A penguin swimming in an open-top tank, with apartment blocks and a blue sky behind the glass

A red-brick university building with two towers and a clock, its walls covered in red ivy under a blue sky

A red-and-white Toden Arakawa Line tram approaching along street-level tracks at a level crossing at sunset, with apartment blocks on both sides and a crossing signal at left

A street corner in Ikebukuro at night, a building covered in lit restaurant signs, one reading 池袋北口店

Ikebukuro, Tokyo

Ikebukuro: Where to Eat, What to Do and Where to Stay

Food · Things to do · Where to stay

Start at Sunshine City: the aquarium, the 60th-floor observatory, the Pokémon Center and NAMJATOWN are all in one complex, about 8 minutes on foot from Ikebukuro Station exit 35. Ikebukuro's ramen shops sit close to the east exit, and Ichiran's Station Front store is 2 minutes away and open 24 hours.

Four buildings gather many restaurants: LUMINE Ikebukuro, the Tobu SPICE floors, Sunshine City and Seibu's main store. For a hotel, pick the side of Ikebukuro Station first: the West Exit side, the north side, or the east side, where Sunshine City Prince Hotel is joined to Sunshine City.

Ikebukuro: food, things to do, where to stay

Where to eat in IkebukuroMutekiya · Ichiran, Ikebukuro Station Front Store · Tokyo Tonkotsu Ramen Bankara, Ikebukuro Main Store
Things to do in IkebukuroSunshine Aquarium · Sunshine 60 Observatory Tenbo-Park · Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo
Where to stay in IkebukuroHotel Metropolitan Tokyo Ikebukuro · hotel hisoca ikebukuro · Tokyu Stay Ikebukuro

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