Kami-ikebukuro
Kami-ikebukuro is a neighborhood in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It is located among JR Ikebukuro, Ōtsuka, and Itabashi Stations and spread along Meiji Avenue.
Kami-ikebukuro borders Ikebukuro-honchō, Takinogawa, 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 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: 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 metropolitan area from which the Tokugawa shogunate had ruled.
Transportation
- Roads
- *Meiji Avenue
- *Ganken street
- *Kawagoe Road
- *Route 5 (Shuto Expressway)
- Railways
- *JR Yamanote Line
- *JR Akabane Line
- *Tōbu Tōjō Line
- Buses
- *Services
- **KUSA63 service
- **KUSA64 service
- **OH40 service
- *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
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Shops
- Supermarkets
- *Sundaymart supermarket
- Convenience stores
- *Seven-Eleven
- *Family Mart
- *Lawson
- *Ministop
- *99 Shop
- *Y Shop Homareya
Restaurants
- Kami-ikebukuro Chūkarō
- Daifuku
- Cafe Tablier
- Wakamatsu
Financial institutions
- Nihon-yūsei-kōsha
Educational facilities
- Sugamo Gakuen
- Ikebukuro-daiichi Primary School