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Northwest of central Tokyo, Ikebukuro is dominated by two vast department stores glaring at each other from opposite sides of its equally confusing station. The district west of the train tracks, Nishi-Ikebukuro , is the more interesting to explore, particularly the wedge of streets going out towards the attractive Rikkyo University campus, if only for its plethora of bars and restaurants. Across the tracks, Higashi-Ikebukuro is the main shopping centre, and has a good reputation for its discount stores, with cameras and electronic goods at prices rivalling Akihabara . Apart from a pretty tacky entertainment district, Higashi-Ikebukuro's only other draw is the monstrous Sunshine City, a sixty-storey building whose prime attraction is a museum of ancient Oriental art.

Marsh and farmland until a hundred years ago, Ikebukuro is a product of the trainy age. Its first station was completed in 1903 and now six lines connect

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the area with central Tokyo and the low-cost dormitory suburbs to the north and east. Cheap accommodation and good transport have attracted an increasing number of resident expatriates, typically Chinese and Taiwanese, but covering a broad sweep of nationalities, which lends Ikebukuro a faintly cosmopolitan air. It has always been viewed as rather un-hip and downmarket, but there are signs among the trendy new fashion stores, clubs and restaurants that Ikebukuro is beginning to be discovered


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This quotMy Private Tokyoquot corner from the TOKYO EYE show for the NHK World channel covers pocket parks in Higashi-Ikebukuro, and is presented by ...
Ikebukuro Tokyo Japan Sunshine 60 Building - Aquarium and Observation Deck
Video I shot at the Sunshine 60 Building in Ikebukuro Tokyo. Sunshine 60 is a 60 story building that was the tallest building in East Asia when it ...
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A day before the closing day of the Japan famous ramen shop, Taishoken, inventor of the tsuke-men style, my buddy and I decided to give it a try ...
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Waiting in line as a new type Seibu-Ikebukuro Line express pulls into the terminal station Ikebukuro. Notice the diagonal steel supports in the ...
Ikebukuro Aquarium Show 2
The second of my three short videos of the fish-feeding show at the Sunshine International Aquarium in Ikebukuro on June 21st, 2006...
A Walk Through Tokyo Ikebukuro
Random footage from a walk my husband and I took through Tokyo Ikebukuro District.
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Video of Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro, a sister hotel of Sakura Hostel located just 5 minutes away from Tokyos 2nd most convenient station, Ikebukuro.
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My friend Cheeb and I went to the land of Tokyo for two weeks of awesomeness. First day, full of travelling Thanks for watching
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