#urbanoverlap

Hatsudai sits between two currents.

To the north, it flows seamlessly into the business districts of West Shinjuku. To the south, it softens into a quiet residential quarter. Both sides, despite their differences, carry traces of a samurai past— a reminder that this area was once shaped by entirely different rhythms.

Tokyo Opera City anchors the present, while fragments of retro Hatsudai culture linger nearby. Here, the new does not erase the old. They coexist, sometimes awkwardly, sometimes beautifully.

It is a neighborhood defined not by clarity, but by overlap.

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