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• Pokemon Center MEGA TOKYO

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  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashikebukuro 3-1-2 Sunshine City Specialty Store Area Alpa 2F

  An official shop for the popular Pokemon video game located inside Sunshine City in Ikebukuro. The shop carries all manner of merchandize sure to delight any Pokemon fan, including games, stuffed animals, and original goods. Events are also frequently held at the shop, and shop highlights such as Pokemon card game classes for beginners and presents for visitors on their birthday are fun for children as well as adults.

• SKY CIRCUS Sunshine60 Observatory

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  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.

• Sunshine City

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashikebukuro 3-1

  This mixed-use commercial complex located in Tokyo’s Toshima City Higashi Ikebukuro district is a famous landmark in Ikebukuro. Comprised of five buildings, the Sky Circus observatory complex and a restaurant floor offering good views can be found in the tallest Sunshine 60 building. Inside the other buildings are many popular sightseeing spots such as the Sunshine Aquarium, the Konica Minolta Planetarium “Manten,” NAMJATOWN, and the Ancient Orient Museum, while guests can also enjoy gourmet food and shopping on the shopping center “alpa”.

• 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.

• 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.

• Miyagi Products Plaza COCO MIYAGI

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  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashi-ikebukuro 1-2-2 Higashi Ike Building 12F

  A two-minute walk from the east exit of JR Ikebukuro Station. This Miyagi Prefecture specialty products showroom occupies floors one and two of the Touike Building. The first floor is a shop area carrying sake, rice, seafood products, confections, arts and crafts, and other specialty products. This area is also used to test sales of new products, and hold event sales where customers can meet staff from companies which make the shop's products as well as representatives from towns, cities, and villages in Miyagi Prefecture. One of the facility's biggest draws, however, is the Date Gyutan Honpo restaurant on the second floor, where you can enjoy the tastes of Miyagi, particularly set meals, Japanese-style curry, and creative cuisine made with beef tongue.

• Nekobukuro

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  49 Reviews

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashi-ikebukuro 1-28-10 Tokyu Hands Ikebukuro 8F

  This facility on the eighth floor of Tokyu Hands Ikebukuro mainly features cats. This location is a bit different from ordinary cat cafes since they do not offer any food or drinks inside. You can find huge cats lined up right along the entrance, and there are a variety of toys on hand to cater to each of the cats' individual personalities. Snack time is held twice every day. Anyone can participate, but customers cannot bring in their own snacks to feed the cats, so please take note beforehand. There are lots of interesting and unique facilities on hand, including a transparent catwalk that looks different from every angle as cats walk across it, and a cat-style TV that showcases info about cats.

• 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.

• Mendokoro Hanada Ikebukuro Restaurant

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  66 Reviews

  Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashi-ikebukuro 1-23-8 Higashi-ikebukuro ISK Building 1F

  This ramen restaurant takes pride in its rich miso broth, said to be the best in Tokyo. The establishment is so highly ranked, even in the highly competitive ramen battleground that is Ikebukuro, Hanada's name instantly comes to the fore when discussing tasty miso ramen in the area. The restaurant's signature dish is, of course, its miso ramen. After purchasing a meal ticket and handing it over, customers are asked if they would like extra vegetables or garlic and if they would like to add a side order of rice. The restaurant's extra thick noodles go well with the broth and have a slightly hard, chewy texture. Topped with crisp vegetables, the establishment's hearty miso ramen is truly exquisite. Situated along a small, nondescript narrow lane a five minute walk from Ikebukuro Station traveling towards Sunshine-dori Avenue, the restaurant can be identified by its yellow sign out front.