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This block of Kabukicho is Pachinko parlors, love
dominated by the large hotels, and host and
multiscreen Toho Cinema hostess clubs flourish in East
Complex that includes an the Kabukicho district, Shinjuku
IMAX theater. alongside pubs, eateries,
game centers, karaoke WESTERN
TOKYO
boxes, and cafés.

Locator Map
Seibu- Seibu-
shinjuku shinjuku For more detail see p84
CINECITY CINECITY H A N A M I C HI -DORI
K A B U KI
K A B U KI
SQUARE SQUARE
Toho Toho
H A N A M I C HI -DORI
Cinema Cinema The mid-17th century
ComplexComplex Hanazono Shrine is a
K A B U K I H A N A M I C H I - D O R I H I - D O R I calm and surprising
K A B U K I H A N A M I C
KABUKICHOKABUKICHO oasis among the
G I N Z A - D O R I
G I N Z A - D O R I
concrete towers.
K A B U K I C H O C H U O - D O R I K A B U K I C H O C H U O - D O R I S A K U R A - D O R I H I G A S H I - D O R I D O R I H I G A S H I - D O R I K UYA KU S HO- DO RI S H I K I - N O - M I C H I O- DO RI Golden Golden Shrine Shrine
S A K U R A -
Gai K I - N O - M I C H I
K UYA KU S H
O T A K I B A S H I - D O R I
O T A K I B A S H I - D O R I
HanazonoHanazono
Gai
Shinjuku Shinjuku S H I
City HallCity Hall
MOA 2ND ST Studio Studio M O A 4 T H S T S T Y A S U K U N I - D O R I M E I J I - D O R I M E I J I - D O R I Viewed in the day-time the
Alta MOA 2ND ST
M O A 3 R D S T
scruffy alleys of Golden Gai
MOA CHUO
look anything but golden.
M O A 4 T H S T
M O A 3 R D ST
Y A S U K U N I - D O R I
MOA CHUO ST
Most of the bars here are
Alta
just wide enough for a bar
M O A 5 T H S T
M O A 5 T H S T
M O A 5 T H S T
M O A 5 T H S T
SHINJUKUSHINJUKU
D O
YA S U K U N I -
D O R I
Books Books Isetan Isetan YA S U K U N I - R I and a row of stools.
Department
Kinokuniya
Kinokuniya Department
Store Store One of the most
influential department
stores in Japan, Isetan
is often the first to
showcase upcoming
S H IN JUK U- D O R I
S H IN JUK U- D O R I
Shinjuku- Shinjuku- trends and products.
sanchome sanchome The food hall in the
M E I J I - D O R I M E I J I - D O R I S H I N J U K U - D O R I worth a visit.
basement is also
Shinjuku Shinjuku
S H I N J U K U - D O R I
Station Station
K O S H U -
K O S H U -
K A I D O
K A I D O
Blue Bottle
Blue Bottle
Coffee Coffee
Books Kinokuniya
has one of Tokyo’s
best selections of
foreign books.
0 meters 0 meters 150 N150 N
0 yards 0 yards 150 150 The towering facade
of the Shinjuku outpost of
Isetan, the department store
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