Tokyo – Shinjuku

The entire district is like a giant, neverending shopping mall sprawling outwards from Shinjuku station. After walking through the mazes of shops and high-rise buildings, we finally reached the most famous, and most prominent building in Shinjuku.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

Apart from the gargantuan size of this building, there was almost nothing else that was interesteing.

The next time we came back to Shinjuku was at night (the area really comes alive), when all the students and couples roam the streets for dinner, shopping, karoake, games, etc

Shinjuku station east

piggy noodle house

McPork (¥120, $2)

It was in Shinjuku maccas that I discovered the wonderful McPork burger. One fillet of pork, plus lettuce and a touch of marinade…. so, so yummy. For $2, it beats a cheeseburger anyday. In fact, the McPork was so good and cheap that it became my staple diet for several days.

Kabukicho entrance

The district of Kabukicho (歌舞伎町) in Shinjuku is Tokyo’s notorious red-light district. Zoe let me “walk alone” for a little bit, and almost straight away I began to get harrassed by hustlers inviting me inside (in broken english). I thought there were meant to be girls in mini skirts??

Anyway, in Kabukicho they let you pre-choose a scenario that you want the girl to role-play before you enter. So much choice – there were the usual suspects like schoolgirl, business woman, etc. wow. I told the dude that I wanted “nurse” scenario 😉

“Noo proo-bo-blemu, only ¥7000 ($116) for FORTY min-uto, you can touch here”. Then he grabbed his own nipple. I think he was suggesting that any bb action was pre-packaged in the price, hahaha.

The last piece of Shinjuku worth mentioning was our hotel “Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku”. Brand new building, perfect location. Very comfy bed. Much recommended.