Shinjuku
Shinjuku is a quarter in Shinjuku, Tokyo and has about 349,000 residents. Shinjuku is situated nearby to the neighborhood Kabukicho 2-chome.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Quarter with 349,000 residents
- Description: town located in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
- Also known as: “Shinjuku City”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and New National Stadium.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
Public building
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, 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 Tokyo Metropolis.
New National Stadium
Sports venue
The National Stadium, alternatively Olympic Stadium, and formerly known as New National Stadium, is a multipurpose stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Opened in 2019 and originally constructed for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, it hosted the ceremonies and track and field events.
Meiji Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Mamusi Taka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meiji Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. The shrine does not contain the emperor's grave, which is located at Fushimi-momoyama, south of Kyoto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harajuku and Akasaka.
Harajuku
For the fashionable teenager, spending time in Harajuku on the weekends is practically a necessity. Older folks will want to visit too, to see Meiji Shrine and Yoyogi Park.
Akasaka
Photo: Aimaimyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akasaka is one of Tokyo's central business districts, full of corporate headquarters and expensive hotels. The area is directly adjacent to Nagatacho, one of Tokyo's prime concentrations of bureaucracy, and only a stone's throw from the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda.
Toshima
Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0.
Toshima is a ward in northwest Tokyo, Japan. This guide incorporates Ikebukuro, a section of Toshima and one of the three major metropolitan sub-centers on the Yamanote Line, along with Shinjuku and Shibuya.
Shinjuku
- Categories: neighborhood, chōchō, and locality
- Location: Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.6943° or 35° 41′ 39″ northLongitude
139.7087° or 139° 42′ 31″ eastPopulation
349,000Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)Named after
Naitō-shinjukuOpen location code
8Q7XMPV5+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 11738036615OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Shinjuku” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Shinjuku”
- Chinese: “新宿”
- 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”
- Slovenian: “Shinjuku”
- Slovenian: “Šindžuku”
- Spanish: “Shinjuku”
- Turkish: “Shinjuku”
- Ukrainian: “Шінджюку”
- Yue Chinese: “新宿”
- “新宿”
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