Ikebukuro station is located in Toshima ward, Tokyo. It is the third busiest station in the world, after Shinjuku and Shibuya stations. 2.68 million ridership per day. However, the peak was in 90s and the number of ridership has been declined in 20 years. Ikebukuro station is served by JR East, Tobu railways, Seibu railways and Tokyo metro. It is the busiest station for Tobu, Seibu and Tokyo metro. JR operates three lines. Yamanote line, Saikyo line and Shonan-Shinjuku lin
Seats of trains in Japan are different depending on the type of the trains. Local trains running in Tokyo metropolitan area have 3 doors or more on the each side of the trains and the seats are bench(long) seats which you sit along the window/wall and facing the opposite window/wall. Then, modern trains usually have handrails attached between the bottom of the seat and the ceiling. These handrails are not only for the safety for the standing passengers but also have a funct
Shakujii park is located in Nerima ward, Tokyo and it is public park which belongs to Tokyo metropolis. It opened in 1959 and the area is 201,374.83m2. There are two large ponds located at the park and these two ponds were created before the establishment of the park. You can ride boats at one of the pond which boating scenes appear on several manga. The park is also famous for cherry blossom and there are many visitors during cherry blossom season. It is open daily withou