Odakyu Southern Tower, Hotel tower at Shinjuku Southern Terrace, Japan
Odakyu Southern Tower is a 36-story high-rise building in Yoyogi, Tokyo, housing a hotel and commercial spaces across its floors and four basement levels below ground. The tower sits directly next to Shinjuku Station and has several dining options, including the Italian restaurant PECCE D'ORO.
The building opened in February 1998 as part of a broader redevelopment of the southern exit area of Shinjuku Station. Shortly after opening, it received the BCS Prize for its architectural design.
The hotel calls its approach "limited service": there is no bellboy, room service, banquet hall or minibar, and rooms hold an empty refrigerator that guests stock themselves from the shop and restaurants on the 20th floor. Single rooms still measure at least 19 m², and the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2009 gave the hotel three black pavilion marks.
The tower connects directly to Shinjuku Station through an indoor passage, so you can reach it without going outside regardless of the weather. Once inside, signage is clear and the different areas, including the hotel, restaurants, and shops, are easy to find from the main lobby.
Rooms at the south end of each floor look down on the tracks of the JR Chuo, Yamanote and Saikyo lines and the Odakyu Odawara line. In June 2009 the hotel began selling these rooms as the "Marude N Gauge Train View" plan, naming the railway view the way other hotels advertise ocean or city views.
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