Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine February 2020 | Page 60

Travel / Tokyo
/ ON THE MAP
Shinjuku is one of the 23 city wards of Tokyo. This lively locale
will have a starring role in this year's Summer Olympics.
Shinjuku – in the west of the
capital, neighbouring Shibuya
(home to the famous ‘scramble
crossing’ and alternative fashion
scenes) – is a business and
entertainment hub. Commuters
and partygoers pour in from
across Tokyo and its suburbs
24/7, while travellers and day-
trippers head out from there to
destinations across central
Japan, including, coincidentally,
Enoshima Island, the setting for
Olympic sailing events.
All of this to-ing and fro-ing adds up to one thing:
Shinjuku Station is officially the busiest on the
planet. Its platforms see a record 3.6 million
passengers… every day.
The station is a mind-bending maze of rail and
subway lines linked by concourses connecting with
department stores and underground shopping malls;
if there was a gold medal for the most perplexing
public space then it would win that too.
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rail and subway lines linked by concourses
connecting with department stores and
underground shopping malls...