Isabel de la Granja
First contact with Japan
From JR Shinjuku station we took a taxi (€ 8) because we did not know how close it was to the Metro Hotel: it's just three doors away. You can easily walk to the Shinjuku district, which is very lively at night, with lots of restaurants and a hidden maze of streets with yakitori taverns, selling the famous meat skewers. But, if you ask at reception for a sushi restaurant, they'll send you to a spectacular little place, absolutely tiny, where you can eat well for 9 euros, and the staff don't speak any English. The room was really tiny, but everything is very clean, and they give you a yukata (summer kimono) and comfortable shoes to wear inside.
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