Becoming a Tokyo Center: A History of Shinjuku

A horse and cart in Shinjuku in the Taishō era (1912–26). (Courtesy Shinjuku Historical Museum)

Kabukichō in the 1950s. (Courtesy Shinjuku Historical Museum)

Kabukichō today. (© Pixta)

Shinjuku Station East Exit in the 1950s. (Courtesy Shinjuku Historical Museum)

The Yodobashi Purification Plant to the west of the station. (Courtesy Shinjuku Historical Museum)

The west of Shinjuku Station today is packed with high-rise buildings. (© Pixta)

An aerial shot of the area around Shinjuku Station on November 13, 2019. (© Jiji)