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One of Tokyo’s biggest shopping areas is giving you the chance to try 19 kinds of the traditional spring sweet spanning two major regional differences.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • Ikebukuro • sakura • sakuramochi • Seibu Department Store • sweets • traditional • wagashi)

Japanese vending machine serves up unique drinks at four Tokyo train stations

Oona McGee
Jan 18, 2026

When you’re thirsty for something different, this unusual machine has you covered.

Japan
(cool • hidden gems • Ikebukuro • Japanese train stations • Japanese vending machines • Kikkoman • SNJO • soy • soy milk • Tokyo • train stations • vending machines • weird)

One of the busiest stations in Tokyo is changing the name on its signs, but not necessarily to make it easier for people to find their way around.

Casey Baseel
Nov 11, 2025

Things are going to look a little different in JR Ikebukuro Station.

Japan
(Bic Camera • Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro Station • Japan Railways • JR • stations • Tokyo • tourism • trains • travel)

Tokyo losing another iconic arcade with announced closure of 40-year-old Ikebukuro game center

Casey Baseel
Oct 16, 2025

A once-adored location in Ikebukuro is down to its last few months.

Japan
(Adores • Arcades • game centers • Ikebukuro • video games)

Giant Chiikawa statues appear in one of Tokyo’s most confusing train stations【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Aug 7, 2025

A great big, and adorable, reason to brave getting lost inside Ikebukuro Station.

Japan
(anime • Chiikawa • Chiikawa Park • crazy • cute • Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro Station • manga • stations)

Tokyo hotel creates Evangelion rooms and Evangelion lounges for fans to mingle in【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2025

Ikebukuro hotel and anime series are both celebrating milestones this year.

Japan
(anime • COK • Evangelion • hotels • Ikebukuro • manga • Prince Hotels • Sunshine City • tourism • travel)

Popular Osaka all-you-can-eat yakiniku chain Yakiniku Rikimaru opens its first location in Tokyo

Krista Rogers
Jul 24, 2025

In celebration of its opening, diners can also receive 20 percent off their bill if they hurry.

Japan
(all you can drink • all-you-can-eat • COK • food • Ikebukuro • meat • restaurants • Rikimaru • SNJO • Tokyo • yakiniku • Yakiniku Rikimaru)

Chiikawa Park opens next month in Tokyo’s Sunshine City shopping complex

Krista Rogers
Jun 14, 2025

Fans of Chiikawa and friends will delight in an opportunity to become immersed in the characters’ world.

Japan
(anime • Chiikawa • Chiikawa Park • COK • cute • Ikebukuro • manga • Sunshine City)

Deep-fried mint chocolate croquettes and gnocchi gratin on sale at Tobu Department Store in Tokyo

Master Blaster
May 31, 2025

It’s a breath of fresh fried mint.

Japan
(Atsumare! Choco Minto • choco mint • cream croquettes • food • gnocchi • Ikebukuro • mint chocolate • Tobu Department Store • Tokyo)

New tanuki soba specialty restaurant in Ikebukuro serves up soba with a unique taste and visuals

Krista Rogers
Apr 5, 2025

The noodles at Tanuki Soba wa Nomimono don’t look like any bowl of tanuki soba that we’ve ever seen, but we’re not complaining.

Japan
(COK • dining • gourmet • Ikebukuro • nomimono • Noodles • Restaurant • SNJO • tanuki soba • Tokyo)

We visit the restaurant chain with more stores than either McDonald’s or Starbucks

Elliot Hale
Mar 28, 2025

It’s one of the biggest chains in the world, yet many people have never even heard of it.

Japan
(bubble tea • COK • fast food • fast food chain • food and drinks • Ikebukuro • Mixue • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • tapioca • Tokyo)

Tokyo’s indoor Tenbou-Park Sakura Festival is perfect for those with pollen allergies

Krista Rogers
Mar 4, 2025

Sakura-seekers should swing by this spring event in a popular shopping complex to enjoy the spring blossoms without the sniffles.

Japan
(beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • Ikebukuro • observatory • sakura • Sunshine 60 • Sunshine City)

Space and time get all jumbled up in the Showa-style Cafe de Paris in Tokyo

Master Blaster
Feb 10, 2025

Coffee and sandwiches are all relative.

Japan
(Cafe de Paris • cafes • coffee • coffee shops • COK • cool • food • Hakushaku • Ikebukuro • restaurants • retro • retro cafes • Showa • SNJO • Tokyo)

The My Melody ♡ Kuromi Anniversary Party is in full kawaii swing at the Ikebukuro Parco store

Krista Rogers
Jan 14, 2025

This limited-time event celebrates the dual character anniversaries of two major Sanrio stars.

Japan
(anniversary party • cute • Ikebukuro • Kuromi • My Melody • Parco • Sanrio • Tokyo)

Japanese izakaya serves up cheap breakfast…and morning drinks in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Oct 9, 2024

One of the most unusual places to start your day in the city.

Japan
(breakfast • cafes • COK • food • Ikebukuro • Japanese breakfast • Japanese food • Masanuki Sunakoma • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

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