• Source: Kami-ikebukuro

      • Kami-ikebukuro (上池袋) 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 (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 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) (Takebashi Junction- Bijogi Junction)
      Railways
      JR Yamanote Line
      JR Akabane Line (Saikyō Line)
      Tōbu Tōjō Line
      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
      Miyanaka Park
      Kami-ikebukuro Park
      Kami-ikebukuro Sakura (cherry blossom) Park
      Horinouchi 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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