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The west side of Shinjuku, a seismically stable area that escaped the last earthquake with nary a scratch, is Tokyo's skyscraper district featuring among others the gargantuan Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices and the curved form and webbed façade of the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower.
The east side of Shinjuku is devoted to shopping and nightlife, including Tokyo's largest red-light district Kabukicho æèä¼çº and gay nightlife central Shinjuku ni-chÅme æ°å®¿ï¼ä¸ç®.
Nearby Åkubo å¤§ä¹ ä¿, one stop west of Shinjuku on the Chuo line also Shin-Åkubo, on the Yamanote, has many Korean-owned restaurants and grocery stores. Takadanobaba é«ç°é¦¬å ´, the next stop on the Yamanote Line after Shin-Åkubo, is popular with students from nearby Waseda University.
