Ikebukuro is one of Tokyo’s three major sub-centers and the central hub of the northern JR Yamanote Line. Thus, the gigantic Ikebukuro Station acts as an important hub that connects 2.62 million ...

From June to September 2016 the Seibu Ikebukuro Line carried passengers on a train themed around singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Carriages were repainted from the line’s standard yellow to kawaii pink and ...

In 2016, the Samurais Hostel Ikebukuro opened for business, offering travelers a samurai- and ninja-themed place to stay right along the JR Yamanote Line ringing the capital’s center. Previously a ...

Take Seibu Railway Co.'s Ikebukuro Line out of Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo, and you'll be on your way to lands touched by the fantastic imaginations behind some of Japan's -- and the world's -- most ...

Ikebukuro is one of Tokyo's biggest and busiest hubs, but has long been derided as a decidedly un-trendy 'gateway to Saitama', overshadowed by the likes of Shinjuku and Shibuya. That unfortunate ...

Sarutahiko Coffee, operated by Sarutahiko Coffee Co., Ltd., will open a pop-up store for its bakery brand, Okinyo, in the Seibu Ikebukuro Line East Exit concourse at Ikebukuro Station on November 6, ...