Ikebukuro is another representative business circle and transportation hub along the Yamanote Line in Tokyo after Shinjuku and Shibuya. There are countless large department stores, electrical stores, fashion shops, cinemas, restaurants and entertainment centers on both sides of the street from the east exit of Ikebukuro Station to Sunshine City. You can often see groups of boys and girls hanging around here after school, and the streets are full of youthful vitality. The west entrance of Ikebukuro Station is dominated by cultural facilities such as Tokyo Art Theatre, Metropolitan Hotel and Rikkyo University, forming a different atmosphere between East and West Ikebukuro. Ikebukuro Xikou also often becomes the background stage of dramas, novels and TV plays, and is a hot spot to attract young people's attention. "

Ikebukuro is a transportation hub station in Tokyo. In addition to the Yamanote Line of JR, the Tokyo Line, Shinjuku Line, Narita Line and Wu Dongri ray of JR system are all directly connected with the "Sunshine". About 3 million passengers get on and off at Ikebukuro Station every day. Such concentrated traffic makes Ikebukuro a very prosperous area.

Ikebukuro is also a very important place for Japanese (especially Chinese in China). Zhiyinshe, the largest Chinese store in Japan, is located in Ikebukuro, which has gradually become a very concentrated area for Chinese. Two years ago, some China groups even proposed to build a new China Street in Ikebukuro, but it was resisted by the Japanese. Public security in places where Chinese people are concentrated is really chaotic. There are two foreign criminal forces in Ikebukuro, one is from China and the other is from Nigeria. )

In fact, there is a big gap between the image and reality in cultural works. There are some chaotic places in Japan, but it may be limited to the concept of one street (it is best to have a few streets). There will be "Happiness Street" around the station in Japan, which is a dangerous area, but by no means the whole area will be chaotic. As long as you don't go to some special areas and patronize special industries, you can't even see the shadow of violent gangs. I have lived in Japan for several years, and I have only seen a violent group once, but it happened very coincidentally at the west exit of Ikebukuro! Therefore, Ikebukuro can also be said to be an area where such groups are concentrated.