Getting To Shinjuku's Godzilla

Above, Godzilla peers over the Shinjuku Toho Building in Shinjuku. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Since vacation season is approaching, kaiju fans will want to stop in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo to see the life-sized Godzilla peering over from the Shinjuku Toho Building next door to the Hotel Gracery Shinjuku. Some of the hotel's rooms offer great views of Godzilla.

Live Japan says this about the Hotel Gracery:

Located in the center of the east exit of Shinjuku Station where the former Koma Theater was. The hotel offers convenience, efficiency and comfort to guests. The guest rooms are on the upper floors and there is a cinema complex on the lower floors.

Here's how to get there:

Hotel Gracery is located at 1-19-1, Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0021. It is a five-minute walk from Shinjuku Station's east exit.

These train and subway lines stop at Shinjuku Station:

･ JR Shonan Shinjuku Line
･ JR Yamanote Line
･ JR Chuo Main Line
･ JR Saikyo Line
･ Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
･ Toei Shinjuku Line
･ Toei Oedo Line
･ Keio Line
･ Keio New Line
･ Odakyu Odawara Line

For more on Hotel Gracery, go here.