Stay in Shibuya or Shinjuku?

[diru1]

Originally Posted by MMM

Why not stay at both?

It's easier to book one hotel for my stay with travel company.

[diru1]

Originally Posted by princessmarisa

To throw a wildcard in, staying in Shibuya and Shinjuku are the noiziest and busiest places, pick a quieter nearby yamanote line station and stay near there. It won't take you above 15mins on the train to get into that area, and as said they two districts are next to each other and you can easily hop on a train or even walk between them.

I like the toyoko inn chain, they are all on google maps so google the yamaote line and look to see which of their hotels is hear by.

I think about budgeting a lot though, maybe cost is of no issue to you?


Regarding the JR pass, worth it if you intend to travel between cities a lot, if you just want to travel a lot around Tokyo are in the day there are many different types of "day pass" for the systems, some let you use trains, some trains and subways, some trains, subways and even the dreaded, confusing Japanese bus

Thank you for your input

[princessmarisa]

Originally Posted by diru1

Thank you for all the advice guys. I won't be getting a JR pass as it will be much cheaper to pay as you travel, and I won't be leaving Tokyo.

I know its not far away from each other but I was thinking about when the trains actually stopped running around midnight, as I heard shinjuku never sleeps with everything staying open...

Can anybody confirm what Shibuya is like at night in comparison?

If money is no issue there are taxis way into the night, and depending where you can walk between Shibuya and Shinjuku in under an hour through all main roads so if you are planning to stay out all night and worried about getting back to your hotel, it is not too much of a concern.

A quick look over at hyperdia suggests that trains run till around midnight 1am ish then restart at 4am ish. I would imagine you could kill that time by going to a 24hour food place then for a walk around if you wanted?

All of central Tokyo tourist areas have that never-sleep feel as conbini stores stay open 24/7 and the neon glares through the night. I don't really know much about how late bars and such stay open though. Many times though I would get up at 7am and on my way to the station see drunks wandering the streets home, so they must have found somewhere to party all night!

I'd guess you want to get up and do things in the morning, so you won't be staying out super late all night everynight, so don't plan your entire holiday around the logistics of those situations.