Top Things to do

• Sunshine Aquarium

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashikebukuro 3-1 Sunshine City World Import Mart Bill/rooftop

  This aquarium was created with the concept of a ''Sky Oasis.'' Located inside Sunshine City, a major Ikebukuro landmark, the aquarium is visited by tourists from all around the world and is beloved by couples, friend and family, and people of all ages as an urban oasis. The aquarium features a wide array of exhibits resembled the actual waters around the great barrier reef, lake, and river. It also breeds large fish such as sunfish and sharks. In the outdoor areas, visitors can see penguins and sea lions swim as if they were flying.

• Sugamojizou-Dori Shopping Center

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo

  Located in Tokyo’s Toshima City, this shopping street goes by another nickname, “Harajuku for grandmothers.” Protected by two jizo (guardian deities), Togenuki Jizo and Edo Rokujizo, this has gained popularity among the elderly as a town for business and a town for faith. Red underwear, shio-daifuku, and hand-cooked sembei rice crackers are just some of the many popular products for the elderly, and the town is quite busy on a daily basis.

• NAMJATOWN

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashikebukuro 3-1-3 Sunshine City World Import Mart Building 2F

  This indoor theme park is located inside Ikebukuro’s Sunshine City complex. The park is divided into three towns comprised of Dokkingham Plaza where guests can enjoy fortune-telling and attractions in a western-style town, the FUKUBUKURO 7 Chome Shopping Street full of shops selling gyoza and sweets from all over the country in a setting of Japan 1950s Showa period, and the MONONOKE Unnumbered Plot land haunted by mononoke. There are many tie-ups with popular anime, games, and special effects works.

• SKY CIRCUS Sunshine60 Observatory

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashikebukuro 3-1 Sunshine 60 building 60F

  SKY CIRCUS Sunshine60 Observatory is an enclosed observatory located in Ikebukuro’s landmark high-rise building, Sunshine60. Opening after renovations in April of 2016, the observatory’s facility offers an experience that is a fusion of the view and technology. Centerpiece attractions include TOKYO BULLET FLIGHT which uses VR and the latest 4D technology to see the future Tokyo from the sky, the swing-like experience coaster SWING COASTER and the SKY HALL where one can view the ground surface from the glass floor. Visitors can enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view from a height of 251 meters above sea level. Advance reservations can be made on the Internet.

• Ikebukuro Bed

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Nishikebukuro 3-29-9 Welfare Building B1

  This venerable club is known as a Japanese holy land for music of the African diaspora. The interior is both stylish and homey, with the kind of high quality production values and top-class sound system that only truly established shops can offer, gaining it a solid fan base. The spacious interior is divided into a dance floor and bar floor, where you can dance to the hip-hop, reggae and R&B club music, or sit down for a peaceful drink while the music fills your ears for all flavors of fun.

• ACOS Ikebukuro

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashikebukuro 3-2-1 Animate Sunshine 2-3F

  A one-stop cosplay shop carrying a huge variety of cosplay items such as wigs and color contacts in addition to, of course, costumes. From new works to old favorites, the shop carries costumes for a stunning array of anime. ACOS also only stocks the best cosplay accessories, such as prop swords, an item no Japanese character cosplay costume can be without. The shop also allows patrons to try things on before they buy.

• Animate Sunshine

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashikebukuro 1-20-7

  This eight-floor building located at the entrance to Otome Road in the Higashi Ikebukuro district of Tokyo’s Toshima City is comprised of floors with a lineup of products particularly for the benefit of female fans, more so than other Animate locations around the country. Inside is a cosplay shop as well as shops for second-hand character costumes and doll-related merchandise, a studio offering cosplay photography, and also an Animate Café where guests can enjoy a menu that collaborates with anime works. This building is constantly being visited by anime fans from all over the country.

• animate Café Ikebukuro 3 Shop

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashikebukuro 1-20-6 Plaza Inn Ikebukuro 3F

  A concept café operated by animate, the anime merchandise chain store. The café is located on the third floor of the Ikebukuro Plaza In building. The café offers food and drinks themed after current popular anime and video games. The interior and music is also connected to anime and video games, creating a unique, anime-themed atmosphere. The café sells merchandise available nowhere else and some menu items come with unique novelties—many fans come here seeking these special goods.

• Evangelion Store Tokyo-01 Ikebukuro P’PARCO Store

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashikebukuro 1-50-35 Ikebukuro P'PARCO 2F

  Located on the second floor of Ikebukuro P’PARCO in Tokyo’s Toshima City, this is the official store of the popular work of anime “Evangelion.” It moved from Harajuku to its present site in 2014. The store carries all Evangelion items including accessories with illustrations of the anime characters and collaborative products with other companies. It also sells numerous fashion items and even clothing worn by characters in the story and its illustrations, and is visited by many fans who have come to visit the store from far away.