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Shinjuku PDF
Ochiai: The northwestern corner of Shinjuku, extending to the area around Ochiai-minami-nagasaki
Station and the south side of Mejiro Station, is
largely residential with a small business district
around Nakai Station.
kubo: The area surrounding Okubo Station, ShinOkubo Station and Higashi-Shinjuku Station is best
known as Tokyo's historic ethnic Korean neighborhood.
Totsuka: The northern portion of Shinjuku surrounding Takadanobaba Station and Waseda University. The Takadanobaba area is a major residential and nightlife area for students, as well as a commuter hub.
Kabukich: Tokyo's best-known red-light district, renowned for its variety of bars, restaurants, and sex-related establishments.
Golden Gai: An area of tiny shanty-style Shinjukuis often popularly understood to mean the enbars and clubs. Musicians, artists, journal- tire area surrounding Shinjuku Station, but the Shinjuku
ists, actors and directors gather here, and the Southern Terrace complex and the areas to the west of the
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station and south of Ksh Kaid are part of the Yoyogi the Great Kant earthquake in 1923, since the seismidistrict of the special ward of Shibuya.
cally stable area largely escaped the devastation. ConseNaturally, most of Shinjuku is occupied by the Yo- quently, West Shinjuku is one of the few areas in Tokyo
dobashi Plateau, the most elevated portion of which ex- with many skyscrapers.
tends through most of the Shinjuku Station area. The
Kanda River runs through the Ochiai and Totsuka areas
near sea level, but the Toshima Plateau also builds elevation in the northern extremities of Totsuka and Ochiai.
The highest point in Shinjuku is Hakone-san in Toyama
Park, 44.6 m above sea level.* [5]
History
3 Economy
Shinjuku at night
The area surrounding Shinjuku Station is a major economic hub of Tokyo. Many companies have their
headquarters or Tokyo oces in this area, including
regional telephone operator NTT East, global camera
and medical device manufacturer Olympus Corporation, electronics giant Seiko Epson,* [9] fast food chains
McDonald's Japan and Yoshinoya,* [10] travel agency
H.I.S.,* [11] Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru),* [12] railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway, construction giant Taisei Corporation,* [13] medical equipment manufacturer Nihon Kohden,* [14] Enoki Films,* [15] navigation software company Jorudan,* [16] instant noodle giant
Nissin Foods* [17] and regional airline Airtransse.* [18]
The station area also hosts numerous major retailers such
as Mitsukoshi, Isetan, Takashimaya, Marui, Bic Camera,
Yodobashi Camera and Yamada Denki.
Northeastern Shinjuku has an active publishing industry and is home to the publishers Shinchosha* [19] and
Futabasha.* [20]
5.1
Rail
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Shinjuku is a major urban transit hub. Shinjuku Station
sees an estimated 3.64 million passengers pass through
each day, making it the busiest station in the world. It
houses interchanges to three subway lines and three privately owned commuter lines, as well as several JR lines.
5.1 Rail
A list of railway lines passing through and stations located
within Shinjuku includes:
JR East
Yamanote Line: Takadanobaba, Shin-kubo,
Shinjuku
Ch Line (Rapid), Ch-Sbu Line:
Yotsuya, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, kubo
Saiky Line, Shnan-Shinjuku Line: Shinjuku
Tokyo Metro
4.1
Elections
Transportation
Marunouchi Line:
Yotsuya, Yotsuyasanchme, Shinjuku-gyoenmae, Shinjukusanchme, Shinjuku, Nishi-Shinjuku
Yrakuch Line: Ichigaya, Iidabashi
Tzai Line: Kagurazaka, Waseda, Takadanobaba, Ochiai
Fukutoshin Line: Nishi-Waseda, HigashiShinjuku, Shinjuku-sanchme
Namboku Line: Iidabashi, Ichigaya, Yotsuya
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
Toei Shinjuku Line: Akebonobashi, Shinjukusanchme, Shinjuku
Toei edo Line: Ochiai-Minaminagasaki,
Nakai, Nishi-Shinjuku-gochme, Toch-mae,
Kokuritsu-Kygij, Ushigome-Kagurazaka,
Ushigome-Yanagich, Wakamatsu-Kawada,
Higashi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Nishiguchi
Toden Arakawa
Waseda
Line:
Omokagebashi,
5.2 Roads
Shuto Expressway:
7 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Mejiro University
Seibo College
Tokyo Fuji University
Tokyo Medical University
Tokyo University of Science
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Waseda University
6.2 Schools
Public elementary and junior high schools in Shinjuku are
operated by the Shinjuku City Board of Education. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government Board of Education.
Koishikawa Technical High School
Ichigaya Commercial High School
Shinjuku High School
Trac on me-kaid heading towards Kabukich at night
7 Public institutions
Education
6.1
7.1
Libraries
8 Sister cities
Shinjuku operates several public libraries, including the Shinjuku has sister city agreements with several localiCentral Library (with the Children's Library), the Yot- ties:* [23]
suya Library, the Tsurumaki Library, Tsunohazu Library,
the Nishi-Ochiai Library, the Toyama Library, the Kita
Lefkada, Greece
Shinjuku Library, the Okubo Library, and the Nakamachi Library. In addition there is a branch library,
7.2
Hospitals
9 See also
Tourism in Japan
10 References
[1] Shinjuku City
[4] japanvisitor.com
[5] http://www.city.shinjuku.lg.jp/content/000021207.pdf
[6] History of Shinjuku
[7] Ichikawa, 2003
7.3
7.3.1
Cultural centers
Museums
7.3.2
Halls
WelCity Tokyo
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External links
EXTERNAL LINKS
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12.1
12.2
Images
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12.3
Content license