Shinjuku

Shinjuku is a quarter in , , and has about 349,000 residents. Shinjuku is situated nearby to the neighborhood .
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  • Type: Quarter with 349,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
  • Also known as: “Shinjuku City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shinjuku Station and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.

Railway station
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is a major railway station in , Japan, that serves as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central/eastern Tokyo and Western Tokyo on the inter-city rail, commuter rail, and subway lines.

Public building
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The , also referred to as the Tochō for short, is the seat of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which governs the special wards, cities, towns, and villages that constitute the .

University
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is a private Jesuit research university in . Founded in 1913 by the Jesuits, it was granted university status in 1928, becoming the first university in Japan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harajuku and Akasaka.

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For the fashionable teenager, spending time in on the weekends is practically a necessity. Older folks will want to visit too, to see Meiji Shrine and Yoyogi Park.

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is one of 's central business districts, full of corporate headquarters and expensive hotels. The area is directly adjacent to , one of Tokyo's prime concentrations of bureaucracy, and only a stone's throw from the Imperial Palace in .

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is a shopping and eating district of popular with a lot of young Tokyoites. It deserves a prize for having more two-story televisions than any other area in the world. Harajuku and areas in the ward have separate articles.

Shinjuku

Latitude
35.6943° or 35° 41′ 39″ north
Longitude
139.7087° or 139° 42′ 31″ east
Population
349,000
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Named after
Naitō-shinjuku
Open location code
8Q7XMPV5+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11738036615
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
11790353
Wiki­data ID
Q836198
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Satellite Map

Discover Shinjuku from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Shinjuku” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Shinjuku”
  • Chinese: “新宿”
  • Dutch: “Shinjuku”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝinĝuku”
  • Finnish: “Shinjuku (kaupunginosa)”
  • Finnish: “Shinjuku”
  • French: “Shinjuku”
  • German: “Shinjuku”
  • Japanese: “Shinjuku”
  • Japanese: “しんじゅく”
  • Japanese: “新宿”
  • Japanese: “新宿副都心”
  • Japanese: “新宿区”
  • Korean: “신주쿠”
  • Portuguese: “Shinjuku”
  • Russian: “Шинюку”
  • Slovenian: “Shinjuku”
  • Slovenian: “Šindžuku”
  • Spanish: “Shinjuku”
  • Turkish: “Shinjuku”
  • Ukrainian: “Шінджюку”
  • Yue Chinese: “新宿”
  • “新宿”

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