Hotel EL Shinjuku 6

Where there is no train, this is the way out. Stops on both sides of one road are counted once.

• Nishishinjuku Yon Choume 西新宿四丁目1 min · 66 m
• Kantou Kokusai Koukou 関東国際高校2 min · 172 m

Everything else you do in a day starts here.

• Nishi-shinjuku-gochome 西新宿五丁目6 min · 444 m
• Hatsudai 初台7 min · 542 m

Open late, sells water, food, and usually has an ATM that takes foreign cards.

• 7-Eleven セブン-イレブン1 min · 90 m
• FamilyMart ファミリーマート3 min · 252 m

Getting ill is the thing most likely to ruin a trip.

• Nippon Esutiijii (gou) 日本エスティージー(合)3 min · 247 m
• Fudou Pharmacy 不動薬局4 min · 302 m

Matters once you are staying more than a few nights.

• PIAGO ピアゴ2 min · 173 m
• Maruetsu Petit マルエツプチ3 min · 216 m

Seven Bank, Lawson Bank, E-net, Aeon and Japan Post accept cards issued outside Japan. Most other Japanese bank ATMs decline them, so they are not counted here. Post offices are counted, because that is where most Japan Post machines are.

• Seven Bank セブン銀行1 min · 97 m
• E-net イーネット2 min · 173 m

Restaurants and fast food. Cafes are not counted — most close before dinner.

• Nuudoru Tsuaazu Hatsudai Branch ヌードルツアーズ 初台店1 min · 79 m
• Chuuka Ryouri Eiraku 中華料理 永楽1 min · 111 m
• Eiraku 永楽1 min · 114 m

Somewhere to sit in the morning that is not your room.

• Kafe Konsoraare カフェ コンソラーレ1 min · 73 m
• Kissa Kosuma 喫茶コスマ1 min · 102 m

Attractions, museums, viewpoints, castles and monuments. Ordinary neighbourhood shrines are not counted — Japan has tens of thousands, and counting them would make every street look remarkable.

• Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery 東京オペラシティアートギャラリー4 min · 347 m
• Samurai Museum Tokyo Ticket Centre 6 min · 451 m
• The Birthplace of Photography Industry 写真工業発祥地6 min · 493 m

Often the reason for the trip rather than a convenience.

• Hagoromoyu 羽衣湯8 min · 678 m
• Public bath 9 min · 682 m

Somewhere to walk that is not a shopping street.

• Shinjuku Ku Koba To Jidou Yuuen 新宿区こばと 児童遊園1 min · 61 m
• Tsunohazu Park 角筈公園2 min · 129 m

Shown for information only. About 3,000 are mapped for the whole country against many times that in reality, so a hit here is worth something and a miss means nothing.

Shown for information only. Our sources cover this category unevenly, so a low count here may mean the map is incomplete rather than the area is.

• Hakuhinkan TOY PARK 博品館 TOY PARK8 min · 675 m

Counted as a plus here. A property tool would count the same places as a minus.

• Tomi Fu 頓歩1 min · 66 m
• Gallery Baryo Shiro Gallery Bar 余〼白2 min · 189 m

Staffed neighbourhood police posts. The default place to go if something goes wrong.

• Koban 代々木警察署清水橋交番5 min · 421 m
• Yoyogi Keisatsusho Hatsudai Station Mae Koban 代々木警察署初台駅前交番7 min · 523 m