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Where to eat, where to go...
Shinjuku area
Participants staying at the Nishitetsu Inn in the Shinjuku can find several excellent Japanese restaurants in the basement of the Nomura Building which is across the road on your left as you leave the hotel, and also in the I-Land Tower which is also across the road, on your right as you leave the hotel (near the parking lot). The restaurant which is in a basement at the street corner before the Lawson Natural store also serves excellent Japanese food, including soba (noodles), sashimi, soups, etc. The restaurant below your hotel (floor B1, where your breakfasts are also booked) has a very relaxing style and Japanese food.
There are also one or two European restaurants in the basement of the Nomura Tower, and there are also several Western style coffee shops in the street towards Shinjuku station.
If you prefer to stay and work in your room, and/or need food in your room while you adapt to the time difference, you can find take away food on the left as you leave the hotel, at the Lawson Natural food store, as well as 7/11 which is opened 24h/day.
There is also a multitude of restaurants and shops that sell anything one can imagine and more, around and inside Shunjuku station (the largest metro station in the world – 3.2 million passengers per day). To go to Shunkjuku station, turn left when you leave the hotel and cross the blue pedestrian bridge.
Shibuya area
Participants staying at Tokyu Stay Shibuya Minamiguchi in the Shibuya area can find a multitude of restaurants around Shibuya square. We can recommend the restaurants in Tokyu Plaza, especially those on the 9th floor where there is a good selection of excellent Japanese and Asian restaurants, and even one Italian. Turn right when you get out of the hotel, walk for about 5-10 minutes till you find stairs, walk down the stairs, turn left under the railway track, and walk to the pedestrian bridge; Tokyu Plaza is just across the bridge. If you do not want to walk these 10 minutes, on your way toward Tokyu Plaza and also if you turn right to the street parallel to your hotel’s you can find plenty of other options.
If you want to stay in your room rather than eating outside, you can get take away food and drinks at Lawson, a few metres from your hotel (turning right when you leave the hotel).
You will quickly notice that Shibuya square is a very lively district with a multitude of restaurants and shops.
How to get from Shibuya to Shinjuku, and vice-versa
If you want to meet up with a participant not staying at your hotel, no problem, it’s very simple: Tokyo has an extremely efficient and pleasant public transport system; Shinjuku and Shibuya are very well connected:
To go from Shibuya to Shunkjuku, take the New West Exit/entrance of the JR line, a few metres across the street of the Shibuya hotel, and take the JR Yamanote line to Shinjuku (Platform 1). The journey lasts about 10 minutes. Once at Shinjuku, go to the Central West Exit, turn right when you’re outside; go up the stairs and bridge across the parking lot, and across the street you will find the Nishitetsu Inn, easily recognizable with its green sign and logo.
(To go from Shinjuku to Shibuya, same route in the opposite order, obviously)
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If you need any clarification or assistance, please ask the reception at your hotel. If this is not enough, don’t hesitate to call the Symposium Secretariat: 080 6501 5516 or 080 6501 55 31.
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