Guidebook for 新宿区
Food Scene
Tasty food and great atmosphere. Counter shops selling Yakitori and other excellent foods.
450 locals recommend
Omoide Yokocho
1 Chome-2 NishishinjukuTasty food and great atmosphere. Counter shops selling Yakitori and other excellent foods.
Exquisite wagyu beef, sent fresh from all over the country. Stylish restaurant with private rooms for those who wish for personal space.
67 locals recommend
Black Hole Kabukicho Main Store
Exquisite wagyu beef, sent fresh from all over the country. Stylish restaurant with private rooms for those who wish for personal space.
Ever wanted to watch huge robots dancing? Well, here's the place to go. Also has sexy female dancers, to feast the eyes, and parades! This is a "show restaurant," where the Robot Show is the main attraction. Go here for the show--bentos are offered with 3 choices!
999 locals recommend
Robot Restaurant
1-chōme-7-7 KabukichōEver wanted to watch huge robots dancing? Well, here's the place to go. Also has sexy female dancers, to feast the eyes, and parades! This is a "show restaurant," where the Robot Show is the main attraction. Go here for the show--bentos are offered with 3 choices!
Coffee and the highly popular souffle pancakes! Opens 11:00 and closes 23:00.
59 locals recommend
Hoshino coffee shop Shinjuku Alta shop
3-chōme-24-3 ShinjukuCoffee and the highly popular souffle pancakes! Opens 11:00 and closes 23:00.
An excellent place to go if you want to have good soba.
62 locals recommend
Niku Soba Fukurou 肉そば家フクロウ（笑梟）
4-chōme-14-2 NishishinjukuAn excellent place to go if you want to have good soba.
Excellent salads, soups, and fresh juice, which you can have for takeout! Opens 10am, closes 11pm on weekdays. Closes slightly earlier 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 HonmachiExcellent salads, soups, and fresh juice, which you can have for takeout! Opens 10am, closes 11pm on weekdays. Closes slightly earlier on weekends and holidays.
Cochin Nivas コチンニヴァース
5-chōme-9-17 NishishinjukuExcellent restaurant, serving traditional Indian curry.
Moyan Curry
6-chōme-25-14 NishishinjukuA great restaurant for curry.
Reasonably priced yakitori store. Serves the local community, and is very tasty.
69 locals recommend
Nobunaga
2-chōme-27-4 HyakuninchōReasonably priced yakitori store. Serves the local community, and is very tasty.
Sightseeing
An observation deck on the higher stories, on the 51st floor. Restaurants from the 49th floor and up. Excellent view.. and best of all, the observation lobby is FREE.
33 locals recommend
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Shinjuku Nishiguchi Branch
1-chōme-7-1 NishishinjukuAn observation deck on the higher stories, on the 51st floor. Restaurants from the 49th floor and up. Excellent view.. and best of all, the observation lobby is FREE.
Restaurant, themed after historical beings and events in Japan. Pure fun for tourists or history fans! Courses themed after Onin-no-ran, an historical event, and entire private rooms designed after that of Date Masamune and Maeda Keiji!
121 locals recommend
Sengoku Buyuden
1-chōme-6-2 KabukichōRestaurant, themed after historical beings and events in Japan. Pure fun for tourists or history fans! Courses themed after Onin-no-ran, an historical event, and entire private rooms designed after that of Date Masamune and Maeda Keiji!
Visited by people working in the art industry, such as movies and theaters, this little street in Kabukicho is worth a visit. Small shops built after the second world war line the streets like little matchboxes. Writers and journalists also frequent this area.
823 locals recommend
Shinjuku Golden Gai
1-chōme-1-6 KabukichōVisited by people working in the art industry, such as movies and theaters, this little street in Kabukicho is worth a visit. Small shops built after the second world war line the streets like little matchboxes. Writers and journalists also frequent this area.
Arts & Culture
A museum on the 42nd floor. Combining great art and a simply unbelievable view, this museum also exhibits one of Van Gogh's famous Sunflowers.
109 locals recommend
Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art
1-chōme-26-1 NishishinjukuA museum on the 42nd floor. Combining great art and a simply unbelievable view, this museum also exhibits one of Van Gogh's famous Sunflowers.
Small but enjoyable, this is one of the few museums in Japan that exhibits mainly katanas.
201 locals recommend
Japanese Sword Museum
Small but enjoyable, this is one of the few museums in Japan that exhibits mainly katanas.
A toy museum, managed by a non profit organization. Uses 11 classrooms in a now unused elementary school.
176 locals recommend
Tokyo Toy Museum
4-chōme-20 YotsuyaA toy museum, managed by a non profit organization. Uses 11 classrooms in a now unused elementary school.
A theater in Golden Gai, this is a very popular place to go for plays to live music concerts. Also shows films and holds lectures.
124 locals recommend
Shinjuku Golden Street theater
1-chōme-1-7 KabukichōA theater in Golden Gai, this is a very popular place to go for plays to live music concerts. Also shows films and holds lectures.
Drinks & Nightlife
Excellent combination of music and drinks. Small, but perfectly formed, this bar is worth the visit.
79 locals recommend
Spincoaster Music Bar
2-chōme-26-2 YoyogiExcellent combination of music and drinks. Small, but perfectly formed, this bar is worth the visit.
Entertainment & Activities
Mainly known for its cinema (and the Godzilla head poking from the roof), this entertainment complex houses also a hotel an amusement park, and of course, restaurants.
76 locals recommend
SHINJUKU TOHO BLDG
1-chōme-19-1 KabukichōMainly known for its cinema (and the Godzilla head poking from the roof), this entertainment complex houses also a hotel an amusement park, and of course, restaurants.
Shopping
A large store, this center has different floors for different genres, such as kitchenware, beauty products, Japanese stationary, DIY and even more.
74 locals recommend
Tokyu Hands Headquarters Office
6-chōme-27-30 ShinjukuA large store, this center has different floors for different genres, such as kitchenware, beauty products, Japanese stationary, DIY and even more.
Essentials
A Japanese bathhouse, or sento. Relax and experience the Japanese tradition.
65 locals recommend
Hagoromoyu
3-chōme-24-20 HonmachiA Japanese bathhouse, or sento. Relax and experience the Japanese tradition.