Shinjuku is a great place. I already talked about how its centrally located and all that, but its actually a pretty cool place to hang around as well. We were staying on the west side of Shinjuku Station. This was where there were major stores like Odakyu Halc, Keio department stores, and the new opened (and huge) Uniqlo.
The streets were small and nice to walk around.
The East side has a Takashimaya and a very nice store called Journal Standard, which seems to have mostly hand-made / eco-friendly / rough n tough kinda clothing. The East also reportedly is home to Kabukicho, which is the red light area.... though we didnt get a chance to explore that.
Shinjuku West also has the Tokyo Metropolitan Building, the views from which are phenomenal. We went to the North Tower..... though a guide there told us that he personally prefers the view from the South Tower. There are specific days and timings to the towers, so you better check and plan your trip beforehand.
One of the really quaint and authentic Japanese places that we stumbled upon in Shinjuku, was a really slim street (the width must have been 1.5 metres), which is lined with about a 100 small restaurants. I use the term restaurants a little loosely here, as each one of them must have been about 2m x 5m, with 6 - 8 barstools closely packed together.
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