Once, unlike Teramachi-Kyogoku which had old-established shops visited by local people, Shinkyogoku-dori Street, which was included in a school trip course for junior and high school students, was so full of students that local people came to rarely visit this street; it was a tourist-oriented street just like Kokusai-dori Street in Naha City.
かつては、京都方面の修学旅行のコースに取り入れられるようになったため、修学旅行の中高生の行き来の絶えない所となり、老舗もあり地元の者も訪れる隣の寺町京極に比べて、新京極は那覇市の国際通りなどと同様の観光客向けの通りとなり、地元の者が利用することはほとんどなかった。