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Pentax Forum
2 to the public, Shinjuku Gyoen offers
Japanese, French, and English
MAP A3 • Shinjuku Center
Bldg, 1F, 1-25-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, gardens, an old-fashioned
Shinjuku-ku • 3348-2941 • Open greenhouse, and a traditional
10:30am–6:30pm • Closed Tue teahouse. Interestingly, tests have
& public holidays shown that the park is consistently
Camera enthusiasts should not two degrees or more cooler than the
overlook this photo gallery, camera surrounding urban area.
museum, and service center located
in the Shinjuku Center Building.
Besides the exhibitions of world-
class photography and displays by
gifted amateurs, there is a collection
of almost every camera made by
Pentax. The hands-on displays
allow visitors to try out everything.
The forum’s goal to “improve the
photo graphic culture” includes events,
lectures, and demons trations of photo
techniques in their Open Studio.
Golden Gai
3 Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum
MAP B3 • Shinjuku,
Bunka Gakuen
Shinjuku-ku 5
A labyrinth of over 200 tiny, Costume Museum
time-warped watering holes MAP A4 • 3-22-7 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku
clusters along Golden Gai’s four • 3299-2387 • Open 10am–4:30pm
pedes trian lanes. Dating from just Mon–Sat • Adm
after World War II, these bars are This museum is a part of Bunka
popular with local office workers, and Gakuen University, an elite
are also patronized by writers, sumo fashion design school. The
wrestlers, and cross-dressers. Most historical collection, a fraction
of the establishments here charge a of which can be shown at a time,
¥1000 seating fee for starters. ranges from a Heian-era 12-layered
kimono to costumes worn by Noh
Shinjuku Gyoen
4 actors. More modern designs
include the Japanese take on the
MAP B4 • 11 Naito-machi,
Shinjuku-ku • 3350-0151 • Open Swinging Sixties. Scrolls and
9am–4:30pm Tue–Sun • Adm illustrations show the types of
Part of the estate of the Naito feudal clothing worn by Japanese people
clan, this large garden became through the ages.
an imperial retreat in
1906. Now open Shinjuku Gyoen

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