Tokyo - Shinjuku & Northwest Tokyo (PDF Chapter)
This is the Shinjuku & Northwest Tokyo chapter from Lonely Planet’s Tokyo guidebook.
Shinjuku is a city within a city, with soaring skyscrapers and Tokyo’s largest entertainment district. Come in the morning for views of Mt Fuji, or at dusk to see the city shine.
- find your new favourite bar among the warren of rickety wooden buildings that make up beloved, bohemian Golden Gai
- maps
- see the metropolis extend all the way to the horizon from the (free!) 202m-high observato-ries atop the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, also an architectural landmark
- transport
- laze or picnic on the lawn at the beloved urban oasis of Shinjuku-gyoen, a former imperial garden, while gazing up at the surrounding skyscrapers
- restaurants
Coverage includes: Neighbourhood Top Five, Local Life, Getting There & Away, Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities.
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- Organised by neighbourhood with detailed listings on everything
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