Shinkansen 🚄 does not pass through Ikebukuro Station, but JR → Yamanote Line, Saikyo Line, Shonan-Shinjuku Line, private railways → Tobu Tojo Line, Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Tokyo Metro (Subway) → Marunouchi Line, Yurakucho Line・This is a huge terminal station on the Fukutoshin Line❗️

On the east exit side, there are Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store, PARCO, Sunshine City, Sunshine Aquarium🐟, Sunshine 60 Observation Deck, etc. On the west exit side, there are Tobu Department Store, Hotel Metropolitan, Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, etc. If you head along the railway toward Otsuka, There is a love hotel 🏩 town that I took care of when I was young 😜

I use Ikebukuro Station to transfer from the Yamanote Line to the Tobu Tojo Line, but I have also ridden the Seibu Ikebukuro Line several times.

Also, there are often local products exhibitions held inside the JR ticket gates, and I sometimes buy them, which are nice ❗️✨ It's fun just looking at them 👀✨ and they always seem to go well with beer 🍺 I buy things and sweets like kintsuba ❗️ It's nice to be able to eat local food without having to go there ❗️✨😁👍

Also, I sometimes buy lottery tickets at the lottery ticket booth near the Seibu Ikebukuro main store entrance on the east side ❗️ I haven't won a big prize yet 😅💦