{"id":97,"date":"2004-02-16T16:05:20","date_gmt":"2004-02-16T16:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2004-02-16T16:05:20","modified_gmt":"2004-02-16T16:05:20","slug":"shinjuku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/shinjuku\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinjuku"},"content":{"rendered":"

A western ward of Tokyo divided by a train station. West is highrises, the Tokyo Metropolitan City Hall and that Park Hyatt where Lost in Translation took place.<\/p>\n

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East is shopping, Kabukicho and a general mess which means it’s the fun area.<\/p>\n

There’s an observation deck at the top of the tower (like most big buildings in Tokyo do) and I was able to see the New City Hotel where I stayed in with some friends on my first visit here.<\/p>\n

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Not that impressive. It is a business hotel, meaning very basic and very old, from the 1960’s.<\/p>\n

You really get an idea about how big it is here and just how expansive the city sprawl is.<\/p>\n

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That’s only looking west now! Looking east, you can see Tokyo Dome AKA the Big Egg where the Giants play.<\/p>\n


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