Ikebukuro (池袋?), a part of Toshima ward, is a large commercial and entertainment district of Tokyo, Japan. is a multinational Video game Software and Hardware development company and a former Home computer is a Train station located in the Ikebukuro district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. is a 60-story Mixed-use Skyscraper located in Ikebukuro, Toshima Tokyo, adjoining the Sunshine City complex is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. Located in the north-west corner of the ward area Toshima is bordered by the cities of Nerima, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. It is the location of the Toshima ward offices, Ikebukuro station and several extremely large department stores. is a Train station located in the Ikebukuro district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan.
At the center of Ikebukuro is the train and subway station, a huge urban gathering shared by the JR East lines, the Seibu Ikebukuro Line and the Tōbu Tōjō Main Line. is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven JR companies Branch lines The Ikebukuro Line has three branches with through operation apart from the Seibu Chichibu Line It is one of the main commuter hubs in the western Yamanote area of Tokyo. Ikebukuro Station is the second busiest subway station in Japan, second only to Shinjuku Station. is a Train station located in the Ikebukuro district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway is a Train station located in Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. Approximately one million people pass through the station each day.
Around the station are the Seibu and Tōbu department stores. is a Japanese department store. The first store to trade under the name opened its doors in 1949 A department store is a Retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Seibu, written with the characters for "West" and "Musashi (province)" 西武, is on the east end of the station and Tōbu, written with the characters for "East" and "Musashi" 東武, is on the west end. was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo prefecture, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly is a Japanese Commuter Railway company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. East of the station, on the site of Sugamo Prison, stands Sunshine 60, which was Tokyo's tallest building at the time of its construction. Sugamo Prison ( Sugamo Kōchi-sho, Kyūjitai:巢鴨拘置所 Shinjitai:巣鴨拘置所 was located in the district of Ikebukuro, which is now is a 60-story Mixed-use Skyscraper located in Ikebukuro, Toshima Tokyo, adjoining the Sunshine City complex Otome Road, a leading shopping area for otaku products aimed at women, is located nearby. is a nickname for a street in Ikebukuro, which is located to the west of the Sunshine 60 building near Ikebukuro Station. is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests particularly Anime, Manga, and Video games. Marui and Mitsukoshi also have department stores in the area. ( is a Japanese Retail company which operates a chain of Department stores in Tokyo. ( unlisted on March 26 2008 is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. The principal electronics retailer in Ikebukuro is Bic Camera.
The old village of Ikebukuro stood to the northwest of the station. Most of the area on which modern Ikebukuro is built was historically known as Sugamo. is a neighborhood in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It is well known for Jizō-dōri (地蔵通り a popular shopping street for the older generation (the area is known In the Taishō and Shōwa periods, the relatively low land prices attracted artists and foreign workers, who lent a somewhat cosmopolitan atmosphere to Ikebukuro. The, or Taishō era, is a period in the History of Japan dating from July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign The, or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito) from December 25, 1926 to Until October 1, 1932 when Toshima ward was established, the area was an independent municipality of Ikebukuro-mura (池袋村). Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. There are three basic types of municipalities in Japan: cities, towns and villages. A is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with,, and.
The kanji for Ikebukuro literally means pond bag. are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with Hiragana (ひらがな 平仮名 Katakana Outside the west exit of Ikebukuro station near an entrance to the Yurakucho New Line is a small plaque explaining three origins of the name Ikebukuro. The first is that in the northeastern part of the village there was a lake shaped like someone holding a bag. The second is that there was once a large number of lakes in the area of various sizes (thus implying a bag full of lakes). The third is that long ago a turtle came out of the lake carrying a bag on its back.
There is a small statue of an owl located near the center of the city called Ikefukurō-zō (いけふくろう像), meaning lake owl statue. It may be a hint of the true origin of the name given to Ikebukuro, but it was more likely constructed as nothing more than a joke, a play on words and as a point of interest by the city administration. The play on words arises from the alternative meaning of 'fukuro' as 'owl' (although owl is pronounced with a long final 'oh', rather than a short 'o' in the word 'fukuro' for bag). Perhaps because of this, the owl statue has become a famous meeting place along the lines of the statue of Hachikō located outside of Shibuya Station. known in Japanese as, was an Akita dog born in the city of Odate, Akita Prefecture remembered for his loyalty to his master is a Train station located in Shibuya Tokyo, Japan. With 24 million passengers on an average weekday in 2004 it is the third-busiest commuter rail station in Tokyo
Education
Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Toshima Ward.
Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (東京都教育委員会 Tōkyō-to Kyōiku Iinkai) is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan.
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