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WEST SHINJUKU

西新宿
 B5  Shinjuku Stn, Toei Shinjukum Hibiya & Hilton Tokyo
EXPERIENCE Western Tokyo of its most expensive land) are clustered just to the
Toei Oedo lines
Most of Tokyo’s skyscraper office blocks (and some
west of Shinjuku Station. About 250,000 people
work here each day, creating endless bustle. Many
of West Shinjuku’s hotels, and some office blocks,
have top-floor restaurants with views of the city.
In 1960 the government designated Shinjuku
a fukutoshin (“secondary heart of the city”),
and in 1991, when the city government moved
into architect Kenzo Tange’s massive 48-story
Metropolitan Government Offices, many
started calling it shin toshin (the new capital).
Tange’s building was dubbed “tax tower” by
those outraged at its US$1 billion cost.
Between the skyscrapers, the streets pulsate
with people shopping, heading to restaurants,
and seeking evening entertain ment, including
pachinko parlours, nightclubs, and love hotels.

Dai-Ichi
Seimei
Building

Hyatt Regency
Tokyo

The towering Tokyo Metropolitan
Government Offices The Tokyo Metropolitan
Government Offices’
observatory grants
views of Mount Fuji
and Tokyo Bay.
Shinjuku
Did You Know? Central Park
Shoppers spend over
¥1.1 trillion in
Shinjuku’s stores
every year. The towering
skyscrapers of
West Shinjuku
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