9 Hours Shinjuku-North

Shinjuku & Northwest Tokyo


9 Hours calls its capsules 'pods' which fits with the space-station sleek design, hushed vibe and views of the Shinjuku skyline (just one train stop away). As this is a capsule hotel, floors and facilities are gender segregated. You can stay for consecutive days but you must be out (with your stuff in one of the lockers) between 10am and 1pm.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Shinjuku & Northwest Tokyo attractions

1. Godzilla Head

0.43 MILES

Godzilla, a portmanteau of the Japanese words for gorilla (gorira) and whale (kujira), is king of the kaijū (strange beasts) that ruled Japanese popular…

2. Golden Gai

0.52 MILES

Golden Gai – a Shinjuku institution for over half a century – is a collection of tiny bars, often literally no bigger than a closet and seating maybe a…

3. Hanazono-jinja

0.57 MILES

Merchants from nearby Kabukichō come to this Shintō shrine to pray for the solvency of their business ventures. Founded in the 17th century, the shrine is…

4. Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower

0.72 MILES

This Nishi-Shinjuku landmark building (completed in 2008) is a 50-storey webbed tower designed by Tange Associates. Easily identifiable among the blockier…

5. Shinjuku I-Land

0.74 MILES

This otherwise ordinary office complex is home to more than a dozen public artworks, including one of Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculptures (on the southeast…

6. Astro Boy Mural

0.78 MILES

Japan's most celebrated manga artist Tezuka Osamu lived most of his life in Takadanobaba and the neighbourhood couldn't be prouder. In front of the…

7. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

1 MILES

Tokyo's city hall – a landmark building designed by Tange Kenzō – has observatories (202m) atop both the south and north towers of Building 1 (the views…

8. Place M

1.13 MILES

Run by four veteran artists (including pioneering street photographer Daido Moriyama), this gallery serves as a hub for the city's photography scene…