is a neighborhood in

Toshima, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita in the north and Nakano, Shinjuku, ...

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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 larges ...

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, 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 Line ...

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

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 The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle b ...

: Kamakura-kaido that runs through this area, had been established by the

Kamakura shogunate The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Kamakura-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 459. The Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no ...

. * Before the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...

: This area is believed to have been mostly forest, woods, with some farms, because Kami-ikebukuro was outside of the

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metropolitan area from which the

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...

had ruled.

Transportation

*Roads **Meiji Avenue **Ganken street **Kawagoe Road ** Route 5 (Shuto Expressway) (Takebashi Junction- Bijogi Junction) *Railways **JR

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**JR Akabane Line (

Saikyō Line The Saikyō Line ( ja, 埼京線, ) is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Ōsaki Station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Ōmiya Station in Saitama Prefecture. The line's name is an abbreviation o ...

) **

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*Buses Bus services run on Meiji-dori Avenue. **Services ***KUSA63 (草63) service (To

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via Ōji Station) ***KUSA64 (草64) service (To Asakusa via

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) ***OH40 (王40) service (To Ōji Station,

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) **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 (

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)

Educational facilities

* Sugamo Gakuen (high school/junior high school) * Ikebukuro-daiichi Primary School {{Authority control Neighborhoods of Tokyo Districts of Toshima