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.
- Type: Quarter with 19,900 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Toshima-ku, Tokyo
- Also known as: “Tokyo Chinatown” and “Tóquio/Ikebukuro”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Toshimakuritsuikebukuro Library and Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kami-ikebukuro and Nishi-Ikebukuro.
Ikebukuro
- Categories: neighborhood, Chinatown, gay village, and locality
- Location: Toshima, Tokyo, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.73584° or 35° 44′ 9″ north
Longitude
139.7084° or 139° 42′ 30″ east
Population
19,900
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XPPP5+89
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“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”
- Russian: “Икебукуро”
- Russian: “Икэбукуро”
- Slovenian: “Ikebukuro”
- Spanish: “Ikebukuro”
- Swedish: “Ikebukuro”
- Thai: “อิเกบูกูโระ”
- Thai: “อิเกะบุกุโระ”
- Turkish: “Ikebukuro”
- Vietnamese: “Ikebukuro”
- Yue Chinese: “池袋”
- “池袋”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ikebukuro 2-chome and Ikebukuro 4-chome.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Wakatabi Kazuko Studio and 三社神社.
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