Shinjuku Signs

In all of Tokyo, I think there's no better place to take photos than Shinjuku.
North, south, east or west are all good photo opportunities.

A couple from today displaying the in-your-face advertising/decor of Tokyo's buildings.

Karaoke, anyone?

Shinjuku monuments

Shinjuku Variety

A few from around Shinjuku.
A quick rundown of what we have from top to bottom:
- Down the road from New South Exit.
- The brown building on the left side is Hotel Sunroute; the first hotel that I stayed in when I got to Japan...and the best.
- Washington Hotel; the third hotel that I stayed in.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
- Ongoing Construction close to the South East Exit (to the left of the photo).

Shinjuku streets

If I remember correctly, there were taken around the Kabuki-cho area of Shinjuku getting close to Okubo.

Shinjuku Art

Situated close to the New South Exit of Shinjuku station.

Kabuki Cho, Shinjuku

Always an interesting place for a wander around, day or night.
The signs are in your face. Trannies, hookers, male/female hosts are operating around the clock pulling in the punters.
Naturally, it becomes better (or worse, depending how you think) at night.

Shinjuku New Building 3

Located through the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku, Tokyo.
More into Okubo actually, stands this monument of futuristic, one-of-a-kind architecture.

From the front, it's sandwiched between two other builings.
Standing head on, you can't really appreciate it in all its glory. It's only when you walk around the sides and back of the block on which it stands that you see its real beauty.

Apparently labelled as "Metabolism", this building was erected in the 70's.
Bolt-on capsule-like rooms were added and taken away when necessary. Apparently when someone moved in or out.

I was impressed by the sheer shape and size of the place.
With a friend, we ventured inside and up to the third floor. We were put off by the CCTV, and the fact that people were in the building, despite it no longer being a place of residence.
Besides, we tried the doors as we went up the staircase, only to find them all locked.
From the outside, we saw laundry hanging out to dry on one of the floors.
A postman actually delivered something to one of the floors as we stood in the lobby.
Who exactly is living there, or even running a business, is anyone's guess.
It is, quite literally, a squatters paradise.

And that's about it.
Impressive, neglected and mysterious.

Shinjuku and Beyond

Taken from the Metropolitan Goverment Building in Shinjuku.

Shinjuku

A quick right out of the south exit of Shinjuku station will bring you to a small part of Shinjuku that's like a maze.
Streets cross each other, hard to keep track of where you are and where you've been.
It's a great part of Tokyo, not only for some of the shops and restaurants, and Map Camera.

The beauty of this part of Shinjuku is the street art and old buildings.

Neon

Karaoke

Back home in England, we have karaoke events in bars.
Here in Japan, you have events in Karaoke bars.