[For Tourist] ENJOY RESPECT "SHINJUKU"
We will guide manner and rule to want you to know to have tourists enjoy the town of Shinjuku more comfortably.
For New Year holidays, it is good opportunity to mention traditional culture peculiar to Japan. You follow manner, and please make wonderful memory of trip. For New Year holidays, art museum or restaurant close and may do business in time unlike usual. In addition, we may be changed in service time for train, and attention is necessary. When we go out, we recommend that it is gone after confirming in sites of destination.
Shinjuku Tourist Information Center is usually from Saturday, January 4 open in taking a rest from Sunday, December 29 to Friday, January 3.
(English page) https://www.kanko-shinjuku.jp.e.xm.hp.transer.com/office/-/index.html
Abandoned person of garbage
In Japan, trash box is rarely installed in public place.
In addition, we assume most of things which became disused resources.
We bring at hotel and separate, and let's dispose whether we abandon packing of food and drink in shop which we bought.
It is forbidden throwing away on street in the Shinjuku-ku regulations.
We are prohibited from drinking on street
We come to have a loud voice and lead to the noise when we drink liquor on street, and dispersion of trouble and garbage with passerby by road drinking occurs, too.
Let's leave that we drink liquor on street.
About photography
Let's be careful about the situation of the circumference to have pleasant memory when we take photograph.
As there are many small ways in Japan, let's enjoy shooting not to interfere with other people and cars for photography.
On road without distinction between road and sidewalk in particular, it may be dangerous.
In addition, for case and protection of cultural assets that shooting is annoyed by, please follow rule at place where shooting is prohibited.
When we wait for turn
We form a line with nature to be considerate of each other in Japan when we wait for turn.
When we wait at in front of popular shop and home of case and station where cashier is crowded, we are aftermost, and let's line up when there is line.
Interrupt is prohibition.
About means of transportation of morning and the evening
In Japan, many people go to work using train. Train arrives on schedule, but cannot sometimes get on train as many people use train in morning and evening on weekdays.
Because movement that we have big baggage in the commuter rush hour may be difficult, except train moving long distances such as the Shinkansen, please cross plan when you had room. In addition, please ask hotel and Tourist Information when you want to confirm the situation of line to use.
When we smoke
When you smoke, please always confirm place where there may smoke.
In Japan, we prohibit smoking except appointed place in guest room and movie theater of hotel, eating and drinking facility and public facilities.
In addition, we prohibit road smoking in Shinjuku-ku.
There may be person feeling that we are strict, but please feel Japanese culture that both smoker and nonsmoker respect each other.
Precaution when we use vacation rental
There is often vacation rental facility in residential area, and let's stop to be a nuisance to neighboring inhabitants when we talk aloud at midnight.
On accommodation, let's spend following rule of facility.
The use of specific small motor bike (electric kickboards)
When we get on specific small motor bike (electric kickboards), let's follow traffic rules.
When we drive specific small motor bike (electric kickboards), driver's license is not necessary, but it becomes traffic violation when we do not follow traffic rules and may be imposed fine and imprisonment. In addition, we cannot drive if even people and drops under 16 swallow up liquor.
■The safe use guides (PDF) such as electric kickboards
https://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/kotsu/jikoboshi/torikumi/kotsu_joho/kickboard.files/202310_reaflet.pdf
[safely reliable information, please be careful!]
We are careful about overcharging
We take to bars for story in foreign language at foreign tourist, and large amount of trouble demanding occurs at the time of accounts. It will prevent you from entering shop introduced by barker in downtown and person not to know.
<National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan visit to Japan tourist consumers hot line website>
https://www.cht.kokusen.go.jp/ja/food/post-9.html
<the Metropolitan Police Department website>
https://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/kurashi/anzen/live_in_tokyo/hankagai.html
[reporting site helpful in case anything happens]
Reporting at the time of disaster
① Safety tips for travelers (Japanese Government tourist bureau (JNTO) website)
https://www.jnto.go.jp/safety-tips/eng/about.html
To foreign tourist visiting Japan, we provide information about safe trip.
② Push type information dispatch application "Safety Tips"
https://www.kanko-shinjuku.jp/news/history/article_3901.html
It is push type information dispatch application to notify of the Earthquake Early Warning in Japan and tsunami warning.
When we got sick
Japanese Government tourist bureau (JNTO) website (on day, it supports British inside (han, kan), four languages of Korea)
https://www.jnto.go.jp/emergency/jpn/mi_guide.html
Of information and medical institution of medical institution which we can consult when visit to Japan foreigner tourist got sick
It takes and places advice information of. We can search medical institution in Address or available language, clinical department.