ShinjukuParks and outdoors
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
新宿御苑
A large paid garden combining English, French and Japanese landscape styles, minutes from Shinjuku Station.
5 facilities unchecked
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ShinjukuAttractions
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Observatories
東京都庁舎展望室
Free observation decks about 200 metres up, run by the city government.
The most useful free view in Shinjuku. On a clear winter day Fuji is visible to the south-west. Because it is a working government building, opening is subject to closures for maintenance and events.
Address. 2-8-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Hours. Published by the Metropolitan Government; each tower closes on set days each monthClosure days differ between the north and south towers. Check before travelling.
Directions open in your map app, which handles live routing. Tanoshi does not calculate routes itself.
Getting there
Tochōmae Station
都庁前Closest stationLines. Toei Ōedo Line
No exit is listed here because we have not found one stated by an official source. Follow in-station signage.
Named for the building and connected underground.
Step-free access for this journey has not been verified. A station having a lift does not mean the whole route is step-free.
Shinjuku Station
新宿Suggested arrivalLines. JR lines · Odakyu · Keio · Toei Shinjuku Line · Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
No exit is listed here because we have not found one stated by an official source. Follow in-station signage.
A longer walk, but far more lines. Follow signs for the west exit.
Step-free access for this journey has not been verified. A station having a lift does not mean the whole route is step-free.
Tickets and official links
Free to enter.
Prices are not reproduced here. They change, and an out-of-date figure is worse than none — check the official site.
Facilities here
Only what we have actually checked is marked as verified. “Not checked” means we do not know — it does not mean the facility is absent.
Toilet
Not checked
Accessible toilet
Not checked
Baby changing
Not checked
Food
Not checked
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Core details last checked against the sources below on . Hours, prices and facilities change — treat the official site as authoritative.
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What we have not checked
- Baby-changing tables, nursing rooms and accessible toilets have not been individually verified here.
- Security screening applies at the entrance; current requirements have not been verified.