16 Best Hotels in Shinjuku, Tokyo: Where to Stay by Area (2026)

West Shinjuku: the skyscraper hotels. West of the station is the office district, with wide pavements, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and the city's big international hotels. It's the calm side of Shinjuku: you walk in from the West Exit through underground passages, and the bars of the east side are 10 to 15 minutes away. Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo opened in 1971 as Tokyo's first skyscraper hotel and is still the easiest of them to reach: 5 minutes from the West Exit and a minute from Tochomae on the Oedo line. It has a fitness room, a traditional tea ceremony room and an outdoor pool that opens in summer only.

It's big and busy, with tour groups and conferences, so it feels more like a small town than a hideaway. It's my first suggestion for families and first-timers who want a full-service hotel close to the trains and away from the east-side noise. The hotel states its child rule clearly: under 6 and sharing a parent's bed is free; a child with their own bed, or anyone 6 or over, pays the adult rate.

Hilton Tokyo is one of the best-known names in West Shinjuku and a dependable big hotel: Metropolitan Grill, a Japanese restaurant (Juni-so), a Chinese restaurant (Ohcho), Bar & Lounge ZATTA, the Marble Lounge, and a fitness centre on the 5th floor with baths and a sauna. It's 10 minutes on foot from the West Exit of Shinjuku Station, but 2 minutes from exit C8 of Nishi-Shinjuku station on the Marunouchi line and 3 from Tochomae on the Oedo line, both reached by underground passage.

The walk from JR is the catch, and the hotel solves it with a free shuttle bus that loops between the hotel and the station's west side; the boarding point moved on 1 July 2025 to stop 28, by exit 9 of the West Exit underground plaza. It suits Hilton Honors members and families (children under 6 sharing a bed stay free).

Hyatt Regency Tokyo sits next to Shinjuku Central Park, with five restaurants and bars (Crossroads Kitchen, Nineteen Eighty Lounge & Bar, the Cantonese Jade Garden, Eau de Vie and Shinjuku Nadaman) plus a spa and fitness centre. It's 9 minutes on foot from the West Exit, a minute from Tochomae station's exit A7, and 4 minutes from Nishi-Shinjuku on the Marunouchi line.

It's the quieter, park-side choice among the big West Shinjuku hotels, with a free daily shuttle to Shinjuku Station and limousine buses from the door to both airports (the hotel puts Haneda at about 70 minutes and Narita at about 120 by bus). Driving? Overnight guests pay ¥1,500 for the first 24 hours of parking. Like the Hilton, it's a hotel to come home to rather than a base for walking out into the nightlife.

Park Hyatt Tokyo is the Shinjuku splurge and the hotel most people have heard of: the top 14 floors, 39 to 52, of Shinjuku Park Tower, with the New York Grill & Bar on the 52nd, made famous by the film Lost in Translation. It opened in 1994 and reopened on 9 December 2025 after a 19-month renovation, the most extensive in its history. Our luxury hotels in Tokyo guide compares it with the city's other top hotels.

It suits couples, film fans and anyone who wants the skyline from the bar at night. The catch is the location: it's at the far western edge of the skyscraper district, further from Shinjuku Station than the other West Shinjuku hotels here.

Shinjuku Washington Hotel is the big-name value hotel of West Shinjuku, 8 minutes from the South Exit along an underground passage (open 6am to 10:45pm), so you can arrive in the rain without an umbrella. It sells 11 room types, from singles and ladies' rooms to triples, family rooms and a 96 square metre Sky Residence Room, and has a guests-only lounge, Saryo, on the 3rd floor, plus the Manhattan Table restaurant on the 25th floor of the main building for breakfast and dinner.

It's a practical business hotel on a large scale, and its Google rating (3.8 from more than 10,000 reviews) is lower than the full-service towers around it; the standard rooms are compact. Book a Superior room if you want a table and a bit more space. It's a sensible pick when the West Shinjuku towers are out of budget but you still want the calm west side.

MIMARU TOKYO SHINJUKU WEST is an apartment hotel built for families and groups: rooms of 40 to 60 square metres that sleep four to six adults, some with a bunk bed and two with tatami and futons for a Japanese-style night. It's 10 minutes on foot from the South Exit of JR Shinjuku and 8 from exit A2 of Tochomae. With a 4.8 Google rating from more than 1,700 reviews, it's the highest-rated hotel on this page.

There's no washing machine in the room (use the coin laundry), and the hotel counts children only up to age 6, so older children book as adults. For more family options across the city, see family hotels in Tokyo.

Hotel Rose Garden Shinjuku is a smaller hotel at the north end of West Shinjuku, beside exit 1 of Nishi-Shinjuku station on the Marunouchi line and 10 minutes from the West Exit of Shinjuku Station. It has an all-day restaurant, In the Garden 135, and a Japanese kappo restaurant, Kurikichi.

It suits travellers who want the calm west side at a lower price than the towers, and a subway stop at the door. The trade-off is that it's on Ome-kaido, a busy road, with offices and a university hospital nearby rather than shops and restaurants. For the airports, the hotel points you to the limousine buses that stop at the Hilton Tokyo, a few minutes away.

Kabukicho and the east side. North-east of the station is Kabukicho, Tokyo's red-light and bar district, with the department stores, Golden Gai and Omoide Yokocho close by. This is where to stay if you want to walk back from dinner and drinks; it's loud and bright until very late. Hotel Gracery Shinjuku is the one with the giant Godzilla head on the terrace, 5 minutes from the East Exit and 3 from Seibu-Shinjuku station. The front desk is on the 8th floor, and the hotel sells Godzilla View rooms and Godzilla Floor rooms alongside standard doubles, twins and triples.

It suits a first trip with an eye on nightlife; the flip side is the street below, busy until dawn, with touts to ignore (our Kabukicho guide covers them). Arriving by air, the limousine buses to Tokyu Kabukicho Tower stop 2 minutes away.

BELLUSTAR TOKYO is the luxury hotel inside Shinjuku's nightlife: floors 39 to 47 of Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, with 97 rooms behind windows about seven metres wide, three restaurants (Restaurant Bellustar, Teppan Ten-yu and the Sushi JIN-È counter), Bar Bellustar and SPA sunya. It's about 7 minutes on foot from Shinjuku Station and a minute from Seibu-Shinjuku.

It suits couples who want to step out of the lift into Kabukicho and come back to a quiet room 200 metres up. The lower floors of the tower hold a cinema, live venues and an arcade, and there's no pool. The same tower has a cheaper, more playful hotel, HOTEL GROOVE SHINJUKU, with rooms designed by Japanese artists; it's on our boutique hotels in Tokyo list.

Shinjuku Prince Hotel is the red-brick tower on the southern edge of Kabukicho, with 561 rooms on the 10th to 24th floors above the Seibu Shinjuku PePe shopping centre. Seibu-Shinjuku station is inside the building on the 2nd floor, and the JR, Tokyo Metro and other lines at Shinjuku Station are about 5 minutes on foot.

It's a solid mid-range big hotel, and the station in the building is handy on a wet day. The rooms are business-hotel compact, and the streets around it are Kabukicho's, so ask for a high floor. Seibu-Shinjuku is a separate station from the main Shinjuku complex, which matters if you're changing to JR with luggage.

Shinjuku Granbell Hotel is a design hotel at the quiet, eastern end of Kabukicho, with 30 room designs by young Japanese and international creators, Simmons beds throughout, and Rooftop bar & terrace G on the 13th floor, with open-air seats over the night view. It's 4 minutes from exit A1 of Higashi-Shinjuku station and 7 from exit E1 of Shinjuku-sanchome.

The trade-off is distance from JR: the hotel puts the East Exit of Shinjuku Station about 15 minutes away on foot, so you'll use the Fukutoshin or Oedo lines. If a standard room isn't enough, look at the 13th-floor Executive double windows rooms, 22.5 to 23.4 square metres with a 185 cm bed.

Hotel Villa Fontaine Tokyo-Shinjuku is a compact modern hotel in the north of Kabukicho, 3 minutes from Seibu-Shinjuku's north exit and 9 from JR Shinjuku's East Exit, with Shin-Okubo's Korean food streets about 9 minutes the other way. It has concept rooms themed on Shinjuku, three "so-na" rooms with their own private sauna, an amenity bar with Sekkisei skincare, and a service to send luggage to the airport.

Breakfast is a collaboration with Doutor Coffee, served at the chain's Shinjuku Yasukuni-dori shop rather than in the hotel. The walk to JR takes you through Kabukicho, which is fine but busy late. Book a sauna room if you want something you won't find at the business hotels nearby.

Shinjuku-sanchome and the Gyoen side. East of the department stores, around Shinjuku-sanchome station, the streets get smaller and calmer, and Shinjuku Gyoen, one of Tokyo's best gardens, is a short walk south. It's a good compromise: Kabukicho and Golden Gai are 10 minutes away, but you don't sleep above them. Tokyu Stay Shinjuku is the long-stay pick, with a washer-dryer and microwave in the room, about 30 seconds from exit C3 of Shinjuku-sanchome (Marunouchi, Fukutoshin and Toei Shinjuku lines) and 8 minutes from JR Shinjuku's East Exit.

Rooms are small, as at every business hotel, so two people should book a Twin or Double rather than a Small Double. Exit C3 has stairs only; with heavy bags use exit C6, which has a lift. The breakfast buffet is ¥2,530 a head; a café is cheaper. Our cheap hotels in Tokyo guide has more business hotels like it.

ONSEN RYOKAN YUEN SHINJUKU is a modern ryokan-style hotel with an open-air bath on the 18th floor, filled with alkaline spring water brought in from Hakone, open to guests only. It has 193 rooms, yukata in every room and a restaurant, GOU Shinjuku. It's 7 minutes from exit 3 of Shinjuku-gyoemmae station and 8 from exit C7 of Shinjuku-sanchome, on the quiet side near Shinjuku Gyoen.

The beds are Western rather than futons, the cheapest rooms are 12 to 15 square metres with a shower booth only, and breakfast is ¥4,000 extra. If shared baths are new to you, read our onsen and sento guide first; for more traditional stays, see ryokan in Tokyo.

The South Exit and Southern Terrace. South of the station, across Koshu-kaido, the area around Busta Shinjuku and the Southern Terrace walkway is quieter than the east side and as close to the trains as anywhere. Busta is the bus terminal for Mount Fuji, Hakone and the airports, which makes this the practical side for day trips. JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom Shinjuku is my mid-range pick here, run by the Kyushu railway company and 3 minutes from the South Exit and from Busta. Its restaurant, Akasaka Umaya, serves a breakfast buffet with Kyushu-sourced Japanese dishes alongside Western ones.

It sells seven room types, from a standard double to a Premium Twin with a view bath; the standard rooms are compact. The official address is in Yoyogi, and Kabukicho and Golden Gai are a 10 to 15 minute walk, which is the point if you'd rather sleep away from them.

Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku is the big, practical hotel of the south side: 624 rooms, 3 minutes from the South Exit and from Busta Shinjuku, and a minute from exit A1 of the Oedo line. It has self check-in machines, a coin laundry and microwaves for guests, a breakfast restaurant with more than 50 dishes, and a reservation-only relaxation salon, Sanatio Spa Shinjuku.

It's a large mid-range chain hotel rather than a place with character. For a first trip with day trips on the plan, the location is hard to beat: the bus to Fuji leaves from across the road.