10 Facts About Shinjuku

Since the end of the Second World War, Shinjuku has been a major secondary center of Tokyo, rivaling to the original city center in Marunouchi and Ginza.

Shinjuku is commonly used to refer to the entire area surrounding Shinjuku Station.

Shinjuku is surrounded by Chiyoda to the east; Bunkyo and Toshima to the north; Nakano to the west, and Shibuya and Minato to the south.

Current city of Shinjuku grew out of several separate towns and villages, which have retained some distinctions despite growing together as part of the Tokyo metropolis.

Naturally, most of Shinjuku is occupied by the Yodobashi Plateau, the most elevated portion of which extends through most of the Shinjuku Station area.

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In 1698, Naito-Shinjuku had developed as a new station on the Koshu Kaido, one of the major highways of that era.

Shinjuku began to develop into its current form after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, since the seismically stable area largely escaped the devastation.

Northeastern Shinjuku has an active publishing industry and is home to the publishers Shinchosha and Futabasha.

Technically, Shinjuku is therefore the prefectural capital of Tokyo; but according to a statement by the governor's office, Tokyo can usually be considered the capital of Tokyo for geographical purposes.

Shinjuku operates several public libraries, including the Central Library, the Yotsuya Library, the Tsurumaki Library, Tsunohazu Library, the Nishi-Ochiai Library, the Toyama Library, the Kita-Shinjuku Library, the Okubo Library, and the Nakamachi Library.