Just one stop from Shinjuku, easy to go everywhere. I disagree....
Actually Hatsudai Station is not always the stop next to Shinjuku Station.
- Route map of Keio lines (and Toei Subway Shinjuku Line)
PNG:
https://www.keio.co.jp/train/map/images/rosenzu.pngPDF:
https://www.keio.co.jp/english/howto/pdf/map.pdfThere are two routes for the Keio (#) section between Shinjuku (KO01) and (KO04) Sasazuka Stations.
Hatsudai (KO02) and Hatagaya (KO03) are the stations
only on the newer route, which is often called as Keio New Line [Keio Shinsen].
Through trains continuing on from | to the Toei (Subway) Shinjuku Line run by this newer route.
Every train on this route makes a stop at Hatsudai Station.
However, if you take a train running by the other route, you cannot disembark at Hatsudai Station.
On this subway line, Local trains and Express trains are in operation.
Akebonobashi Station (S-03) is
skipped by Express trains.
When you take a westbound Express train from a station east beyond Jimbocho (#) (S-06),
you can change at Jimbocho (S-06) Station to a Local train.
- Stations and train services on Toei Subway Shinjuku Line
https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/subway/stops/popup_shinjuku.htmlCan anyone suggest which area is better? What places in | around Tokyo (#) do you plan to visit?
I suppose the convenience of transportation for your trips would be a key factor when you decide where you stay overnight.
In this regard, Akebonobashi may be better for you to start from.
- Tokyo Subway Route Map
PDF:
http://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/station/rosen_en_1702.pdfWhen you from Hatsudai Station (KO02) take a Keio - Toei Shinjuku through train,
in order to make a transfer to a JR line or a Tokyo Metro line,
you either
disembark at (KO01) Shinjuku (S-01) and walk into the maze of the station complex or,
take that train further beyond Akebonobashi (S-03) to (S-04) Ichigaya Station or,
for JR, change at (S-01) Shinjuku (E-27) to Toei (Subway) Oedo Line and take a train to (E-26) Yoyogi Station.
Akebonobashi Station (S-03) is between the neighboring Shinjuku-sanchome (S-02) and (S-04) Ichigaya Stations.
At Shinjuku-sanchome Station(s), you can make a transfer
to Tokyo Metro (M-09) Marunouchi or (F-13) Fukutoshin Line.
At Ichigaya Station(s), you can make a transfer
to JR Chuo-Sobu (#) Line or Tokyo Metro (Y-14) Yurakucho or (N-09) Namboku Line.
(#) In these proper nouns ("Keio" "Jimbocho" "Tokyo" "Chuo" and "Sobu"), every "o" is pronounced long; "Chuo" is like "chew-oar" in English.
This will be my first time in Tokyo When will you come?
For how many days will you be?
Please take a time zone into account when you estimate the length of required time.
During weekdays' morning and evening rush hours,
trains and stations on routes via the Shinjuku area may well be very crowded.
Shinjuku station complex,
which is composed of Shinjuku Stations on several lines and Shinjuku-nishiguchi Station,
is so huge and complicated that it may be a labyrinth to first time visitors.
I recommend you avoid making a transfer there unless that is the only practical option.
