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106 ❯❯ Tokyo Area by Area

Shinjuku

Resembling an all-purpose city, Shinjuku is replete with large
parks, train stations, shopping complexes, and department stores.
Railway lines split the area into two. The windy avenues in West
Shinjuku are dominated by offices, stores, and experi mental
skyscrapers. East Shinjuku is a legacy of the 1960s, when the
area’s Bohemian quarter attracted artists, writers, and political
activists. Though cultural features exist on both sides, East
Shinjuku appears more hedonistic, with its neon-illuminated
nightspots and a sprawling red-light district.
Kabukicho
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MAP B3 • Kabukicho,
Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo’s premier sakariba (pleasure
quarter), Kabukicho caters to the
city’s craving for indulgence. In the
words of the American author Donald
Richie, this garish, neon-lit district
“concerns itself with the per missive
indulgence that the old Edo kept alive
on its stage.” At night, its maze of
clubs, cabarets, live-music houses,
The neon lights of Kabukicho bars, and res taurants come to life.
SHINJUKU
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Top 10 Sights
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Places to Eat Seibu- MEIJI-DORI 400
see p111 NISHI- OTAKI B AS HI- DOR I Shinjuku KABUKICHO
SHINJUKU
Bars and Clubs Nishi-
see p110 Shinjuku
Shinjuku-
nishiguchi
K I TA - D O R I OME - KAIDO YASUKUNI - DORI
SHINJUKU Shinjuku-
sanchome
CHUO-DORI
Tochomae
Nishi-Shinjuku- PLAZA-DORI Shinjuku
gochome Shinjuku SHINJUKU- DORI
Central HIGASHI-DORI KOKUSAI- K O S H U - K A I D O
Park TOCHO-DORI GIJIDO-DORI DORI
NISHI-
SHINJUKU K O E N - D O R I MINAMI-DORI
Shinjuku Gyoen
MEIJI-DORI Garden
YOYOGI

Yoyogi
YA M AT E - D O R I
Minami- SENDAGAYA
Shinjuku
EXPRESSWAY NO.4
Hatsudai
HATSUDAI EXPRESSWAY NO. 4

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