Shinjuku is the district we’re staying at in Tokyo this time. So as the first post, this is all pretty much the area around our apartment. Last time I was here, I didn’t spend too much time exploring the area. But this time is different. 
Shinjuku is one of the major districts of Tokyo, so there’s LOTS to do here. Most of the core area seems to be based around the Shinjuku station, which supposedly has 2 million train and subway passengers per day. So it’s very busy here, but there’s also a lot of entertainment, food, fashion and shopping areas around here and in the station itself.
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I spent the last few days just exploring in and around the station. Enjoy the pictures and video below. Start by clicking the first image to start the gallery. Most of them have a brief description.
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- Narita Express arriving to take us straight into Shinjuku, Tokyo from the Narita Airport.
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- Inside the Narita Express. Reserved seats.
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- First pic of Shinjuku right outside the station.
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- Clock tower in the background.
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- Shinjuku streets on the way to our apartment.
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- Some department stores.
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- Alleys, some graffiti on this building.
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- Business building.
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- Some apartments down the alley.
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- Temple around the block.
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- OIOI department store.
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- Toyota building in the background.
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- Busy Shinjuku streets.
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- Cool buildlings in the background. Reminds me off the ATT commercials.
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- docomo, one of the major cell phone (keitai) carriers.
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- Huge display on a building.
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- In front of the Lumine department store around the Shinjuku station.
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- Interesting graffiti.
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- Shinjuku nightlife.
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- Rain around the station.
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- Another major department store within the station.
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- Inside the department store.
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- FFXIII ads.
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- More FFXIII ads.
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- Modern Warfare 2 on sale. Published by SquareEnix.
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- Pachinko and slot stores.
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- Misc. stores in the alleys of Shinjuku.
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- Arcade I found in Shinjuku.
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- They had Beatmania IIDX 17. :)
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- Front of the Arcade.
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- Electronic stores in Shinjuku.
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- Sega Arcade.
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- Lumine department store.
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- Rainy day. Clouds covering the tips of the buildings.
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- Night lights of Shinjuku.
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- Smoking area.
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- No smoking on the streets. But plenty of designated smoking areas in popular places.
