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6 unusual facts about Ikebukuro


Alex Shearer

Shearer himself has said that he hates genre divisions (February 2, 2009, during a talk show in an Ikebukuro bookstore).

Ikebukuro

Seibu, written with the characters for "West" and "Musashi (province)" 西武, is on the east end of the station and Tōbu, written with the characters for "East" and "Musashi" 東武, is on the west end.

Ikebukuro is the setting of the Japanese manga and TV drama Ikebukuro West Gate Park.

"Ikebukuro" is also the name of a 16-minute long track from the Brian Eno album, "The Shutov Assembly."

Kaze no Yō ni

To promote the single, QBS held a live show at the Sunshine City Fountain Square in Ikebukuro, Tokyo on June 10, 2013.

Sakuma drops

They are flavored with real fruit juice and are made by Sakuma Candy Co. based in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.


Hanno Station

Hannō Station (飯能駅) on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Hannō, Saitama, Japan

Interactive urinal

The system has been installed in the men's toilets in four stations of the Tokyo Metro, including Akihabara, Soga and Ikebukuro.

Jin Goto

He has held exhibitions at The British Museum, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Osaka City Museum of Art, the Paper Museum in Tokyo, Ginza Matsuzakaya Department Store, Ikebukuro Tobu Department Store, Gallery Art Salon in Chiba, Gallery Shinseido in Minamiaoyama, and Onward Gallery in Nihonbashi.

Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku

The single's April 21 release event at Ikebukuro Sunshine City's Fountain Square featured baseball player Yu Darvish, who wore a baseball uniform with the number 18 instead of 11 (his number in Texas Rangers) to celebrate Cute's 18th single.

Seibu Ikebukuro Line

:Morning rush hour from Hannō to Ikebukuro, daytime to and from Hannō to Motomachi-Chūkagai via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin LineTōkyū Tōyoko Line and Minatomirai Lines.


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