"Shinjuku Station to Hotel Sunroute Plaza" - November 2nd, 2009

[feixbix]

will go to this Hotel next Month. Your Video is a big help, thanks!

[cherryjo319]

Thank you for this post! We are planning to stay in Sunroute Plaza this April and your video gave me some perspective! I can imagine the flat maps I have now from what you showed here =) From what platform did you come from? I am a bit lost with the orientation of the platforms 7-14. Do you know the name of the exit you came out of? Thanks!

[lylehsaxon]

@cherryjo319 The exit is the Southern Terrace Exit - which is across the main street from the South Exit. I think you can't send links in YouTube, but search for "Shinjuku Station map" for a map of the station. Also note that while the route shown in the video is still accurate, there's a construction project going up over the exit area. I'll try to post a new video of that next week if I can. - LHS

[vampknight127]

OOoo look at all those japanese business men in their sexy suits xD

[bark615]

Thanks for the video, will be heading there in October and this will loaded up on my phone!

[lylehsaxon]

@bark615 I went by there a few days ago, and there is new construction next to the Starbucks, but the exit is still the same and everything is basically the same - with the exception of a new structure rising just to the side of the Starbucks - between Starbucks and the tracks. - LHS

[dingmah]

Thank you so much for your video!!! I watched it to get me to the hotel last week (July 18 to July 26), and the construction has not affected this part of the station yet.

Thanks again! I will be recommending Sunroute Shinjuku & your video to all future Tokyo travellers.

[lylehsaxon]

@dingmah Thanks for the comment! Glad to hear it's still useful! I haven't been to this part of Shinjuku Station for a few months now, so I was wondering (I usually use a different exit when in Shinjuku). (If it changes, I'll try to make a new one.) Thanks again! - LHS

[Mastacowii]

Thank you so much for the video. I will have tired and grumpy kids in tow from Narita, and this minimizes my chances of getting hopelessly lost.

[lylehsaxon]

You're welcome! I assume you're going to use the Narita Express train? If you do it should be just like in this video. If you come via some other route (most people don't, but it's possible), then be careful which exit you use. Shinjuku is a large and complicated station and there are several exits. But from the platform for the Narita Express, things are pretty simple - like in the video. - LHS

[DinaIsAZN]

hi just wanted to say thank you again for this! I put it on my ipod when we went to Tokyo and without this video we prob would not have found the hotel! Thank you : )

[BambaMuncher]

Thank you for posting this, hopefully I'll be following your guide in a couple of months :)

[jasonbtoo]

One more thing: Hotel Sunroute wanted US$50/load to do laundry (yikes!), so I did some searching and found a coin-op laundry place nearby -- about a 10 minute walk. If you punch the following coordinates into google maps, it'll put a digital push-pin at the location of the coin-op laundry place, right-click that to get walking directions from the hotel.

35.683999, 139.698479

[jasonbtoo]

See that building at 2:37? That's a department store with a grocery store in the basement! There was a mini-fridge in my room at Hotel Sunroute, so when I stumbled upon this place I bought some milk, OJ and cereal and some snacks to cut back on expenses. If you go there around 8pm (I think) you may see a line of people near the escalator; they are waiting for the store to go into discount mode before closing! Check it out if you're in the neighborhood!

[jasonbtoo]

I forgot to mention: getting to that building is super easy. See the clock tower (2:45)? Walk in that direction and you'll see a bridge -- I believe it's near a Krispy Kreme. The bridge crosses over the tracks for JR Shinjuku Station, walk across that and go into Tokyo Hands, make a left and go down the escalator to the basement -- there's the grocery store.

[lylehsaxon]

@jasonbtoo Thanks for mentioning this! There's a Takashimaya Department Store on the left and the Tokyu Hands on the right. I haven't bought food at this specific location, but generally there's a food section in the basement of department stores. I think maybe the food section is actually part of Takashimaya Department Store rather than Tokyu Hands though. Whatever - they're side-by-side in the same building. - LHS

[Mrn3ko]

Im going to stay at this hotel with my friend in 2 weeks, this really helped, now i know where Shinjuku station is, Thank you ^^

[lylehsaxon]

Just be careful which exit you use! Shinjuku is a very large and complicated station with quite a distance between the different exits. So long as you go there via the Narita Express line, it should be just like in the video, but if you go there via another line, then take the South Exit, which is just across the main street from the exit I used for this video. - LHS

[Mrn3ko]

Oh, Okey thank you again! this is really helpfull! ^^

[Mrn3ko]

@lylehsaxon :By the way..how do you get those cards when you pass those "security things"?

[lylehsaxon]

@Mrn3ko There are basically two types of IC card (for the Tokyo area - different regions have some other types). The card itself costs Y500 (which amounts to a deposit if you return it when you leave). Do a Google search for "jr suica card". - LHS

[shibainugirl]

i am staying here!!!! i see Takashimaya times square in the background... i will haves loadsa cases with me... is there a road route??

[lylehsaxon]

Hi! 1st - will you be coming via the Narita Express train (seen in the 1st part of the video)? If another line, then you might take another exit, which would complicate things. By Narita Express (as in this video), you can still use the same route, and there's an escalator just a little further down Southern Terrace on the right, that I point towards at 2:50. Taking that, you'll go down, cross a bridge, and down another escalator on the other side. There's a street route, but it's very crowded.

[lylehsaxon]

PS - At 1:11, if you go the right, instead of the left, I think (I'm pretty sure - I'll try to have a look next week) there's a ramp there. Using that, you should be able to go the entire route from station platform to hotel with just escalators and level ground. - LHS

[DinaIsAZN]

great video, im going in march and staying there so this is so useful :)

[lylehsaxon]

If you take that exit, it should be easy to find. Be aware however that Shinjuku is a vast and labyrinthine station and if you leave by a different exit, you may find yourself on an expedition to get near the hotel... - LHS

[ChocoBanana777]

Really neat place. Was it drizzling or something? Saw people with umbrellas opened.

3:49 lol! Agreed. There are some places here where if we get caught doing so, law enforcement would make us sing the National Anthem right smack in the middle of the road. なかなか恥ずかしくって。ｗ

[ChocoBanana777]

Sorry I forgot to add.

After watching athird time I realize you had a short clip of this place uploaded, only you were going the opposite direction. Am I correct?

[lylehsaxon]

Yes, it was just beginning to rain. I took this video just in time, because when I made the U-turn to go back to the station it was raining a little harder and I wouldn't have been able to take the video without protecting it from the rain (I didn't have an umbrella with me). Yes (to your other question) I have a couple of other videos that show the Southern Terrace, and in one of them I'm walking the other way. - LHS