Guidebook for 新宿区
Food Scene
A fantastic street full of small couner shops selling yakitori and other grilled foods. Great place to go for authentic atmosphere.
450 locals recommend
Omoide Yokochō
1 Chome-2 NishishinjukuA fantastic street full of small couner shops selling yakitori and other grilled foods. Great place to go for authentic atmosphere.
Stylish restaurant with private rooms. Here you can have excellent courses with wagyu beef form all over the country.
67 locals recommend
Black Hole Kabukicho Main Store
Stylish restaurant with private rooms. Here you can have excellent courses with wagyu beef form all over the country.
A fun restaurant with a historical theme. Be greeted by a statue of Sanada Yukimura! Meals are offered in the theme of the Onin-no-ran, a famous event in Japanese history, and private rooms designed after Date Masamune and Maeda Keiji. Excellent place to visit for history fans or for foreigners!
121 locals recommend
Sengoku Buyuden
1-chōme-6-2 KabukichōA fun restaurant with a historical theme. Be greeted by a statue of Sanada Yukimura! Meals are offered in the theme of the Onin-no-ran, a famous event in Japanese history, and private rooms designed after Date Masamune and Maeda Keiji. Excellent place to visit for history fans or for foreigners!
Perhaps the only restaurant in the entire world that combines a crazy but fun Robot Show with bentos! Watch gigantic robots and beautiful women in sexy attire dance, and even parades! Bentos are offered with 3 choices. Go for the show!
999 locals recommend
Robot Restaurant
1-chōme-7-7 KabukichōPerhaps the only restaurant in the entire world that combines a crazy but fun Robot Show with bentos! Watch gigantic robots and beautiful women in sexy attire dance, and even parades! Bentos are offered with 3 choices. Go for the show!
Fantastic souffle pancakes and good coffee! Opens 11am, closes 11pm.
59 locals recommend
Hoshino coffee shop Shinjuku Alta shop
3-chōme-24-3 ShinjukuFantastic souffle pancakes and good coffee! Opens 11am, closes 11pm.
Niku Soba Fukurou 肉そば家フクロウ（笑梟）
4-chōme-14-2 NishishinjukuA fantastic place for soba noodles.
Excellent salads, soups, and fresh juice on the go. Opens 10am. Different closing times for weekdays and weekends--Weekdays at 11:30am, and weekends&holidays at 5pm.
70 locals recommend
サラダデリ マルゴ 西新宿五丁目本店
3-chōme-9-3 HonmachiExcellent salads, soups, and fresh juice on the go. Opens 10am. Different closing times for weekdays and weekends--Weekdays at 11:30am, and weekends&holidays at 5pm.
A great place to go if you want to have some traditional curry, as it is made in India.
52 locals recommend
Cochin Nivas コチンニヴァース
5-chōme-9-17 NishishinjukuA great place to go if you want to have some traditional curry, as it is made in India.
Moyan Curry
6-chōme-25-14 NishishinjukuAnother good place for curry.
Reasonably priced Yakitori store. Serves the local community, and is absolutely delicious.
69 locals recommend
Nobunaga
2-chōme-27-4 HyakuninchōReasonably priced Yakitori store. Serves the local community, and is absolutely delicious.
Sightseeing
An observation lounge on the 51st floor, and excellent restaurants from the 49th floor and up. Best of all, the observation deck is free!
33 locals recommend
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Shinjuku Nishiguchi Branch
1-chōme-7-1 NishishinjukuAn observation lounge on the 51st floor, and excellent restaurants from the 49th floor and up. Best of all, the observation deck is free!
One of the streets in Kabukicho. Full of little wooden shops, built after WWII, lined up like match boxes. A famous town, frequented by movie and theater people, writers, and journalists.
823 locals recommend
Shinjuku Golden Gai
1-chōme-1-6 KabukichōOne of the streets in Kabukicho. Full of little wooden shops, built after WWII, lined up like match boxes. A famous town, frequented by movie and theater people, writers, and journalists.
Arts & Culture
Houses one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers. On the 42nd floor, this museum combines a great city view as well as art.
109 locals recommend
Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art
1-chōme-26-1 NishishinjukuHouses one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers. On the 42nd floor, this museum combines a great city view as well as art.
A fairly small, but one of the few museums in Japan that mainly exhibits katanas. Excellent exhibits.
201 locals recommend
Japanese Sword Museum
A fairly small, but one of the few museums in Japan that mainly exhibits katanas. Excellent exhibits.
Managed by a non profit organization, the Tokyo Toy Museum is located in an unused elementary school. An excellent exhibit.
176 locals recommend
Tokyo Toy Museum
4-chōme-20 YotsuyaManaged by a non profit organization, the Tokyo Toy Museum is located in an unused elementary school. An excellent exhibit.
A famous theater in Shinjuku Golden Town, holding events such as plays, live music concerts, films, and lectures.
124 locals recommend
Shinjuku Golden Street theater
1-chōme-1-7 KabukichōA famous theater in Shinjuku Golden Town, holding events such as plays, live music concerts, films, and lectures.
Drinks & Nightlife
A brilliant bar, with great music and drinks. Small, but not uncomfortable. Recommended!
79 locals recommend
Spincoaster Music Bar
2-chōme-26-2 YoyogiA brilliant bar, with great music and drinks. Small, but not uncomfortable. Recommended!
Entertainment & Activities
A fantastic complex with a cinema, hotel, amusement park, and restaurants! Find it by the Godzilla head-you really can't miss it.
76 locals recommend
SHINJUKU TOHO BLDG
1-chōme-19-1 KabukichōA fantastic complex with a cinema, hotel, amusement park, and restaurants! Find it by the Godzilla head-you really can't miss it.
Shopping
A large, popular store with different floors for kitchen utensils, beauty goods, Japanese stationary, DIY, and even more!
74 locals recommend
Tokyu Hands Headquarters Office
6-chōme-27-30 ShinjukuA large, popular store with different floors for kitchen utensils, beauty goods, Japanese stationary, DIY, and even more!
Essentials
Hagoromoyu
3-chōme-24-20 HonmachiExperience the Japanese sento, a public bathhouse.