Depachika at Isetan
Shinjuku, Tokyo
- Daily
- 10:00 to 20:00
Store hours, which the food floor keeps. The 7th-floor restaurants open 11:00 to 22:00.
Source: mistore.jp, checked 6 Oct 2026.
Isetan Shinjuku's food hall is on B1, the basement floor of the main building at 3-14-1 Shinjuku, and it's one of the great food experiences in Tokyo. It's an underground world of prepared foods, French pastries, wagashi, sake and immaculately presented bento.
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Insider tip
From Shinjuku-sanchome Station, take the Isetan gate (Isetan Shomen Kaisatsu) and you're at the store in about 30 seconds. It opens at 10am. Go hungry and graze. The obanzai side dishes are exceptional. Everything shuts at 8pm sharp.
What the guides say about Depachika at Isetan
East of the station is Shinjuku as most people picture it: Isetan and the department stores along Shinjuku-dori, then Kabukicho north-east of the East Exit, the entertainment district that stays awake later than anywhere in Tokyo, with Golden Gai tucked behind it. It's safe, it's loud, and the touts at 1am are part of the deal.
Department store basement food halls, the depachika, go into full seasonal mode in autumn. Isetan in Shinjuku and Mitsukoshi in Ginza stock limited-edition wagashi, chestnut sweets in particular, from October through November. Buy one thing from a depachika and eat it on a park bench. It costs almost nothing and you'll remember it.
11. A depachika basement food hall. The one under Isetan in Shinjuku is the best food museum in the city, and everything in it is for sale. Spend an hour looking before you buy anything. On a weekend afternoon the sight of it alone would justify a ticket, and there isn't one.
What's on near Depachika at Isetan
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Depachika at Isetan, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Hanazono Shrine Antique Market
花園神社骨董市
Station Shinjuku-sanchome (Marunouchi, Fukutoshin, Toei Shinjuku Lines), 3 min walk
Small, atmospheric antique market held almost every Sunday from early morning in the grounds of Shinjuku's Hanazono Shrine, with 25 to 40 stalls of old ceramics, kimono, coins, and curios. Skipped on festival weekends and in bad weather, so go early and have a backup plan.
Bernard Spragg. NZ, Public Domain Mark 1.0 Shinjuku Eisa Matsuri
新宿エイサーまつり
Station Shinjuku (JR, Tokyo Metro, Toei, Odakyu, Keio Lines)
Okinawan eisa drum-dance troupes, around 20 of them, parade through the streets on both sides of Shinjuku Station for an afternoon and evening. Free to watch from anywhere along the routes; held on the last Saturday of July.
. Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 egaco Shinjuku student exhibition: Minna de egaco!
egaco新宿校 生徒様作品展「みんなでegaco！生徒様作品発表会！」
Time 11:00 to 18:00
Work by students of the egaco Shinjuku illustration and manga school, from drills and basic exercises to finished digital and analogue illustrations and manga. Free to visit.
. Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 Utagawa Kunisada and Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Shinjuku Kabukicho Shunga Exhibition WA
歌川国貞・歌川国芳ー新宿歌舞伎町春画展WA
Time 11:00 to 21:00, last entry 20:30, closed 2 Nov Station Shinjuku-sanchome (Marunouchi Line, Exit E1), 3 min walk
An exhibition of about 100 shunga woodblock prints by Kunisada and Kuniyoshi, with a free audio guide in Japanese and English. Visitors must be 18 or over.
. Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 Tori no Ichi at Hanazono Shrine (first rooster day)
花園神社 酉の市
Time Eve 6 Nov, main day 7 Nov Station Shinjuku-sanchome Station (Tokyo Metro Marunouchi/Fukutoshin Lines, Toei Shinjuku Line), Exit E2, 0 min walk
One of top three Tori-no-Ichi festivals in Kanto region with over 600,000 visitors. Vendors sell ornamental kumade rakes for luck and business prosperity. Hanazono Shrine's famous sideshows perform traditional Japanese culture experiences.
Yoshikazu TAKADA, CC BY 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Kabukicho Kuyakusho-dori Illumination Illumination
30 Oct to 28 Feb · Kuyakusho-dori, Kabukicho
The 20th illumination of the street trees on Kuyakusho-dori in Kabukicho, about 700 metres from Yasukuni-dori to Shokuan-dori, lit every evening.
Free · 16:30 to 03:00 · Map · Source: Shinjuku City · 第20回新宿歌舞伎町区役所通りイルミネーション
Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia Autumn Screening Festival
5 to 22 Nov · Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, KINO Cinema Shinjuku and online
An international short film festival with award winners and horror and women directors programmes.
Paid, some free · Map · Source: ARTE TOKYO (Tokyo Metropolitan Government) · ショートショートフィルムフェスティバル&アジア 2026 秋の国際短編映画祭
Live music nearby
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Around Shinjuku
Neon chaos, tiny bars, and a surprisingly serene garden
Shinjuku is the Tokyo people picture before they arrive, and it's every bit that intense. The trick is knowing when to switch modes. Golden Gai and Omoide Yokocho are for tiny-bar nights, and Shinjuku Gyoen is for when you need the volume turned down. The entry fee at Gyoen keeps the crowds manageable even in cherry blossom season, which makes it one of the best value tickets in the city.
Shinjuku has 16 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 4 restaurants, 4 bars, 2 parks and gardens, 2 bathhouses, 1 shrine or temple, 1 viewpoint, 1 landmark and 1 neighbourhood. Read the Shinjuku guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Depachika at Isetan?
- B1 Isetan Shinjuku main building, 3-14-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 東京都新宿区新宿3-14-1).
- What are the opening hours of Depachika at Isetan?
- Daily 10:00 to 20:00. Store hours, which the food floor keeps. The 7th-floor restaurants open 11:00 to 22:00.
- How do I get to Depachika at Isetan?
- The nearest station is Shinjuku-sanchome (Metro). Depachika at Isetan is in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
- How much does Depachika at Isetan cost?
- Depachika at Isetan is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Depachika at Isetan?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Depachika at Isetan?
- Late afternoon.
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