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Nearly 3 million people pass through Shinjuku Station every day, which is an insane number. But despite the massive number of people transported, the area around Shinjuku supports some great urbanism, with vibrant street life and lots of independent shops and restaurants.

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Additional Reading and References

Busiest station Guinness World Records
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...

Shinjuku Station Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuk...

Metro Map of Tokyo
https://mapstokyo.com/mapstokyomet...

Rail Map of Tokyo
https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/routemaps/...

Map of Shinjuku Station
https://www.keio.co.jp/english/howto/...

Tomoyuki Tanaka — Japan’s major landmarks drawn as if seen by Xray
https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stor...

Apology for leaving 20 seconds early
https://web.archive.org/web/201711180...

Passenger Pusher Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passeng...

新宿グランドターミナルへの再編
https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/h...

Tokyo starts massive renovation project for entrances to the world’s busiest train station
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/09/tok...

Shinjuku Station is getting a ¥72.8 billion makeover to make it easier to navigate
https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/sh...

Tokyo's Shinjuku Station undergoes S$755 million renovation to improve layout & ease congestion
https://mothership.sg/2022/07/shinjuk...

JR East 2023 Financial Results
https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/investor/f...

Poster; Metropolitan Railway fare chart, issued by the Metropolitan Railway, July 1886
https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collection...


Chapters

0:00 Intro
1:14 Shinjuku is busy, REALLY busy
1:36 Train lines (but no Shinkansen)
2:58 Navigating the station
4:06 Exits and gates
5:12 Not very impressivelooking
5:42 Platforms are boring but great
6:48 Japanese transit myths
8:10 The Hauptbahnhof test
8:52 The great streets around Shinjuku
9:44 Trains are the best
10:15 Connections to other places
10:46 Closing time
11:20 Amenities
12:42 Future construction plans
13:29 Way too many wide roads
14:17 Avoiding busy roads
14:48 The train station becomes a mall
16:04 Real estate, not railroads
17:08 A fractured station
18:30 Conclusion
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