Ikebukurois a sanctuary of anime and comic. There is a main store of Animate.
You can buy anime goods and comics in there.

And there is aPokenon Center in Ikebukuro. You can buy Pokémon goods and Pokémon DVD, etc.



In addition, there is a famous sanctuary of comic “ Tokiwaso “ in Shinamachi. It is take 3 minutes from Ikebukuro to Shinamachi by Seibu Line. Many famous comic artists lived in Tokiwaso. Tezuka Osamu ( Black Jack ), Fujiko Fujio ( DORAEMON), Ishinomori Shotaro ( Kamen rider ), etc.

Ikebukuro station is the third biggest station of passengers in the world. About 2,400,000 people get off and on the station a day. This station has 2 big department stores and two big shopping malls. Ikebukuro station has 6 lines. (JR, Toubu-Tojo Line, Seibu Line, Marunouchi Line, Yurakucho Line, Fukutoshin Line)
Ikebukuro Sunshine aquarium is the one of the biggest aquarium in Tokyo. The aquarim is a city-type high-rise aquarium located on the rooftop (10th and 11th floors) of the Sunshine City skyscraper in Ikebukuro. They hold animal events and Anime events like ”Detective Conan”every day.



Ikebukuro　is a sanctuary of anime and comic. There are many anime shops.(Animate,Animate Import Shop,Anime Tokyo station, fantasy village PARCO,Yamada Denki−Gundam figures, etc)



Toshima Civic Center is placed next to Animate."Ami"holds the International Exchange Party in there 6 times a year. The schedule is as follows.1:30 pm to 4:20 pm Saturday 16th May,6:30pm to 9:00pm Sunday 19th July,5:30pm to 8:30pm Monday public holiday 21st September