Guidebook for 新宿区
Food Scene
A fantastic street, lined with small counter shops selling yakitori and other foods.
450 locals recommend
Omoide Yokocho
1 Chome-2 NishishinjukuA fantastic street, lined with small counter shops selling yakitori and other foods.
An excellent Yakitori store, with reasonable pricing, and serves the local community. Delicious.
69 locals recommend
Nobunaga
2-chōme-27-4 HyakuninchōAn excellent Yakitori store, with reasonable pricing, and serves the local community. Delicious.
A modern restaurant with private rooms. Courses with fresh wagyu beef are available, sent from all over the country.
67 locals recommend
Black Hole Kabukicho Main Store
A modern restaurant with private rooms. Courses with fresh wagyu beef are available, sent from all over the country.
Restaurant where you can enjoy Robot Shows, while eating bentos. Beautiful women dancing in sexy attire, gigantic dancing robots and even parades--surely a sight you won't ever forget. Bentos are only 3 choices, so go there just for the show!
999 locals recommend
Robot Restaurant
1-chōme-7-7 KabukichōRestaurant where you can enjoy Robot Shows, while eating bentos. Beautiful women dancing in sexy attire, gigantic dancing robots and even parades--surely a sight you won't ever forget. Bentos are only 3 choices, so go there just for the show!
Have a good cup of coffee with souffle pancakes! Opens 11:00 and closes 23:00.
59 locals recommend
Hoshino coffee shop Shinjuku Alta shop
3-chōme-24-3 ShinjukuHave a good cup of coffee with souffle pancakes! Opens 11:00 and closes 23:00.
Niku Soba Fukurou 肉そば家フクロウ（笑梟）
4-chōme-14-2 NishishinjukuGreat place for Japanese soba noodles
Salads, soups, and fresh juice on the go! Great takeouts. Opens 10:00 and closes 23:30 on weekdays-closes at 17:00 on weekends and holidays.
70 locals recommend
サラダデリ マルゴ 西新宿五丁目本店
3-chōme-9-3 HonmachiSalads, soups, and fresh juice on the go! Great takeouts. Opens 10:00 and closes 23:30 on weekdays-closes at 17:00 on weekends and holidays.
Cochin Nivas コチンニヴァース
5-chōme-9-17 NishishinjukuCurry shop that serves traditional curry, from India.
Moyan Curry
6-chōme-25-14 NishishinjukuFantastic restaurant for curry.
Sightseeing
A free observation lobby on the 51st floor! Plus restaurants on the 49th floor and up, where you can have amazing food with an excellent view! Well worth visiting.
33 locals recommend
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Shinjuku Nishiguchi Branch
1-chōme-7-1 NishishinjukuA free observation lobby on the 51st floor! Plus restaurants on the 49th floor and up, where you can have amazing food with an excellent view! Well worth visiting.
A history-themed restaurant, with a Sanada Yukimura figurine to welcome you in. Courses offered based on the Onin-no-ran, a famous event in history, as well as private rooms-designed after Date Masamune and Maeda Keiji! A fantastic site for attractions for foreigners or history fans.
121 locals recommend
Sengoku Buyuden
1-chōme-6-2 KabukichōA history-themed restaurant, with a Sanada Yukimura figurine to welcome you in. Courses offered based on the Onin-no-ran, a famous event in history, as well as private rooms-designed after Date Masamune and Maeda Keiji! A fantastic site for attractions for foreigners or history fans.
A popular city street in Kabukicho, frequented by people working in the movie and theater industry, authors, and journalists. Like match boxes, wooden shops built after the Second World War line the streets.
823 locals recommend
Shinjuku Golden Gai
1-chōme-1-6 KabukichōA popular city street in Kabukicho, frequented by people working in the movie and theater industry, authors, and journalists. Like match boxes, wooden shops built after the Second World War line the streets.
Arts & Culture
Art museum, housing one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers, on the 42nd floor. Fantastic view of Tokyo, with art.
109 locals recommend
Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art
1-chōme-26-1 NishishinjukuArt museum, housing one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers, on the 42nd floor. Fantastic view of Tokyo, with art.
One of the few katana museums in Japan, fairly small, but excellent exhibits.
201 locals recommend
Japanese Sword Museum
One of the few katana museums in Japan, fairly small, but excellent exhibits.
The Tokyo Toy Museum is operated by the Nihon Good Toy Committee, a non-proft organization. It uses 11 classrooms in a now unused elementary school.
176 locals recommend
Tokyo Toy Museum
4-chōme-20 YotsuyaThe Tokyo Toy Museum is operated by the Nihon Good Toy Committee, a non-proft organization. It uses 11 classrooms in a now unused elementary school.
Located in Shinjuku Golden Town, this theater is one of the most famous in the city. Holds events such as plays, films, lectures, and even live music concerts.
124 locals recommend
Shinjuku Golden Street theater
1-chōme-1-7 KabukichōLocated in Shinjuku Golden Town, this theater is one of the most famous in the city. Holds events such as plays, films, lectures, and even live music concerts.
Drinks & Nightlife
A small but comfortable music bar, well worth visiting, highly recommended, with great music.
79 locals recommend
Spincoaster Music Bar
2-chōme-26-2 YoyogiA small but comfortable music bar, well worth visiting, highly recommended, with great music.
Entertainment & Activities
Hard to miss, with the Godzilla head poking out. A fantastic complex with a cinema, hotel, amusement park and restaurants.
76 locals recommend
SHINJUKU TOHO BLDG
1-chōme-19-1 KabukichōHard to miss, with the Godzilla head poking out. A fantastic complex with a cinema, hotel, amusement park and restaurants.
Shopping
Large store with floors dedicated to different genres, such as kitchen utensils, beauty goods, Japanese stationary, DIY goods, and even more.
74 locals recommend
Tokyu Hands Headquarters Office
6-chōme-27-30 ShinjukuLarge store with floors dedicated to different genres, such as kitchen utensils, beauty goods, Japanese stationary, DIY goods, and even more.
Essentials
A Japanese public bathhouse. Experience the Japanese way of taking baths.
65 locals recommend
Hagoromoyu
3-chōme-24-20 HonmachiA Japanese public bathhouse. Experience the Japanese way of taking baths.