Just across Meiji-dori from sleepless Kabukicho, yet this side is quiet apartment streets
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The area around Higashi-Shinjuku Station is relatively quiet, with mostly mid- to high-rise apartments nearby. On the other side of Meiji-dori is Kabukicho, known as "the town that never sleeps," with crowds still out late at night. After the station opened, a quiet residential area gradually took shape, and the number of people commuting by train increased along with it.
Next to the station there's a multi-purpose sports plaza and an agricultural experience area, and nearby are Tenjin Elementary School and Okubo Elementary School. Along Meiji-dori there are long-established live houses, and a few steps away there's an old shopping street.
In 2020 about 10,900 people lived in this neighborhood, roughly 238 people per hectare.
For everyday shopping, it ranks 22nd out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, and for healthcare it ranks 27th; both are in the upper range.
The station is served by two lines, the Oedo Line and the Fukutoshin Line, connected inside the station by a passageway. On the Oedo Line the next stations are Shinjuku-nishiguchi and Wakamatsu-Kawada, and on the Fukutoshin Line they are Nishi-Waseda and Shinjuku-sanchome. So public transit ranks 40th, also in the upper range.
Kabukicho's eastern boundary is Meiji-dori, and some of the station's exits open directly onto Kabukicho 2-chome.
Greenery ranks 189th and sidewalks rank 192nd, both in the middle range.
Higashi-Shinjuku Station first opened on December 12, 2000 with the Oedo Line, the Fukutoshin Line joined on June 14, 2008, and in 2015 the Fukutoshin Line's platform was expanded into two island platforms.
After the two lines were connected, a transfer passageway was added at the south end of the station.
Compared with the 395 Tokyo neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
Hospitals with inpatient beds (2020 data), public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area, high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores. Many Tokyo junior high students attend private schools, so junior high catchments are only a guide.
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