Shinjuku on a Sunday morning
I was in Shinjuku yesterday. The weather was perfect for exploring…Here’s some photos I took …They might not be that interesting to those who have already been to Shinjuku （新宿）.
LUMINE’s advert panel changes from time to time. This was how it looks like in late October last year.
Shinjuku Station east exit
The uniquely shaped building below is the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower (モード学園コクーンタワー) . This 50-story educational facility houses 3 colleges: Tokyo Mode Gakuen (東京モード学園), a Fashion vocational school, HAL Tokyo (HAL東京）, a Design & technology College, and Shuto Ikō （首都医校）, a Medical College.
Shinjuku Cocoon Tower (新宿コクーンタワー）
There weren't many people around at 10am.
Kimura Takuya’s advert is still there. I first spotted it in late October last year. Wow. I wonder how long it’ll be there…
Kimura Takuya (木村拓哉）
Shinjuku South exit
Sukiya - a chain restaurant that offers gyudon (rice topped with beef & onion) at 280 Yen
Other gyudon chain restaurants are Yoshinoya （吉野家）, Matsuya （松屋）. I personally prefer Matsuya and Sukiya. I like Sukiya’s Takana Mentai Mayoinaisse Gyudon（高菜明太マヨ牛丼） and Kimuchi Gyudon (キムチ牛丼). Matsuya’s beef are not that fatty compared to Yoshinoya! And Miso soup is complimentary too.
Very elaborate lamp of Isetan in Shinjuku
H&M was on sale but I did not buy anything…
Shinjuku's H&M
Beams Japan
French books in Kinokuniya Bookstore, Shinjuku
I’m surprised that Shinjuku’s Kinokuniya Bookstores have so many foreign language books, even French & German! I went there to look at some Design books but ended up buying Murakami Haruki’s latest novel “1Q84“. *itchy hands* No. I did not get the Japanese one… I bought the Taiwanese Chinese translated version. I can’t wait for the English version to be published but there’s no exact date of when it will be released… and I’m just too lazy to read in Japanese. So Chinese version would do for now.
*note : There are 2 Kinokuniya bookstores in Shinjuku, one near the east exit & the other one is in Takashimaya Times Square （高島屋タイムズスクエア）.
I was surprised to find these persimmon. Left overs from Autumn!? *laugh*
Ok. I’m gonna end this post here to read my “1Q84“. Hope all of you had a good start this week!? Mine was not that bad. I managed to get some work done without being disturbed!
Oh. btw. If you wanna know how Shinjuku look like at night. Check out these photos I took some time ago over here >>
English : persimmon
Japanese : 柿 （ かき・kaki )
Korean : 감 ( kam )
Chinese : 柿 （ shi )
that flower billboard in the first picture is still there?! that used to be my blog header!
hmm… yah. I noticed too. It looked familiar to me when I saw the flower billboard…but they had a different billboard last October when I was there…. I wonder if they recycle these billboards!?
how’s d 1Q84 story? last year I re-read a few haruki’s novel, some i read it long long long time ago. still find them very good read! as for this new book, will wait to loan it from library when d chinese version is out.
I’m at the 3rd chapter… the story sounds interesting. btw. Have you read Murakami Haruki’s book in English!? I think you should if you haven’t coz’ I find the English ones are nicer to read…
thanks for ur suggestion, will try to find it from the library. it never occur to me that maybe i shd try to read the english version ^_^