Dec 2011 in Japan: Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku.

I stayed in a pretty well located hotel in Shinjuku. I booked 3 months in advance and got a pretty good price from ZUJI. I also stayed for 6 nights or more and got a 30% discount.

Take the Airport Limousine to the hotel from Narita Airport for JPY3,000 per person.

Airport Limousine ticketing counter at Narita Airport.

My ticket.

My "limousine".

Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku.

Room. Photo 1.

Room. Photo 2.

The bathroom.

Vending machines on every floor.

Hotel Lobby.

Outside the hotel on ground level. The entrance is on the left while the floor to ceiling glass windows belong to a restaurant.

Diagonally across the road to the left of the hotel is Family Mart (a convenience store) while diagonally across the road to the right is a post office.

From the hotel, turn right and on the same side as the hotel is an entrance to the subway.

Turn left from the hotel entrance is a one minute walk to a 24 hour McDonalds outlet

The window seats on the second floor are not bad.

and a couple more minutes of walking would bring us to a busy crossroad where we would see First Kitchen (with a gigantic clock on the building's facade), Lumine and MyLord.

First Kitchen serves relatively inexpensive fast food.

Diagonally across the traffic junction would be Lumine and MyLord (with a star on the building's facade).

This shot was taken from ground level outside First Kitchen. These shops are diagonally across the road from First Kitchen. Just beyond the left border of this photo would find my favourite pharmacy, Daikoku. ;)

This shot was taken from where I was seated in First Kitchen on the second floor.

A hot meal in First Kitchen.

Across the road from the hotel, a few flights of steps up would bring us to a bridge above the busy tracks of Shinjuku JR lines. On the far side is Times Square where we would find Tokyu Hands and Takashimaya. We would find Krispy Kreme, a very popular donut place on the near side.

This shot was taken from my hotel room. It shows the flights of steps we climbed to get to a platform before climbing yet a couple more flights further in. (See the post office with its orange signboards on the ground floor facing the road?)

The first thing we would see once we are done climbing: Krispy Kreme. At night would find a long queue snaking outside the establishment. An amazing sight!

Early morning photo.

Another early morning photo.

Krispy Kreme and its nightly queues.

All lit up for Christmas.

A really convenient and comfortable hotel. Book early to get better prices.