Ikebukuro
Toshima is a ward in northwest Tokyo, Japan. This guide incorporates Ikebukuro, a section of Toshima and one of the three major metropolitan sub-centers on the Yamanote Line, along with Shinjuku and Shibuya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Quarter with 19,900 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Toshima-ku, Tokyo
- Also known as: “Tokyo Chinatown”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Toshimakuritsuikebukuro Library and Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre.
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Wei-Te Wong, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre is a centre for the performing arts located in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan.
Ikebukuro Station
Metro station
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ikebukuro Station is a major railway station located in the Ikebukuro district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, shared by the East Japan Railway Company, Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro, and the two private railway operators Seibu Railway and Tobu Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Takinogawa and Takada.
Sugamo
Quarter
Photo: Charlie fong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sugamo is a neighborhood in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It is home to Jizō-dōri, a shopping street popular among the older generation, earning it the nickname "Granny's Harajuku." It lies at the crossing point of the JR Yamanote Line and National Route 17.
Ikebukuro
- Categories: neighborhood, Chinatown, gay village, chōchō, and locality
- Location: Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.73584° or 35° 44′ 9″ northLongitude
139.7084° or 139° 42′ 30″ eastPopulation
19,900Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)Open location code
8Q7XPPP5+89OpenStreetMap ID
node 3501157128OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
7522199Wikidata ID
Q542366
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ikebukuro” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إكه-بوكورو”
- Basque: “Ikebukuro”
- Bulgarian: “Икебукуро”
- Catalan: “Ikebukuro”
- Cebuano: “Ikebukuro”
- Chinese: “池袋”
- Czech: “Ikebukuro”
- Danish: “Ikebukuro”
- Dutch: “Ikebukuro”
- Esperanto: “Ikebukuro”
- French: “Ikebukuro”
- German: “Ikebukuro”
- Greek: “Ικεμπούκουρο”
- Indonesian: “Ikebukuro”
- Italian: “Ikebukuro”
- Japanese: “Ikebukuro”
- Japanese: “いけぶくろ”
- Japanese: “池袋”
- Korean: “이케부쿠로”
- Malay: “Ikebukuro”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ikebukuro”
- Norwegian: “Ikebukuro”
- Persian: “ایکهبوکورو”
- Portuguese: “Ikebukuro”
- Portuguese: “Tóquio/Ikebukuro”
- Russian: “Икебукуро”
- Russian: “Икэбукуро”
- Slovenian: “Ikebukuro”
- Spanish: “Ikebukuro”
- Swedish: “Ikebukuro”
- Thai: “อิเกบูกูโระ”
- Thai: “อิเกะบุกุโระ”
- Turkish: “Ikebukuro”
- Vietnamese: “Ikebukuro”
- Vietnamese: “Tokyo Chinatown”
- “池袋”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ikebukuro”. Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.