Shinjuku

While planning for our next trip to Tokyo, I spend a lot of time searching for hotels.  I use many of the travel websites and read hundreds of reviews.  The location of your hotel will play an important role in creating an itinerary that provides the best experiences in Tokyo.  With that said, booking a hotel that is located near a train station is the best choice for foreign travelers to Tokyo.  The train station not only will get you everywhere you want to go, but it also provides a variety of shops and dining options.  You could spend an entire day just at the train station!

Shinjuku Station is the busiest train station in Japan.

We love being in the mix of the exciting city of Tokyo.  So during one of our trips we decided to explore the Shinjuku area by staying at the Shinjuku Prince Hotel.  Coming off the train at Shinjuku Station, we took the wrong exit and walked the long way to our hotel through the heart of Shinjuku.  It was the first time I felt a little overwhelmed by the amount of people, lights and energy of the city.   But we soon found our hotel and was very pleased with our location. 

One of the reasons why I chose the Shinjuku Prince hotel was because it sits on top of the Seibu Shinjuku Station.  The hotel website also boasts being only a 5-minute walk from the main Shinjuku Station.  Of course, this is only if you come out of the proper exit.  Although the Seibu Shinjuku Station is not on the main Yamanote line, we found a way to use this station to another station where we could catch the right line to our destination.  This let us avoid using the main Shinjuku Station. 

We also found many shopping places and a great 100 yen store right inside our hotel building.  There was even a huge McDonald's across the street!  The biggest surprise was the size of the room at this hotel.  It was enormous compared to the rooms we had previously experienced.

http://www.princehotels.com/shinjuku

When walking down the main street of Shinjuku, look down one of the narrow streets.  Who's that peeking over the Hotel Gracery?  Is that . . . . . 

Godzilla???????

Visit Shinjuku and feel the excitement of Tokyo!