Brief introduction of Ikebukuro in Tokyo

Ikebukuro is another representative business circle and transportation hub along the Yamanote Line in Tokyo after Shinjuku and Shibuya. There are countless large department stores, electrical stores, fashion shops, cinemas, restaurants and entertainment centers on both sides of the street from the east exit of Ikebukuro Station to Sunshine City. You can often see groups of boys and girls hanging around here after school, and the streets are full of youthful vitality. The west entrance of Ikebukuro Station is dominated by cultural facilities such as Tokyo Art Theatre, Metropolitan Hotel and Rikkyo University, forming a different atmosphere between East and West Ikebukuro. Ikebukuro Nishimoto often becomes the background stage of plays, novels and TV plays, and is a hot spot to attract young people's attention. Ikebukuro, like Shinjuku and Shibuya, is a huge department store, specialty store and restaurant centered on the station. The number of people entering and leaving Ikebukuro Station every day is about 27,654,380+million (in 2007). The busiest street in Ikebukuro extends from the station to the east and west, with a daily flow of about 6,543,800 people. Young people in Japan call this street Bao for short.

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Ikebukuro Xikou Park

Ikebukuro Xikou Park covers an area of 3,000 square meters, and its official name is Ikebukuro Xikou Park in Iwashima District. 1970 witnessed the history of ikebukuro. 1990, the Tokyo Art Theater, built next to the park, gave a new life to Xikou Park, which was slightly bleak. Ikebukuro Xikou Park was originally rebuilt from the ruins of Shimashima Normal School, which started in Meiji 4 1 (1908). Before it was transformed into the present park, that place was often used as a black market for illegal transactions. In this place where the sun is not very visible, there are also anecdotes related to it. The time capsule in Ikebukuro Park was buried in Xikou Park when it opened at 1990. The capsule contains materials and paintings donated by Ikebukuro local shops and schools at that time, and it is planned to open in 2030. As an art square, the time capsule is buried under the iron pillar stone statue in the park. In addition, as a novel [Ikebukuro ェストゲートパーク] written by Japanese writer Ichiro Ishida, the park has a civilized story background.

Li Jiao University

Lijie University is not far from the bustling streets of Ikebukuro, and you can see the cultural atmosphere of Ikebukuro. As a representative of culture, there exists a university, which was founded in Tsukiji in the 7th year of Meiji (1874), and transferred to [rikyo University] in Ikebukuro in 19 18. Now, it has developed into a university with 15000 students. It was originally a Christian private school composed of American missionaries, teaching English and the Bible. 19 18, moved to Ikebukuro, a historic building in Tokyo after 90 years of wind and rain. The host, who graduated from Lijiao University, is active on TV, and the representative figures are Fu.

Tokyo Art Theatre

Ikebukuro Station is the most striking architectural structure of Tokyo Art Theatre, with a wide and bright hall from the first floor to the fifth floor. The Tokyo Art Theatre, built by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, is the information source of Tokyo's culture and art. There are four halls in the ground 10 floor structure. The concert hall can accommodate about 2000 people, and there is a rare rotating double-sided organ on the stage of the hall. The stage structure of modern performance hall can change all kinds of scenes, providing a perfect place for drama performance.

Wu Dong shop

The famous Japanese department store. Ikebukuro is the owner of Wu Dong department store. It has a huge scale, consisting of museums, central halls and square halls, and its sales area ranks first in Japan. In addition to selling fashion, cosmetics, furniture, books and magazines, the dining street on the top floor of the building is also large in scale and there are many kinds of restaurants. Seibu Department Store is a famous department store in Japan. In addition to museums selling fashion and cosmetics, there are LIBRO Bookstore selling books and magazines, the furniture decoration hall of Nordic furniture, and the attic above the ninth floor, which specializes in selling some lovely small commodities and daily necessities. It's fun not to buy it.

Tokyo Amrax

Amrax is a large-scale automobile exhibition hall operated by Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan. The exhibition hall B 1 4th floor displays nearly 100 cars ranging from Toyota's latest concept car to luxury Crown sedan, as well as ordinary family cars, sports cars and off-road vehicles. Here, visitors can test drive various models and buy their own private cars. Amrax exhibition hall also has a three-dimensional movie hall, which plays movies about cars.

Taiyangtong

The Sun Tower is the first skyscraper in Japan, which was built in the 1960s. The existence of Sunshine City has become a symbol of Ikebukuro. Centered on the 60-story commercial building in Sunshine City, Sunshine City is a comprehensive facility integrating commerce, shopping, culture and entertainment. It is a charming city with its own characteristics, integrating catering, restaurants, theaters, aquariums, world import markets, fashion and grocery stores. & ltBR & gt website: The Observatory is located on the 60th floor of Sunshine Building, with a height of 240m, from which you can enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view of Tokyo. When the weather is fine, you can also overlook Mount Fuji. There is also an open platform on the top of the observation deck, which can feel the openness of the top floor of the super high-rise building. The observation deck on the 60th floor of Sunshine Building is also a good place to see the night view. Sunshine International Aquarium is located on the floor of Sunshine Building 10, which reproduces the natural ecological environment of the global ocean and tropical rain forest, and comprehensively displays all kinds of creatures in the air, land and sea. Special visiting groups that regularly feed fish and water, perform seals and watch how to raise all kinds of fish and animals with the aquarium as the background are very popular. The Sunshine Planetarium is also located on the floor of Sunshine Building 10, where you can experience the spectacular view of the universe in different seasons throughout the year. The program about constellations in spring, summer, autumn and winter and celestial cosmic phenomena is easy to understand (Japanese only), and the performance time of celestial starry sky projection program is 50 minutes. Namco Namujia Town is a comprehensive entertainment center located in Sunshine City. It consists of 23 amusement facilities and 500 secret passages in six areas, including Qidingmu Shopping Street and Monster Fanwai in Fu Bao, which reproduces the life of Showa citizens in 1930s. This city is full of fun and excitement, and you will never get tired of playing. In July 2002, Jiaozi City opened! Jiaozi is the hometown of all kinds of jiaozi in Japan, so tourists have time to sit down and enjoy the taste of jiaozi. The decoration of Jiaozi City imitates the street atmosphere in Showa, Japan in 1930s (1955). While eating jiaozi, you can also experience the atmosphere of Showa. The Woya Prison, where the "Woya Prison" is located, was built in 1895, then called the Woya Branch of the Metropolitan Police Department, and was renamed Woya Prison two years later. 1922 was renamed woya detention center for political prisoners, and 1937 was renamed woya detention center. Before the end of World War II, this prison held many party member. After the end of World War II, Japan was occupied by the allied forces, and this prison was requisitioned by the US military to hold war criminals listed by the Far East Military Tribunal. For example, tojo hideki and others were detained here before being punished. 1958 After the return of the Allied Forces, it was renamed Tokyo Detention Center. 1970, war criminals were no longer held in the prison and moved to Osaka, Kochi District, Tokyo. 197 1 year, the prison was demolished. After demolition, it was rebuilt as the tallest building in Tokyo "Sunshine City" (サンシャィンシティ), also known as "Sunshine 60".

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Yamanote Line and Qijing Line: Ikebukuro Station; Youle Town Line: Dongchibao Station; Dudian: Sidingmu Station in Dongchibai.

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Brief introduction to the story

The story of Ikebukuro in Tokyo took place in Ikebukuro in Japan. Young Akihito, who was expecting an unusual event in the city, decided to enter Lailiang College to invite his childhood friend Kida Masaomi. I told him that living in Ikebukuro must not make enemies with a few special people, especially Heiwajima Shizuo, the "strongest person in Ikebukuro" who looks like a bad youth, and Orihara Izaya, an intelligence dealer who runs an intelligence agency. There is also a street violence organization "ダラーズ", which has a wonderful organizational system and an unknown body. On the first day of Ikebukuro's arrival, the Teijin, who was uneasy about the official words, witnessed the urban legend Sleepy Valley driving a dark motorcycle ... not only the continuous incidents on the road, but also the intensive appearance of Ikebukuro's street violence organization "Yellow Scarf Thief", which made Ikebukuro's street gradually collapse-