Live Japan's Guide To Shinjuku Station

Above, the Godzilla Head in Shinjuku. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Shinjuku Station in Tokyo is one of the largest and busiest train and subway stations in the city. It is easy to get lost in it.

This is the station to go to in order to see the Godzilla Head at the Hotel Gracery.

Fortunately, Live Japan has a comprehensive guide to the station.

They begin their guide with:

Shinjuku is one of Tokyo’s – and Japan’s – busiest areas, acting as an office town, a shopping district, a center for urban culture and lifestyle, and thus a prime tourist destination. In the center of all of this is Shinjuku Station, a massive hub that connects five railroads and people from all over the country.

Giant shopping malls border the enormous station, as well as Kabukicho, Tokyo’s most famous red-light district. Towering home electronics stores sell state-of-the-art electronics to locals and tourists alike - and everything is connected by a vast underground network of exits, arcades, and tunnels, all belonging to Shinjuku Station. The hub deserves its reputation as a labyrinth of over 200 exits that, at times, can be seemingly impossible to navigate.

Let's start to unravel this large spiderweb that is Shinjuku Station's structure and directions first.

By the way, although the Live Japan guide doesn't mention it, those wanting to see the Godzilla Head should use the East Exit. 

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