Entertainment forefront – Exciting Ikebukuro

Enjoy entertainment in Ikebukuro, Tokyo

Known for its large movie theaters, game centers, capsule toy machines, and animation and character goods stores, Ikebukuro is a popular entertainment town. Let’s take a look at some entertainment spots to visit.

Anime Tokyo Station

“Making ANIME more interesting,Bringing ANIME far into the future”
Anime Tokyo Station opened in Ikebukuro on October 31, 2023 as a starting point for the further development of Japanese animation and related industries, culture, and tourism.
Basement Floor 1 has about 50,000 animation production items, and an exhibition space on the floor showcases cels and other materials along with production processes. The 1st floor has a symbol composed of characters and scenes from a wide variety of animations, and “interactive-vision.” Visitors can touch the interactive-vision screen, see videos, and enjoy other fun activities. The 2nd floor has an animation product store and an exhibition space that features popular animations. Anime Tokyo attracts visitors with a broad range of exciting attractions.

Tokyu East 5, 2-25-5 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo.
Anime Tokyo Station

Ikebukuro PR Animation – Manhole Cover

Ikebukuro PR Animation was produced by renowned artists to highlight the charms of Ikebukuro as a popular animation town. Manhole covers featuring the illustrations of PR animations can be found along Sunshine Street. Manhole cover cards are also handed out at the Tourist Information Desk at the Ikebukuro Station East Exit. Until Monday, March 31, 2025, the TOKYO Manhole Cover Digital Rally is being held. Visit custom-designed manhole covers in 62 wards and municipalities in Tokyo and get stamps and points to be eligible for a lottery to win awards based on the number of stamps and points accumulated. Enjoy this fun digital rally.

[Visit the website shown below for details on the TOKYO Manhole Cover Digital Rally]

©Toshima City / ©animate

Near 1-14 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima City, Tokyo
Ikebukuro PR Animation – Manhole Cover

Hareza Ikebukuro

Hareza Ikebukuro is a large complex featuring with eight different types of theaters and a park with an animation collaboration café.
Tokyo Tatemono Brillia Hall has a wide variety of stage performances and traditional Japanese arts.
The futuristic live theater, Harevutai, holds live events with cutting-edge theater equipment.
TOHO Cinemas Ikebukuro has seats 1,715 and has 10 screens. In addition to “Go/On Theater” which makes the air tremble, and Premium Theater with TCX, ScreenX with Dolby Atmos was installed in July of 2024. This unique experience features stereophonic sound and three screens for a total length of 50 meters, one of the largest in the Kanto Region. This allows visitors to experience an unprecedented sense of immersion.

©Hareza Ikebukuro

1-19-1 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, and more
Hareza Ikebukuro

Grand Scape IKEBUKURO

Grand Scape IKEBUKURO is a large building boasting one of the largest cinema complexes in the Tokyo Metropolitan area and a wide variety of popular stores.
From Basement Floor 1 to the 3rd Floor, visitors can find Plaza CAPCOM, which has many capsule toys and crane games, CAPCOM Café, which offers CAPCOM themed food and goods, and THE Character CAFÉ, which is now collaborating with animations and mangas.
From the 4th to 12th Floors, Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro boasts 12 screens in total and offers IMAX laser / GT technology with Japan’s largest screens. Visitors can immerse themselves in the experience of ultra-high resolution movies featuring 4K laser and 12ch sound system.

1-30-3 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Grand Scape IKEBUKURO

Ikebukuro Sunshine City

Sunshine City has many animation character product stores as well as leisure facilities such as an aquarium. Check out the list of stores to find characters and other items from your favorite animations.

[B1F]
Chara-Mori's Room / Sanrio vivitix / SANRIO CAFE / Ghibli is everywhere! Acorn Republic / MARVEL STORE by SMALL PLANET / Disney store / Thomas Station Ikebukuro / Flower Miffy juice garden
[1F]
Sesame Street Market / Flower Miffy
[2F]
SNOOPY TOWN Shop / Rilakkuma Store / Crayon Shin-chan Cinema Parade THE MOVIE OFFICIAL STORE / Sylvanian Families Forest House Premium / Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo / Pikachu Sweets by Pokémon Cafe / ONE PIECE Mugiwara Store / KIDDY LAND
[3F]
Bandai Namco Cross Store Tokyo / Gashapon no Department Ikebukuro Main Store / Ichiban Kuji Official Store Ikebukuro Sunshine City

Chara-Mori's Room

Sunshine City, 3-1 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Sunshine City “Chara-mori” Official Site