Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

Yamanote line train marks centenary of loop operation

People at JR Ikebukuro Station take photos of train cars featuring a commemorative head mark and covered in film sheets with a special design on Tokyo's iconic Yamanote loop line, marking the centenary of the start of its loop operation on Nov. 1, 2025.

Exterior, logo and signage of Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store

Exterior, logo and signage of Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store

Exterior, logo and signage of Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store=July 3,2025,Tokyo

Appearance, logo and signage of Seibu Ikebukuro and Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro

Appearance, logo and signage of Seibu Ikebukuro and Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro

Appearance, logo and signage of Seibu Ikebukuro and Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro=July 3,2025,Tokyo

Exterior, logo and signage of Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store

Exterior, logo and signage of Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store

Exterior, logo and signage of Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store=July 9,2025,Tokyo

Torrential rain in Tokyo

Torrential rain in Tokyo

A man runs with an umbrella as a street is inundated with water amid torrential rain in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area on July 10, 2025.

Japan upper house election campaign

Japan upper house election campaign

People listen to a stump speech in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

Japan: Strong Winds Blow Signboard Off Building In Ikebukuro, Tokyo

A winter low-pressure system brought strong winds to the Kanto region on Tuesday, February 27, with high waves hitting coastal areas, gusts knocking down streetlights and causing walls to topple over in Tokyo. The video shows winds blowing signboard off a building in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, and firefighters at site dealing with the incident.

Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

TOKYO, Japan - Striking workers represented by a labor union at Japanese department store operator Sogo & Seibu Co. march in the streets of Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Aug. 31, 2023. Store workers are opposing plans by parent Seven & i Holdings Co. to sell the 10-store chain to a U.S.-based investment fund.

Seibu department store logo

Seibu department store logo

File photo taken Aug. 30, 2023, shows a logo sign atop Seibu department store's flagship location in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area.

Seibu department workers strike

Seibu department workers strike

A pedestrian passes by the shuttered flagship Seibu department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area on Aug. 31, 2023, amid a labor strike against parent Seven & i Holdings Co.'s planned sale of the 10-store Sogo & Seibu chain to a U.S.-based investment fund.

Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Sogo & Seibu labor union chief Yasuhiro Teraoka (C) is surrounded by reporters during a union rally in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Aug. 31, 2023. Workers at the Seibu Ikebukuro department store went on strike the same day protesting a planned sale of their company, a first for a Japanese department store in around 60 years.

Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Striking workers represented by a labor union at Japanese department store operator Sogo & Seibu Co. march in the streets of Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Aug. 31, 2023. Store workers are opposing plans by parent Seven & i Holdings Co. to sell the 10-store chain to a U.S.-based investment fund.

Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

People supporting a strike called by a union representing workers at Sogo & Seibu Co. hold banners in front of the department store operator's flagship Seibu Ikebukuro store in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2023.

Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2023, shows a notice placed at Seibu department store's flagship Ikebukuro location in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, announcing its forced closure due to a labor strike.

Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2023, shows the Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. Store workers staged a strike the same day, opposing plans by parent Seven & i Holdings Co. to sell the 10-store Sogo & Seibu chain to a U.S.-based investment fund.

Seibu Ikebukuro department store

Seibu Ikebukuro department store

Photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023, shows the Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo. A labor union representing workers at Japanese department stores operated by Sogo & Seibu Co. said the same day that members would go on strike at the store to protest a buyout deal by a U.S.-based investment fund.

Seibu Ikebukuro department store

Seibu Ikebukuro department store

Photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023, shows the Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo. A labor union representing workers at Japanese department stores operated by Sogo & Seibu Co. said the same day that members would go on strike at the store to protest a buyout deal by a U.S.-based investment fund.

MOVED BY AN IDEA

MOVED BY AN IDEA, Toyota Amlux, Toyota Auto Salon Amlux Tokyo, 1993 TOYOTA IDEA, Toyota Motor Corporation display showroom, interesting vehicles, Toyota Motor Corporation, Amlux Toyota, events, Japanese companies, Toyota Motor Corporation Ikebukuro Building, now Sunshine City Annex=Date:January 2, 1994, Place:Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo,JAPAN

Seibu operate Harry Potter train service from Ikebukuro

Before the opening of the theme park of the popular movie "Harry Potter" in June on the site of the former amusement park "Toshimaen" in Nerima Ward, Seibu Railway announced on the 16th that the full-wrapped train "Studio Tour" featuring the main cast members The Tokyo Express has started operating.

2-day service suspension on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line begins

Services were suspended on a portion of Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line Saturday due to track-switching construction work at the busy Shibuya Station, with the disruption to last the whole weekend. Services on the "outer loop," or clockwise direction, between Osaki and Ikebukuro stations were halted from the first train, affecting around 530,000 passengers, according to train operator East Japan Railway Co. Normal operations will resume from the first train on Monday. The suspension is part of ongoing construction work at Shibuya Station and its surrounding area. The operator aims to switch from two platforms for the inner and outer loops to a single Yamanote Line platform, thereby easing passenger congestion and increasing convenience for transfers.

Tennis, soccer wear selling well in Japan

Tennis, soccer wear selling well in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A tennis gear shop at Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo, shown in this photo taken on Dec. 22, 2014, is enjoying brisk sales thanks to pro tennis player Kei Nishikori's spectacular showing. Similarly, football shirts are selling well due to the World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014.

Seibu Ikebukuro main store starts New Year sale

Seibu Ikebukuro main store starts New Year sale

TOKYO, Japan - A man shows off a carpet of lambs' wool, priced at 20.15 million yen, at the Seibu Ikebukuro main store in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2015, as the department store began its New Year sale the same day.

New Year shopping in Tokyo

New Year shopping in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Customers grab "lucky bags," containing unknown random merchandise, at the Seibu department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Jan. 1, 2015.

Seibu store to offer New Year lucky bags for foreign visitors

Seibu store to offer New Year lucky bags for foreign visitors

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at the Seibu Ikebukuro flagship department store in Tokyo shows off a New Year "Fukubukuro" lucky bag for customers from abroad on Oct. 10. 2014.

Xbox One game console launched in Japan

Xbox One game console launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft begins selling the Xbox One home gaming console in Japan on Sept. 4, 2014. Photo was taken the same day at a home electronics store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district.

Man arrested over shooting wife dead

Man arrested over shooting wife dead

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on the night of July 6, 2014, shows a cafe of a hotel in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district, shortly after a man allegedly shot his wife dead there. The man, a 54-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, was seized by cafe employees and arrested at the scene by police.

1 dead, 7 hurt in June car crash in Tokyo

1 dead, 7 hurt in June car crash in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo police investigate a crash in which a car, driven by a 37-year-old man suspected of having been under the influence of a quasi-legal drug, struck pedestrians in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on June 24, 2014. The accident killed a Chinese woman and injured seven other people.

Sogo & Seibu launches new brand for people in 50s

Sogo & Seibu launches new brand for people in 50s

TOKYO, Japan - Models wear clothes of Sogo & Seibu Co.'s new fashion brand targeting men and women in their 50s at the Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014. "Limited Edition Avec Mode" shops will open at Seibu Ikebukuro on Feb. 19 and in early March elsewhere.

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya pose for photos on a platform at JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013, ahead of getting aboard a Yamanote Line train entirely reserved for their wedding ceremony while making a circuit on the loop line. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony on the running train.

Monsters dumplings

Monsters dumplings

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds dumplings featuring characters from the Pixer animation film "Monsters University" at a FamilyMart Co. store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area as the convenience store chain began selling the products on Aug. 13, 2013.

Comics magazine theme park

Comics magazine theme park

TOKYO, Japan - Namco Ltd. unveils J-World Tokyo, an indoor theme park featuring the comics magazine Weekly Shonen Jump, in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area on July 9, 2013. The facility with attractions based on comic series including One Piece and Dragon Ball will open on July 11, 2013.

New Year sales

New Year sales

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers buy "lucky bags" filled with discount goods at the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2013. Some 20,000 people lined up for New Year sales at the store.

New Year sales

New Year sales

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers crowd the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2013. Some 20,000 people lined up for New Year sales at the store.

"Golden saury"

"Golden saury"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 3, 2012, shows a "golden saury" on display at Seibu department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district. The fish is one of two golden saury that were landed in Ofutato, Iwate Prefecture. Uoko Co. purchased the fish for 10,000 yen each at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market and put them on display in different places in Tokyo.

Yamada Denki to buy out Best Denki

Yamada Denki to buy out Best Denki

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2009 shows LABI1, a huge store of home electronics retailer Yamada Denki Co., in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district. Yamada Denki will buy out its competitor Best Denki Co. in a bid to secure its foothold as the top home electronics retailer in Japan by creating a group with sales of over 2 trillion yen, industry sources said July 12, 2012.

4 Chinese arrested for cheating on driver's license exams

4 Chinese arrested for cheating on driver's license exams

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at Ikebukuro Police Station in Tokyo on June 22, 2012, shows confiscated "tools" that were used for cheating in driver's license exams, including mobile phones and small wireless earphones. Police have arrested four Chinese nationals suspected of involvement in cheating on driver's license examinations, with at least one believed to have unlawfully obtained a license after receiving test answers via mobile phone, police said on June 22.

Solar eclipse

Solar eclipse

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters look up a solar eclipse in front of Tokyo's Ikebukuro Station at 7:30 a.m. on May 21, 2012. An annular solar eclipse was observed in many areas of Japan including the capital.

Cramped wooden houses in Tokyo

Cramped wooden houses in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 11, 2012, shows cramped wooden houses in Tokyo's Higashi-Ikebukuro district. The high-rise building in the center is Sunshine 60.

Cramped wooden houses in Tokyo

Cramped wooden houses in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 11, 2012, shows cramped wooden houses in Tokyo's Higashi-Ikebukuro district.

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo shows participants in a disaster drill walking home from a park near JR Ikebukuro train station in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. The drill, under the assumption that a large number of people have become stranded due to a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that has paralyzed Tokyo's public transportation system, involved 10,000 people in all and was conducted simultaneously in areas surrounding three of the Japanese capital's major train stations -- Shinjuku, Tokyo and Ikebukuro.

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants in a disaster drill acting as people who have become unable to return home due to a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that has paralyzed Tokyo's public transportation system, receive emergency food from JR Shinjuku train station staff inside the station on Feb. 3, 2012. The drill, involving 10,000 people in all, was conducted simultaneously in areas surrounding three of the Japanese capital's major train stations -- Shinjuku, Tokyo and Ikebukuro.

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants in a disaster drill gather in front of the Tokyo metropolitan government office on Feb. 3, 2012. The drill, under the assumption that a large number of people have become stranded due to a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that has paralyzed Tokyo's public transportation system, involved 10,000 people in all and was conducted simultaneously in areas surrounding three of the Japanese capital's major train stations -- Shinjuku, Tokyo and Ikebukuro.

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo shows participants in a disaster drill walking home from a park near JR Ikebukuro train station in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. The drill, under the assumption that a large number of people have become stranded due to a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that has paralyzed Tokyo's public transportation system, involved 10,000 people in all and was conducted simultaneously in areas surrounding three of the Japanese capital's major train stations -- Shinjuku, Tokyo and Ikebukuro.

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants in a disaster drill gather in front of JR Shinjuku train station in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. The drill, under the assumption that a large number of people have become stranded due to a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that has paralyzed Tokyo's public transportation system, involved 10,000 people in all and was conducted simultaneously in areas surrounding three of the Japanese capital's major train stations -- Shinjuku, Tokyo and Ikebukuro.

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Evacuation information is displayed on a large screen in front of JR Shinjuku train station in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012, during a disaster drill. The drill, under the assumption that a large number of people have become unable to return home due to a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that has paralyzed Tokyo's public transportation system, involved 10,000 people in all and was conducted simultaneously in areas surrounding three of the Japanese capital's major train stations -- Shinjuku, Tokyo and Ikebukuro.

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

Major disaster drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants in a disaster drill, acting as people who have become unable to return home due to a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that has paralyzed Tokyo's public transportation system, are led into the Isetan department store in Shinjuku Ward on Feb. 3, 2012. The drill, in which 10,000 people took part, was conducted simultaneously in areas surrounding three of the Japanese capital's major train stations -- Shinjuku, Tokyo and Ikebukuro.

St. Valentine's Day chocolates

St. Valentine's Day chocolates

TOKYO, Japan - Women buy chocolate at Seibu department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area on Jan. 27, 2012, ahead of St. Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, regarded in Japan as a day for women to give chocolates to men.

St. Valentine's Day chocolates

St. Valentine's Day chocolates

TOKYO, Japan - Women buy chocolate at Seibu department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area on Jan. 27, 2012, ahead of St. Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, regarded in Japan as a day for women to give chocolates to men.

Confiscated stuffed giant panda

Confiscated stuffed giant panda

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2011, at a police station in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district shows a stuffed giant panda, a protected animal, which was seized by the Metropolitan Police Department. A Chinese national has been arrested on suspicion of displaying the stuffed panda for the purpose of sale, a violation of the law for the conservation of endangered species of wild fauna and flora.

Masked Rider restaurant in Tokyo

Masked Rider restaurant in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A worker poses in front of a motorbike called Cyclone which was used in the TV hero series of Kamen Rider at a restaurant in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Nov. 22, 2011. ''Kamen Rider the Diner,'' the official restaurant collaborating with the TV series, opened in April and will run through the spring of 2012 commemorating the series' 40th anniversary.