Ikebukuro, which people often talk about, is another sub-capital center in Tokyo with Ikebukuro Station as the center. Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Shibuya are called the three capitals of Tokyo. Like Shinjuku and Shibuya, Ikebukuro is a large department store, specialty store and restaurant centered on the station. The number of people entering and leaving Ikebukuro Station every day is about 27,654,380+million (in 2007). Introduction to Ikebukuro The busiest street in Ikebukuro extends from the station to the east and west, with a daily flow of about 6,543,800 people. Young people in Japan call this street Bao for short. In the east, there are Seibu Department Store, Sunshine 60 and Shimashima District Government, while in the west, there are Seibu Department Store and Tokyo Art Theatre. The traffic consisting of eight lines brings people from all over the world together. Especially the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Wudong East Line, JR Hibaki Line and Xiangnan Shinjuku Line, which residents in western Tokyo and southern and western saitama must use in their daily lives, have become another transit point here. Gaga goes to play on the Xiangnan Shinjuku Line in Yokohama every week. If you are slightly off the center of Ikebukuro, you will find Rikkyo University, Tomorrow Hall of Free Learning Park and some famous art places. The "ぃけふくろぅ" erected at the entrance of Ikebukuro Station, like the "ハチ" statue in Shibuya, has become a landmark building for people to wait for the meeting. The history of Ikebukuro Ikebukuro, together with Shinjuku and Shibuya, is called the three major capitals, and they all have bustling streets. However, when you go to these three places, you will find that Ikebukuro has a completely different feeling from Shinjuku and Shibuya. Ikebukuro has more young people and fresh cultural atmosphere. When you know something about Ikebukuro, you will find that Ikebukuro has secrets that it has never discovered.