Integrated into Tokyo City in 1920, Shinjuku (New Lodge) became in 1947 one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, that together make up the core and the most populous part of Tokyo Metropolis. It's a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the world's busiest train station (Shinjuku Station) and the administration centre for the government of Tokyo.Among its notable areas are Golden Gai (with tiny shanty-style bars and clubs frequented by artists), Kabukichō (a red-light district), Kagurazaka (once one of Tokyo's last remaining geisha districts), Shin-Ōkubo (Tokyo's historic ethnic Korean neighborhood), Shinjuku Gyoen (a large park), Shinjuku Ni-chōme (Tokyo's best-known gay district), and Nishi-Shinjuku.
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