Tokyo commuters often eat mid day and so contrary to popular belief, Tokyo has many cheap and excellent restaurants who will provide the novice with an easy introduction to the world of Japanese cuisine.

Shinjuku restaurant selection

Japanese dishes

• Waketokuyama
• Zuihou-An
• Kurumaya Honten
• Wami Rin

New style Japanese cuisine

• Yuian

Tea-ceremony

• -Un-An

Sushi

• Hako-Zushi
• Uogashi-Nihonichi
• Techan 104 (Donburi = Sushi in a bowl)
• Hina Sushi
• Kitazawa-Club (Kaiten Zushi)

Sukiyaki and Shabushabu

• Shinjuku SERYNA
• Tsukiji Uemura-Gengen
• Mo-Mo-Paradise

Yakitori (bbq)

• Toriyaki Kurumaya
• NAMBANTEI

Kushiage

• Kushinobo

Yakiniku (Grilled Meat)

• Shinjuku Negishi
• Meigetsukan
• Jyojyo-en
• Gyukaku

Ramen Noodle

• Mansei Ramen
• Kamado
• Menya Musashi
• Kamukura

Other

• Akashi (Globefish)
• Ohtoya (Japanese Table d’hôte)
• Akiji Suishin (Hiroshima cuisine)

Typical Japanese cuisine

Domburi

The Domburi dish is very simply a bowl of rice decorated with a specific sort of topping. One type of this dish is oyakodon, which uses eggs and chicken for its topping. Another type of domburi, gyudon, is beefy in taste and more in demand in Japan as fast food. Those of you who are particularly outgoing tasters might like to have a sample of unadon, a type of domburi wherein eel strips are grilled and coated in a thick soya sauce and used to top the rice bowl.

Sushi

Arguably the most well-known of all Japanese dishes, sushi has come to be particularly popular in the more chic locations of the United States. It is served in too many ways to list completely in the confines of this article. To be thought of as sushi, however, the dish is required to contain rice that has been prepared with sushi vinegar. The most ordered form of sushi is surely norimaki, or sushi rolls. These rolls are filled with sushi rice and various types of seafood rolled in sheets of dried seaweed. Norimaki routinely includes vegetables, as well.

Ramen

The Ramen soup dish has been a commonality of the American college student’s diet for a long time. Very popular around the planet, ramen is to the Japanese what a burger and fries are to your prototypical United States native. Ramen is packaged in a variety of bases and is best recalled for its long, string-like noodles. Adding flavor to these noodles are such ingredients as pork, fermented soybeans, dumplings, miso, and soya sauce. It’s rather fascinating to note that ramen stemmed from China, not Japan, but the dish is typically associated with the latter source in modern days.

Sashimi

The Sashimi dish is sometimes mistaken for sushi by diners still unexplored to the realm of Japanese cuisine. Although it is commonly presented artistically, it’s still true that sashimi is raw fish, a truth which upsets the stomach of many a squeamish American. Various types of sashimi are made available, the most popular being tuna. Diners should pay close attention to the scent when tasting this dish. The fish that are used to prepare sashimi must be extremely fresh and for this reason, it should not have the hint of any fishy scent.

Tempura

The Tempura dish has also come to be quite popular within Japan and all around the world. Tempura is similar to a finger food, containing differing types of vegetables and / or seafood fried in a unique batter. The final result is a tasty treat which is crisp without being heavy, as is typically the case with deep fried foods in America. The ingredients harnessed in tempura are too many to possibly list and sometimes vary wildly from one restaurant to the next.

It is a major commercial and administrative center, being home to the busiest train station in the world known as the Shinjuku Station and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the primary administrative center for the city of Tokyo.

The area near the Shinjuku Station is filled with a large grouping of department stores, electronic and camera stores, movie theaters, restaurants and nightlife spots. It is the site of many International Hotels as well.

The population is over 300,000 with a density of more than 16,000 people per square kilometer.

It is home to the highest number of foreign nationals of any community in Tokyo. This primarily includes, Koreans, Chinese, French, Myanmar and Filipino communities.

See also

• Shinjuku Sightseeing Areas
• History of Shinjuku

This garden is 144 acres in size and blends French formal, English landscape and traditional Japanese styles. It is considered one of the most important gardens of the Meiji era and houses 20,000 trees, cherry blossoms in the spring and horticultural work in several greenhouses.

Another big park is the Shinjuku Central Park located among the skyscrapers of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. It is a lovely spot for businessmen to take a break at during the day or for children to play on weekends. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building has been a symbol of the Shinjuku area. It has an observation deck on its 45th floor where one can see the Diet Building and the Tokyo Tower.

The Ogasawara House is another sightseeing spot. It is a Spanish style house built for Earl Ogasawara in 1927. It is now used as a private restaurant.

The Okuma auditoriums are a symbol and landmark for the Waseda University in the Shinjuku district.

For Museum goers, there is the Shoot-up anniversary museum in the outer gardens of the Meiji Shrine. It is the most outstanding building in the Outer Gardens of the Meiji Shrine. This area has been selected as one of the 100 most beautiful in Tokyo.

A number of shrines and temples moved to the area and in 1698, one of the major highways of the era was built nearby.

A mansion once stood in the place where the Shinjuku Gyoen is now located. Shinjuku began its current form after the Great earthquake in 1923, as the seismically stable area largely escaped devastation. This is why so many skyscrapers exist in this area.