Japan
Tokyo
Shinjuku

Ōkubo

Ōkubo, also known as Shin-Ōkubo, is a neighborhood in , , . The neighborhood is built around , accessible on the Yamanote Line.
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  • Type: Quarter with 16,300 residents
  • Description: town located in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
  • Also known as: “Higashi-ōkubo”, “Nishi-ōkubo”, “Okubo”, and “Ōkubo, Tokyo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shin-Ōkubo and Toyama Park.

Railway station
Photo: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0.
Station is a railway station on the Yamanote Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Opened on November 15, 1914, it is close to the large local Korean ethnic neighborhood. Station has only one exit.

Park
Photo: Kinori, Public domain.

Theater building
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Panasonic Globe Theatre in , , was designed by Isozaki Arata and opened in 1988 to showcase local and international productions of Shakespeare's plays.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Takadanobaba and Kabukichō.

Neighborhood
Photo: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0.
or Takatanobaba is a neighborhood in , , Japan.

Quarter
Photo: marcotogni, CC BY 2.0.
is an entertainment district in , , Japan. is considered a red-light district with a high concentration of host and hostess clubs, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclubs, and is often called the "Sleepless Town".

Hamlet
Photo: Himetv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet.

Ōkubo

Latitude
35.70464° or 35° 42′ 17″ north
Longitude
139.70528° or 139° 42′ 19″ east
Population
16,300
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP OKB
Open location code
8Q7XPP34+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9254835245
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
1862755
Wiki­data ID
Q10429485
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Ōkubo” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “大久保”
  • Dutch: “Ōkubo”
  • Finnish: “Ōkubo”
  • Indonesian: “Ōkubo, Tokyo”
  • Japanese: “おおくぼ”
  • Japanese: “オオクボ”
  • Japanese: “大久保”
  • Korean: “도쿄 신오쿠보 코리아타운”
  • Korean: “오쿠보”
  • Persian: “اوکوبو، توکیو”
  • Portuguese: “Shin Okubo”
  • Turkish: “Ōkubo”
  • “Ōkubo”

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