo airport terminal designed like running track

Narita Airport track

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Tokyo’s Narita International Airport opened a uniquely designed Terminal 3 last week. Track and field fans may want to book a trip to Japan to check it out.

The terminal was outfitted with blue and red track patterns. The blue track is for departures, and the red is for arrivals, according to Spikes magazine.

Images via The Associated Press and Getty:

Narita Airport track

Travelers enter the newly opened third terminal for budget airlines at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on April 8, 2015. The airport inaugurated the terminal to court a growing number of low-cost carriers for domestic and short-haul international flights. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Narita Airport track

Narita Airport track

NARITA, JAPAN - APRIL 08: (CHINA OUT, SOUTH KOREA OUT) About 100 people line up in front of the departure lobby of the new terminal building at the Narita International Airport on April 8, 2015 in Narita, Chiba, Japan. To accommodate the growing number of low-cost carriers utilizing Narita Airport, a new terminal building exclusively for these airlines opened. The building is equipped with a lounge area open around the clock as many LCC planes arrive at and depart from the airport early in the morning. Starting with Australia’s Jetstar Airways in 2008, a total of 14 LCCs are currently using the airport, including 10 foreign airlines. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

The Asahi Shimbun

Narita Airport track

NARITA, JAPAN - APRIL 08: (CHINA OUT, SOUTH KOREA OUT) Jetstar counters are seen the newly opened Terminal 3 at the Narita International Airport on April 8, 2015 in Narita, Chiba, Japan. To accommodate the growing number of low-cost carriers utilizing Narita Airport, a new terminal building exclusively for these airlines opened. The building is equipped with a lounge area open around the clock as many LCC planes arrive at and depart from the airport early in the morning. Starting with Australia’s Jetstar Airways in 2008, a total of 14 LCCs are currently using the airport, including 10 foreign airlines. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

The Asahi Shimbun

Narita Airport track

NARITA, JAPAN - APRIL 08: (CHINA OUT, SOUTH KOREA OUT) A general view of the newly opened Terminal 3 at the Narita International Airport on April 8, 2015 in Narita, Chiba, Japan. To accommodate the growing number of low-cost carriers utilizing Narita Airport, a new terminal building exclusively for these airlines opened. The building is equipped with a lounge area open around the clock as many LCC planes arrive at and depart from the airport early in the morning. Starting with Australia’s Jetstar Airways in 2008, a total of 14 LCCs are currently using the airport, including 10 foreign airlines. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

The Asahi Shimbun

Narita Airport track

Passengers walk inside the newly opened Terminal three building of the Narita International Airport in Narita, suburban Tokyo on April 8, 2015. Narita airport opened the new terminal for budget airlines as it courts a growing number of low-cost carriers. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)

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Narita Airport track

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Here’s a Japanese video with more information:

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