Ikebukuro Area

Ikebukuro Station, east and west

Ikebukuro Station is flanked by two large department stores, Tobu and Seibu, and served by JR, private railway and Tokyo Metro lines including the Yamanote and Marunouchi lines. Shinjuku is about 8 minutes away on the JR Yamanote Line; Haneda Airport about an hour by train.

On the east side is Sunshine City, a large complex with an aquarium, an observation deck, restaurants and hotels, and the Animate Ikebukuro flagship store is close to the east exit. Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park sits in front of the west exit.

Mejiro and around Waseda

Mejiro Station lies between Ikebukuro and Takadanobaba on the JR Yamanote Line, in Toshima ward; the Yamanote is its only line. The Waseda district is a student quarter with more than 30 used bookshops along Waseda-dori, and Waseda University's Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum is open to the public.

How RED LIGHT JAPAN divides this area

This site splits the Ikebukuro area into Ikebukuro, Mejiro and the Waseda district. Walk-in formats such as soaplands cluster in particular blocks; delivery health is an outcall format used at a hotel or another place you choose, so for outcall venues the area usually marks the reception or base.