Monday, January 24, 2011

Rediscovering Ikebukuro, Tokyo's forgotten district

Rediscovering Ikebukuro, Tokyo's forgotten district
Ikebukuro restaurants, maid cafes, anime and manga

Ikebukuro may be the oft-overlooked, slightly gritty cousin of Shinjuku, Ginza, Shibuya, Roppongi, and Akihabara, but that hasn't stopped it from developing a funky groove of its own.

The area -- which literally means “lake bag” in Japanese -- has everything from anime arcades, maid cafes and mega malls to an aquarium and planetarium, not to mention a gyoza theme park, a flourishing ramen scene, and an ongoing sizzling hot electronic store war.

One could say Ikebukuro has got everything in the bag -- except that lake.

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Eliza Dushku
Adriana Lima

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