is a neighborhood in
Toshima, Tokyo,
Japan
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. It is located among
JR Ikebukuro
is a commercial and entertainment district in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. Toshima ward offices, Ikebukuro station, and several shops, restaurants, and enormous department stores are located within city limits. It is considered the second largest ...
,
Ōtsuka, and
Itabashi Station
is a railway station on the Saikyo Line in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Itabashi Station is served by the Akabane Line between Ikebukuro and Akabane stations, which forms part of the Saikyo L ...
s and spread along Meiji Avenue.
Kami-ikebukuro borders Ikebukuro-honchō, Takinogawa (in
Kita), and Nishi-sugamo in the north, and Kita-Ōtsuka and Higashi-ikebukuro in the south. Most of it is a residential area that is formed after World War 2, and some parts along Meiji Avenue are commercial.
Geography
The south end of the area is edge of
Ikebukuro
is a commercial and entertainment district in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. Toshima ward offices, Ikebukuro station, and several shops, restaurants, and enormous department stores are located within city limits. It is considered the second largest ...
tableland with an altitude of about 30 meters. Conversely, the north side of the area faces the Yabata River, with relatively low altitude of about 20 meters.
History
*
Kamakura period
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: Kamakura-kaido that runs through this area, had been established by the
Kamakura shogunate.
* Before the
Edo period: This area is believed to have been mostly forest, woods, with some farms, because Kami-ikebukuro was outside of the
Edo
Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...
metropolitan area from which the
Tokugawa shogunate had ruled.
Transportation
*Roads
**Meiji Avenue
**Ganken street
**Kawagoe Road
**
Route 5 (Shuto Expressway)
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(Takebashi Junction- Bijogi Junction)
*Railways
**JR
Yamanote Line
**JR Akabane Line (
Saikyō Line
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)
**
Tōbu Tōjō Line
The is a 75.0 km suburban railway line in Japan which runs from Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, Tokyo to Yorii Station in Yorii, Saitama, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. Its official name is the , but it is referred to ...
*Buses
Bus services run on Meiji-dori Avenue.
**Services
***KUSA63 (草63) service (To
Asakusa via Ōji Station)
***KUSA64 (草64) service (To Asakusa via
Nishi-Nippori Station)
***OH40 (王40) service (To Ōji Station,
Nishiarai Station)
**Bus stops
***Kami-ikebukuro 1-chōme
***Kami-ikebukuro 3-chōme
***Kami-ikebukuro 4-chōme
Significant facilities
*Itabashi Station
*Ikebukuro Community Center
*Ikebukuro Sports Center
*APA Hotel Tokyo Itabashi
Show places
*Ocha-agare-jizō
*Ikebukuro-Ōhashi overpass
Parks
Kami-ikebukuro Central Park
Shops
*Supermarkets
**Sundaymart supermarket
*Convenience stores
**Seven-Eleven (2-chōme, 3-chōme)
**Family Mart (3-chōme, 4-chōme)
**Lawson (1-chōme)
**Ministop( 1-chōme, 4-chōme)
**99 Shop
**Y Shop Homareya
Restaurants
*Kami-ikebukuro Chūkarō (Chinese)
*Daifuku (Chinese)
*Cafe Tablier (French)
*Wakamatsu (Japanese, oden)
Financial institutions
*Nihon-yūsei-kōsha ( Japan Post)
Educational facilities
* Sugamo Gakuen (high school/junior high school)
* Ikebukuro-daiichi Primary School
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Neighborhoods of Tokyo
Districts of Toshima