Shinjuku Wald9

Tip for folks new to Japan: you can reserve movie tickets ahead of time. And I do recommend that you do since they often sell out, especially during the weekends. You can purchase them on a mobile app or online. Grab your tickets from the ground floor machines and make your way up the elevators to the 9^th floor.
The lobby has a ticket counter as well as a concession stand. They have popcorn, cajun chicken, hotdogs, fish and chips, as well as fries. I think they have seasonal desserts as well. This time it was mango shave ice.
The theater seats are pretty wide, compared to Japanese standards, and lean back pretty far.

WALD9 is a really nice cinema located just outside Shinjuku Sanchome station, exit C1. I came here with the girls to catch Disney’s live-​action Cinderella. Movie theaters in Japan tend to be much nicer than in America: they’re always clean, people take their garbage with them, and I’m a big fan of the assigned seating ticket system that theaters use.
On top of the usual things I like about Japanese movie theaters, I was really impressed with the food at WALD9. My hot dog was much nicer than expected and came in a pretzel bun with fresh slices of onion tucked underneath. I was also surprised to find out that on the floor above the lobby/​concession area, there’s a café inside the theater! They have coffee and really yummy looking sandwiches that they will box up so you can take it into the movie with you. My friend got a toasted chicken sandwich that she says had a really nice herby flavor. Being a huge sandwich lover, I was a little bummed that I had already purchased food at the concession stand before finding out about the café, but my hot dog was pretty damn good so I ended up not being too disappointed.
Just one star off the review because of ticket prices. Movie tickets in Japan are about 75% more expensive than in the US, but many cinemas, such as WALD9’s competitor Toho Cinemas, offer a Ladies Day discount on Wednesdays. Since Toho has just opened up a theater in Shinjuku a 10-​min walk away in the Kabukicho area, it would benefit WALD9 to make their ticket prices a little more competitive.
One last thing, if you want to buy your tickets online, they don’t actually sell them on the WALD9 website. You have to go to

This is a theater.
You can watch many major movies here.
But what is characteristic about here is not such things.
This is very famous for Evangelion events.
An animé series, Evangelion, is very famous in Japan.
Its movies are showed firs test in Japan here.
Also many fans of Evangelion come here to enjoy the release events.
In the internet you can see how many people come here to get new information of Evangelion and how many people come here at the day of the release.
So some people know this only by name, though they don’t know where this is.
This is some kind of holy place of Evangelion.
But of course, nothing happens in the ordinary times, and this is just a theater.
You can just watch major movies just like you can in most theaters.
This is farther from Shinjuku station than Shinjuku Piccadilly.
So you may lose your ways.
If you want to watch movies here, you should have more time here than you think is needed.

This is a famous movie theater in Shinjuku.
It’s a little far from the station, but the building is quit cool, especially the ticket counter.
This theater is very gorgeous. The mood is rather elegant but yet relaxing.
Also you can get a ticket by using the ticket machine and enjoy shopping until the movie starts.
The sound qualith is very good too.

Wald9, c’est un grand cinéma tout neuf et joli, et parmi de plusieurs cinémas à Shinjuku, je préfère surtout celui-​ci.
Ce qui est différent que les autres, c’est d’abord l’ambiance luxieux de l’entrée, mais le plus remarquable c’est dans la salle. En fait, comme chaque rang de siège est bien décalé, rien n’empêche de voir l’écran. (puisque je suis petite, c’est un grand problème surtout lorsque les grandes personnes s’assoient devant moi)