Originally Posted by
NewbieRunner
You should have followed my instructions in
this post in the Japan Do thread.
Originally Posted by
Boraxo
No offense but Shinjuku is still confusing even with instructions and a map, as it is not easy to pinpoint your current location with phone GPS. Nor does one feel like hiking around after a TPAC flight and NEX. Hence the oft-cited recommendation for first time visitors to take taxi to your hotel when you arrive, and then figure it all out the following day. At $8-9 it's an affordable luxury particularly if you want to avoid schlepping large bags!
I agree Shinjuku Station is confusing even if you understand the language and have been through it umpteen times. All those construction works currently going on don't help. And I agree that the map doesn't help much either. It was included to show how complicated the station is. However, my instructions were about how to get out of of the station without having to schlep your bags up and down the escalators/elevators so you could catch a taxi to your hotel.
The easiest way for first time visitors would be to take a limousine bus from the airport to the hotel.