Publisher the Toshima Tourism AssociationToshima Civic Center 2F, 1-20-10, Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0013 TEL：03-3981-5849　FAX:03-3981-5878http://www.kanko-toshima.jp

Collaboration Toshima cityDate of issue March, 2015

Ikebukuro Station is said to be one of the biggest railway terminals in Tokyo, Japan.It contains the JR Yamanote Line, the JR Saikyo Line, the Tobu Tojo Line, the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Yurakucho Line, Fukutoshin Line, etc.,Narita Express directly connects Ikebukuro Station and Narita International Airport.It is a very convenient place for shopping and people can get whichever they might require because the station buildings and department stores are directly connected, such as Tobu Department Store, LUMINE, TOBU HOPE CENTER, Echika, Esola, etc., In addition, various cultural events are held at Tokyo Metropolitan �eater and Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park on the west side of Ikebukuro Station.A ten-minute-walk from the West Exit will bring you to historic buildings such as Jiyu Gakuen Myōnichi-kan, a pioneering school of liberal education for Japan’s women and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Rikkyo University, the oldest Christianity University, and the Former Residence of Rampo Edogawa, a leading author of Japanese detective stories.

Sunshine City is one of the largest multi-facility urban complex in Japan. It consists of 5 buildings, including Sunshine 60, a landmark of Ikebukuro, at its center. It is made up of shops and restaurants, an aquarium, a planetarium, indoor theme parks etc., A variety of fairs and events are held at Funsui-hiroba (the Fountain Plaza) in ALPA.

Until about 1950, there were many ateliers around this area, and young painters and sculptors worked hard.Oguma Hideo, a poet, called this area “Ikebukuro Montparnasse” and passed it on to the future generations. A lot of people of culture, such as Yamate Kiichiro, known as an author of the novel Momotarōzamurai, and Minakami Tsutomu, a mystery writer, lived in this neighborhood as well.

Sugamo has been famous worldwide as a town which attracts elderly people and is now very popular with young people and tourists. �ere are historic temples and shrines, such as Koganji Temple, well-known as nicknamed “Togenuki Jizo” and Shinshōji Temple, famous for Edo Roku Jizo-son. Somei Cemetery and the site of

Meiji Girls’ School are familiar to many people.Toden Arakawa Line, the only

municipal streetcar remaining in Tokyo, runs through Otsuka.

In Tenso Shrine in front of Otsuka Station, there is a 500-year-old

ginkgo tree that survived the �re caused by an air raid during World

War II. �is energetic ginkgo tree has lived with people in everyday life.

Komagome is famous as the birthplace of Somei Yoshino cherry blossom trees.

A two-story wooden apartment called “Tokiwa-so,” once located in Nagasaki, is said to be the birthplace of today’s Japanese manga. Lots of leading Japanese manga artists, such as Tezuka Osamu and Akatsuka Fujio, once lived in this apartment.Nagasaki has “Tokiwa-so”-related features: a monument standing on the former site of Tokiwa-so, another monument called “the Heroes of Tokiwa-so” in Minami-Nagasaki Hanasaki Park. Moreover, a small manga-related museum called “Tokiwa-so Oyasumidokoro” stands along the Tokiwa-so Street. Nagasaki has been a place associated with manga.

“Nagasaki Shishimai,” performed in Nagasaki Shrine located in Shiinamachi Station’s North Exit on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, is a traditional performing art and has been handed down since the Edo period. It is designated as an intangible cultural asset in Toshima City.

Ikebukuro Station’s East Exit is characterized by a large shopping area and lined with Seibu Department Store, PARCO, Ikebukuro Shopping Park (ISP), Tokyu Hands, Bic Camera, Yamada Denki (LABI 1) etc., It is also said to be downtown Tokyo, including many restaurants and amusement facilities. It is famous as “a Mecca for anime” and lots of anime fans from both inside and outside Japan visit this area. Sunshine-dori Ave.,heading east from Ikebukuro Station’s East Exit, is �lled with people coming and going to Sunshine 60 all day long.�e new Toshima City O�ce Building, under construction at Minami-Ikebukuro, is going to open in May, 2015.

Zōshigaya was registered on “Heritage for the Future” list by the NFUAJ in 2014.People come to enjoy various kinds of events all year around: New Year’s visit of the temples and shrines of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, cherry blossoms viewing in Hōmyōji Temple, a market held in July at Kishimojindo, the Buddhist event called “Oeshiki” in autumn, “Tori-no-ichi” in the Otori Shrine, and tolling a bell on New Year’s Eve at Homyoji Temple. Zōshigaya Missionary House Museum and Zōshigaya Cemetery, where many people of culture including Soseki Natsume rest, can be seen in this neighborhood.Takada is a town in which Japan’s history is still alive. It contains Konjo-in Mejiro Fudō-son, Nanzō-in Temple, Konshō-in Temple, a monument “Yamabuki no Sato,” and Omokagebashi Bridge etc.,Mejiro, said to be an upscale residential area, is famous for Gakushuin, a school where members of the Imperial Family have studied for generations, and its lushly green woods. In

Tokyo Metropolitan Theater

Jiyu Gakuen Myōnichi-kan

Tokyo Yosakoi

Former Residence of Rampo Edogawa

Rikkyo University and “Suzukake-no- michi”

Sakuragaoka Parthenon

Kumagai Morikazu Art MuseumSenkawa Sculpture Park

Otsuka Rose Festival

Edo Roku Jizo-son

Togenuki Jizo

Somei Yoshino Cherry BlossomMemorial Park

Hōmyōji Temple

Gakushuin UniversityKishimojindo

Zōshigaya Missionary House Museum

a tourist information center in Zōshigaya

café in Kongo-in Temple

Nagasaki Shishimai

Tokiwa-so Oyasumidokoroa monument “the Heroes of Tokiwa-so”

a new building of Toshima City Office animate IkebukuroOtome Road

(top) a main street “Green O-dori Ave.”

(bottom) an intersection of Green O-dori Ave.

Sunshine City

Funsui-hiroba(the Fountain Plaza)

Konica Minolta Planetarium “Manten” Sunshine Aquarium

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Pokémon Center MEGA TOKYO©尾田栄一郎/集英社・フジテレビ・東映アニメーション

Senkawa, Takamatsu,Chihaya, Kanamecho

Ikebukuro Station’sWest Exit Sunshine City

Ikebukuro Station’sEast Exit

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Yurakucho Line

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Marunouchi line

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Kawagoe-kaido Ave. Hongo-dori Ave.

Hakusan-dori Ave.Sugamo Jizo-dori St.

Metropolitan Expwy.

No.5 Ikebukuro Line

Yamate-dori Ave.

Kanamecho Street

Yabatagawa South Green Road

Azalea-dori Ave.

Ikebukuro Ōhashi

We Road

Bikkuri guard

Otome Road

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Gekijo-dori Ave.

Kasuga-dori Ave.

Green O-dori Ave.

Azuma-dori St.

Mejiro-dori Ave.

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Meiji-dori Ave.

KomagomeEast Park

Minami-ikebukuropark

Hon-cho park

Former Toshimacity office

Sunshine 60

IkebukuroNishiguchiPark

TōbuDepartmentStore

SeibuDepartmentStore

Parco

Tokyo-kotsu Junior college

Musashino CulinaryInstitute

KawamuraGakuen

Cultural hall

Yamaguchi hospital

Yamakawahospital

Hara orthopedichospital

Hiratsuka gastrointestinalhospital

Toshima Central Hospital

Nagashiohospital

Toshima Showa hospital

Kanamecho hospital

Okamoto hospital

Metropolitan Otsuka hospital

Takadanobabahospital

General HospitalIsshin hospital

Daidō hospital

Ikebukurohospital

Kotori-no-saezuru Park

Chihaya Flower Park

Shiinamachi park

Awashima Shrine● Yamate Kiichiro House●

Hikawa Shrine●

Tokyo Somai SpaSAKURA●

Sugamo Sinyō Kinkohead office

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●Ikebukuro Eki-mae Park

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●Ikebukurolibrary

Rosa Hall●

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●Sin-Bungeiza

Honyūji Temple●

●Konshō-in

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●Zōshigaya guidance processing

Tokyo Sinyō Kinkohead office

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General Stadium●

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● Municipal Auditorium Toshima

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●Yanagihara Byakurenformer residence

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Performing Arts Academy●

Agariyashiki park

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●Kendo Bunko

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"The Heroes of Tokiwa-so"

Sunshine Prince Hotel

● Toshima tourism association in Kumin Center● Palace Know AIDSAnimate

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Nka-Ikebukuro Park

Higashi-Ikebukuro Park

●Bic Camera head office

●LABI Japan home office

●Nico-nicoheadquarters

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Kita City

Itabashi City

Nerima City

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Former Residence of Rampo Edogawa

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Jiyū Gakuen Myōnichi-kan●

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●Kōshin-do

●Meiji girls' school mark

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Somai cemetery

Rikugien Gardens

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●JigenjiTemple

Somei Yoshino cherryMemorial Park

●Shinshōji Temple (Edo Roku Jizo-son)

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●Municipal MorikazuKumagai Museum

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Tokyo College of Music

Taishō Univ.

Teikyo Heisei Univ.

WomenNutrition Univ.

Tokyo Univ.of Social Welfare

Tokiwa-so Street

Atelier Village

Zōshigaya

Sugamo Jizo-dori St.shopping district

Somei

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Toshima Owl museumd

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Toshima city office new bldg.（2015.5 OPEN）

dSunshine City

dIkebukuro Station’s East Exit

Walking Course②

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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Spaced

Moto-Ikebukuro Historical Parkd

Jiyu Gakuen Myōnichi-kand

Rikkyo University &“Suzukake-no- michi”

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Rampo Edogawad

Shōunji Templed

Ikebukuro Station’s West Exit

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Toden Mukaihara Sta.d

ride on Todend

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Meiji girls' school markd

Kōshin-dod

Seiunji, Myōkōji, Saihōji Templed

Daito movie Sugamo studio traced

Toei Mita Line Nishi-Sugamo Sta.

Walking Course④

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Shinshoji Temple (Edo Roku Jizo-son)

dKoganji Temple (Togenuki Jizo)

dHonmyōji, Jigenji Temple

dSomail cemetery

dA gate and A Cellar Square

dSomei Yoshino cherry

Memorial Parkd

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JR Komagome Sta.

Walking Course⑤

JR Mejiro Sta.d

Akai-tori Miekichi Suzukiformer residence trace

dMejiro garden

dGakushuin

dPhilatelic Museum

dKonjō-in Temple, Mejiro Fudō-son

dSyuku-zaka

dChitose Bridge

dFukutoshin Line Zōshigaya Sta.

Walking Course⑥

Seibu Ikebukuro LineShiinamachi Sta.

dKongō-in

dNagasaki shrine

dMunicipal Morikazu Kumagai

Museumd

Chihaya libraryd

Nagasaki Fujizukad

Senkawa Sculpture Parkd

Yurakucho Line Senkawa Sta.

Annual Events in Toshima City Apr Somei-Yoshino Cherry Blossom Festival May Nagasaki Shishimai (Traditional Festival)

Otsuka Rose FestivalNew Ikebukuro Montparnasse Nishiguchi Art Museum StrollIkebukuro Jazz FestivalFolk & Country West Park Festival

Jul Tokyo Hula Festa in Ikebukuro Aug Otsuka Awa Odori(Dance Festival) Sep Fukuro Matsuri (Traditional Festival) PART 1 Oct Fukuro Matsuri (Traditional Festival) PART 2 & Tokyo

Yosakoi (Dance Festival)Oeshiki (Memorial Service of Nichiren Shonin)Otsuka Rose Festival

Nov FESTIVAL/TOKYOSugamo Nakasendo Chrysanthemum Festival

Jan Zoshigaya seven lucky gods tour

Somei-Yoshino cherry blossomtourism ambassador