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Around Ikebukuro

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SKY CIRCUS Sunshine60 Observatory

4.0

258 Reviews

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashikebukuro 3-1 Sunshine 60 building 60F

SKY CIRCUS Sunshine60 Observatory is an enclosed observatory located in Ikebukuro’s landmark high-rise building, Sunshine60. Opening after renovations in April of 2016, the observatory’s facility offers an experience that is a fusion of the view and technology. Centerpiece attractions include TOKYO BULLET FLIGHT which uses VR and the latest 4D technology to see the future Tokyo from the sky, the swing-like experience coaster SWING COASTER and the SKY HALL where one can view the ground surface from the glass floor. Visitors can enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view from a height of 251 meters above sea level. Advance reservations can be made on the Internet.

If you find yourself in Sunshine City Ikebukuro, this is the observatory at the top. The place is built with interactive installations through the walk around the building but I think the best view...
Kishimojin

4.0

234 Reviews

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3-15-20 Miscellaneous Shogo Gorge Toshima-ku, Tokyo

A shrine which worships Kishimojin, the goddess of easy childbirth and child rearing. The name of the shrine’s famed osen dango (sweet dumplings) is a play on words—Kishimojin had one thousand (sen) children (ko – changed to “go” in dango), and thus these little treats also serve as a prayer to be blessed with children. The gingko trees on the shrine grounds are said to be some 700 years old and have been designated Natural Monuments by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The Oeshiki Taisai festival commemorating the Buddhist priest Nichiren’s death is held at the shrine each year from October 16 to 18. During the festival, the approach to the shrine is lined with bustling street stalls.

Kishimojin (Hariti) was originally a Persian (Iran) child eating demon, who converted to Buddhism and wowed to protect the faithful and especially children. This deity is hence very popular among...
Gokokuji Temple

4.0

154 Reviews

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Tokyo Bunkyo-ku Otsuka 5-40-1

My lovely wife and I visited Gokokuji Temple on a Friday morning. It is an easy 900 meter walk from the Gokouji station. This is a wonderful little gem of a temple, especially the lesser shrine where...
Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo

4.0

72 Reviews

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Tokyo Nerima-ku Shimoshakuji 4-7-2

An art museum standing along Metropolitan Road 245 in Shimoshakujii, Nerima City. The museum displays works by Chihiro Iwasaki, a painter with a home and studio in Shimoshakujii known for her watercolors and picture books depicting children. The museum also holds exhibitions on related themes.

子供向けの絵本の挿絵を多く描いていたいわさきちひろさんの自宅兼アトリエの跡地にあります。現在、黒柳徹子さんがこの美術館と安曇野にある美術館、両方の館長を務めているそうです。大きな通りから少しだけ中に入った閑静な場所で、不整形な建物であるゆえにその隙間となる中庭が落ち着いた雰囲気を醸し出していました。実際にご本人が使ったアトリエをそのまま残してあるのが、とても興味深かったです。
Zoshigaya Cemetery

3.5

75 Reviews

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Minamikebukuro 4-25-1

The Zoshigaya Cemetery opened in 1874 as one of Tokyo’s municipal cemeteries. Occupying extensive grounds in Minami-Ikebukuro, closed to the bustling commercial district of Ikebukuro, the Cemetery is a quiet place where the only sound is the chirping of the birds. Many leading cultural figures are buried here, including Natsume Soseki, Nagai Kafu, Koizumi Yakumo, Takehisa Yumeji, and Nakahama Manjiro (John Manjiro). There are several flights of stone steps within the Cemetery leading up to elevated platforms; from these platforms, the views out over the streets of Zoshigaya are very atmospheric. Visitors to Zoshigaya Cemetery in autumn can see the beautiful red leaves of the Gingko trees.

After visiting Yanaka Cemeteries where cherry blossoms were in full bloom, we came to Zoshigaya Cemeteries surrounded by greeneries. It’s another cemeteries administered by the city of Tokyo. As...
Jiyugakuen Myonichikan

4.5

65 Reviews

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Nishiikebukuro 2-31-3

This house is located in a small neighborhood just southwest of Ikebukuro station. The ambience here is fantastic. I walk by here every time i am in Tokyo.
Ikebukuro Life Safety Learning Center

4.5

66 Reviews

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Nishiikebukuro 2-37-8

This facility where you can experience authentic disaster prevention in an urban area is located a five-minute walk from Ikebukuro Station. With a tour-type program led by an instructor, you can go on three types of experiences: earthquakes, smoke and fire extinguishing. The fire extinguishing corner where you can experience fighting a realistic fire projected on a large screen uses recycled water. You can experience discharging water using indoor fire hydrants and standpipes that you do not normally use. Groups of 10 or more people can also experience the disaster training drill corner, where you create roads, rivers and danger information on a map, allowing you to recheck your ability to manage disasters and sense danger.

I come from a country with no major natural disaster. Is an eye opener for me. The staff are extremely friendly.
Ancient Orient Museum

3.5

69 Reviews

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashi-ikebukuro 3-1-4 Sunshine City Cultural Hall 7F

This museum, located inside Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, is Japan's first dedicated to displaying materials on the ancient Orient. Designed to be a facility where visitors can learn about history by actually seeing it, exhibits include stone tools used by ancient peoples, recreations and models of ancient settlements, clay vessels and handicrafts exchanged between East and West excavated from archeological digs, and numerous priceless artefacts exhumed in Syria. There's also a movie room where you can watch a short video summarizing the history of the area from the origins of civilization through to the time of the Silk Road. The museum's shop sells original merchandise.

The Ancient Orient Museum is poorly named as we discovered. We visited in the hope of seeing more oriental exhibits but the vast majority of artefacts on display are from the Middle East and not...
Philatelic Museum

4.0

62 Reviews

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Mejiro 1-4-23

A museum located a three-minute walk from Mejiro Station on the JR Yamanote Line. This stamp museum's collection includes 350 thousand stamps including extremely rare postal stamps, stationary, stamp-related publications, and catalogs from around the world. Via the museum's standing exhibition as well as its special exhibitions, visitors can see unique and unusual stamps and envelopes. The museum also holds a variety of events to help visitors enjoy stamps. The shop on the first floor sells museum merchandise and stamps and postal goods from around the world. Visitors can also pay the museum entrance fee using stamps.

We visited on the 22/20/2019. It only costs 200 yen to get in. If you like stamps, its not bad. We got a photo of us on a stamp. If youre there to buy stamps, avoid paying the 200 yen to get in and...
Homyoji Temple

4.0

38 Reviews

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Minami-Ikebukuro 3-18-18

This ancient temple is said to have been founded in 810 during the reign of Emperor Saga. After receiving an official seal from Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun, this historic location has been frequented by many that were high up in the Tokugawa lineage. The path toward the Sanmon Gate is noted for its famous cherry blossom trees that have been around since the Edo era. This spot is now one of Ikebukuro's foremost cherry blossom viewing destinations, which brings in large crowds every spring.

こちらは、池袋駅東口より徒歩15分にあります。立派な山門を入ると正面には、これまた立派な本堂がどーんと構えています。左手には鐘桜があり境内全体が静寂に包まれていました。
Zoshigaya Missionary Museum

4.0

38 Reviews

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Zoushigaya 1-25-5

A one minute walk from Higashi-Ikebukuro Station on the Yurakucho subway line. Here you can commune with art and culture in a comfortable space which harmonizes with the surrounding trees and plants in the museum's garden. The museum building, a symbol of the area, was built by American missionary John Moody McCaleb in 1907 to serve as his home. It is the oldest modern-style Western wooden structure in Toshima City and has been designated a Tangible Cultural Property by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The fireplace decorated with art nouveau-style tile, the bamboo slat latticework, and other beautiful architectural touches and furnishings implemented with attention to material as well as design all convey the history of the home.

台東区の「雑司ケ谷旧宣教師館」についての情報を発信していきます。今回、「雑司ケ谷旧宣教師館」を訪れたのは2022年10月3日です。「鬼子母神」、「雑司ケ谷霊園」に寄った帰りに立ち寄りました。都電荒川線「さくらトラム」に「鬼子母神前駅」で乗り、次の「都電雑司ケ谷駅」で下車します。「雑司ケ谷旧宣教師館」は、「三ノ輪橋」に向かって右方向にあります。「雑司ケ谷霊園」の裏手にあります。「都電雑司ケ谷駅」で...
Toyoshima Municipal Tokiwa So Manga Museum

4.5

6 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Toshima-ku Minami-nagasaki 3-9-22

In this field trip, we had a glimpse of the life of Osamu Tezuka sensei. Originally this museum was his own house where he created the Astro boy in Japanese (Japanese:鉄腕アトム, Hepburn:Tetsuwan-Atomu...
Edogawa Rampo Memorial Center for Popular Culture Studies (Edogawa Rampo Residence)

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Nishikebukuro 3-34-1 Rikkyo University

A residence and archive which once belonged to Japanese author Edogawa Rampo located on the Ikebukuro campus of Rikkyo University. One of Japan's greatest mystery writers, Edogawa moved here in 1934 and stayed in the residence until his death. The residence is open to the public only on Wednesdays and Fridays; entry is free. The modern design main building contains furniture and other items used by Edogawa, while the adjoining archive contains displays of manuscripts written in the author's own hand. A vibrant blue sofa, portrait of Edogawa and the man's working desk can be found in the parlor, a real treat for fans of his works. Beyond a glass partition in a storehouse in the back, visitors can see Edogawa's precious collection of books.
Otome Road

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashi-ikebukuro 3
IKEBUS (Ike Bus)

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Nishiikebukuro Hoka
Hayakawa Chochin Shop

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Zoshigaya 2-25-2

"This Edo lantern shop is located a three-minute walk from Zoshigaya Station. This shop has passed down its traditional techniques for more than a hundred years and has worked on the lanterns displayed at the main hall of the Kishimojin Shrine in Zoshigaya. On the other hand, the shop is also creating new works using unique designs. Works such as ""Sake Bottle Lanterns"" which are made of Japanese washi paper and plastic bags with Edo-style characters (a style with narrow space between characters in which the writing goes upwards to the right) and drawings on them as well as the ""Original Lantern"", all of which carry the appearance of works of art."
Mejiro Garden

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Mejiro 3-20-18
Tokyo Tatemono BrilliaHALL

4.0

6 Reviews

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Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashi-ikebukuro 1-19-1

私はG列でした。とてもよく見えました。あまり高低差がないから、ブリリアホールは見えにくいと言いますよね。確かに前の席の人が座高が高いと見えにくいかもしれませんが。最前列は舞台とかなり近いので、前3列くらいは舞台の上の人の飛沫がかかりそうです。コロナ禍なので、演者に感染者がゼロとは限りません。気になる方は高機能マスクをつけて、メガネをかけていくことをおすすめします。
Toei Animation Museum

3.0

25 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Nerima-ku Higashioizumi 2-10-5

We traveled 35 minutes to get to the museum and to be honest i was dissapointed. They just have some interactive movies and screens featuring shorts from Toei anime and some small info of their...
Itabashi Municipal Art Museum

3.5

25 Reviews

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Tokyo Itabashi-ku Akatsuka 5-chome 34-27

地方から上京して美術館巡りするのが好きで、あちこち回って来た。当然アクセスは公共交通機関、特に電車を利用して。駅から徒歩で近いとこは誠にありがたいのだが、中にはそうでないとこもある。板橋区立美術館は典型的なそのタイプ。最寄りの駅は地下鉄三田線の終着である西高島平駅。駅降りて徒歩で向かうのだが、遠いのには閉口した。美術館までの道のりは1㎞強あって、途中の風景もいったいこんなとこにあるのだろう...

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