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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

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Exterior, logo, and signage of Tobu Department Store

Exterior, logo, and signage of Tobu Department Store=July 3,2025,Tokyo

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Former Japanese emperor, empress in Nikko

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) waves to the crowd as he arrives with former Empress Michiko at Tobu Nikko Station in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 28, 2024. (Pool photo)

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New Tobu Spacia X limited express train begins service

A ceremony marking the entering into service of Tobu Railway Co.'s new Spacia X limited express train is held at Asakusa Station in Tokyo on July 15, 2023. The train links Asakusa Station and Tochigi Prefecture's Nikko national park and Kinugawa hot spring resort.

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New Tobu Spacia X limited express train begins service

Tobu Railway Co.'s new Spacia X limited express train arrives at Asakusa Station in Tokyo on July 15, 2023, for a ceremony marking the launch of its service. The train links Asakusa Station and Tochigi Prefecture's Nikko national park and Kinugawa hot spring resort.

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New Tobu Spacia X limited express train begins service

Tobu Railway Co.'s new Spacia X limited express train arrives at Asakusa Station in Tokyo on July 15, 2023, for a ceremony marking the launch of its service. The train links Asakusa Station and Tochigi Prefecture's Nikko national park and Kinugawa hot spring resort.

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New Tobu Spacia X limited express train begins service

Tobu Railway Co.'s new Spacia X limited express train arrives at Asakusa Station in Tokyo on July 15, 2023, for a ceremony marking the launch of its service. The train links Asakusa Station and Tochigi Prefecture's Nikko national park and Kinugawa hot spring resort.

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New Tobu Spacia X limited express train

Photo taken at Tobu Railway Co.'s rail yard in Kuki, north of Tokyo in Saitama Prefecture, shows an interior of the new Spacia X limited express train on April 16, 2023. The train will operate from July 15, linking Tokyo's Asakusa Station and Tochigi Prefecture's Nikko national park and Kinugawa hot spring resort.

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New Tobu Spacia X limited express train

Photo taken at Tobu Railway Co.'s rail yard in Kuki, north of Tokyo in Saitama Prefecture, shows the new Spacia X limited express train on April 16, 2023. The train will operate from July 15, linking Tokyo's Asakusa Station and Tochigi Prefecture's Nikko national park and Kinugawa hot spring resort.

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White tiger cub reappears in zoo after surgery

SAITAMA, Japan - White tiger cub "Sky" is shown to the public again at Tobu Zoo on June 26, 2014, after successful surgery on his congenitally troubled right hind leg and subsequent rehabilitation for about six months.

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Mascot characters promote Kinugawa hot spring

OSAKA, Japan - Mascot characters Abenobea of Japan's tallest building, Abeno Harukasu in Osaka, and Sorakarachan of Tokyo Skytree promote tours to popular spots along the Tobu railway line in eastern Japan at Abeno Harukasu and its vicinity on June 5, 2014. This is part of the joint efforts of Kintetsu Corp., an operating company of Abeno Harukasu, and Tokyo Skytree operating company Tobu Railway Co. following their agreement to promote tourist spots in each other's regions.

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White tiger undergoes knee surgery

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A white tiger arrives at an animal hospital at the College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 10, 2013, to receive surgery on its right back knee. The 9-month-old male, which is kept at Tobu Zoo in Saitama Prefecture, had trouble walking due to a displaced patella. Doctors said the five-hour operation later that day was a success.

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White tiger undergoes knee surgery

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A 9-month-old male white tiger, which is kept at Tobu Zoo in Saitama Prefecture, undergoes surgery on its right back knee at an animal hospital at the College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 10, 2013. The white tiger had trouble walking due to a displaced patella. Doctors said the five-hour operation was a success.

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Tokyo Skytree attracts 6.34 mil. visitors

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Komine (4th from L) and his wife and children pose for photos at Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 20, 2013, with Michiaki Suzuki (far L), president of Tobu Tower Skytree Co., the tower's operator, as one of them became the 6.34 millionth visitor to the observation deck of the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, matching the numerals of its height two days before the first anniversary of its opening.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) takes in the view from the observation deck of Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on April 18, 2013. At right in back is Michiaki Suzuki, president of Tobu Tower Skytree Co., the tower's operator. (Pool photo)

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) takes in the view from the observation deck of Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on April 18, 2013. At right is Michiaki Suzuki, president of Tobu Tower Skytree Co., the tower's operator. (Pool photo)

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Asakusa Station building with retro look

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the building of Tobu Railway Co.'s Asakusa Station in Tokyo's Taito Ward on May 18, 2012. The station near the Tokyo Skytree tower has been refurbished to look like what it was at its opening in 1931.

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Ticket reservations for Tokyo Sky Tree

TOKYO, Japan - A staff member of a branch office of Tobu Travel Co. talks with a customer in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on March 22, 2012. The operator of Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest tower, started accepting reservation requests for tickets to the tower's observation deck for individuals at the travel agency's branch offices and the tower's website, with successful applicants to be selected in a drawing.

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Tokyo Sky Tree Station

TOKYO, Japan - A station on Tobu Railway Co's Tobu Isesaki Line bears its new name -- Tokyo Sky Tree Station -- in the early hours of March 17, 2012. The nearest rail stop to the world's tallest tower (top) was renamed that day from the former Narihirabashi Station.

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Tokyo Sky Tree is world's tallest tower: Guinness World Records

TOKYO, Japan - Alistair Richards (R), managing director of Guinness World Records, and Michiaki Suzuki, president of Tobu Tower Sky Tree Co., hold a Guinness World Records certificate recognizing the 634-meter-high broadcast tower as the world's tallest tower during a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2011. Tokyo Sky Tree is scheduled to open to the public in May 2012.

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More men sensitive to cold, attracted to goods to keep warm

TOKYO, Japan - An employee poses with a colorful belly warmer tie in the male underwear section of Tobu Department Store's flagship shop in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area in December 2010. Sales of belly warmers at the department store tripled since September that year compared with the same period in 2009.

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Boy kidnapped, but released safely in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Seto (R) and his wife Miho, whose son Yuta was released safely Oct. 15 about seven hours after he was kidnapped in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, leave their home in the same ward to head for the Itabashi Police Station. Yuta, a 7-year-old elementary school boy, was released at Tokiwadai Station on the Tobu Tojo Line and recovered at around 4:05 p.m. near Oyama Station on the same line.

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Theme park to maintain exhibit featuring WTC replica

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A miniature model of New York's World Trade Center stands unscathed Sept. 28 at the Tobu World Square in Fujihara, Tochigi Prefecture. The park, which features miniature replicas of world-famous landmarks, said it will continue to exhibit the model of the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in New York.

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Drill against train attacks

A police officer (L) teaches a Tobu Railway employee how to use a shield during a drill against a train attack in the Chiba Prefecture city of Noda, eastern Japan, on Nov. 18, 2021. A man was recently arrested in a knife and arson attack that injured nearly 20 people on a Keio Line train in Tokyo.

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Tobu Store logo

Keywords: Tobu Store, Tobu Store Co., Ltd, Tobu Group, supermarket, fresh food, groceries, daily necessities, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 4, 2019, Mizuho-dai Store in Fujimi City, Saitama Prefecture, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Tobu Store logo

Keywords: Tobu Store, Tobu Store Co., Ltd, Tobu Group, supermarket, fresh food, groceries, daily necessities, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 4, 2019, Mizuho-dai Store in Fujimi City, Saitama Prefecture, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Replica of Shuri Castle

A one-25th scale replica of Shuri Castle in Okinawa Prefecture goes on public display at the Tobu World Square theme park in Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 24, 2021. The World Heritage-listed castle, hit by a massive fire in 2019, was added to items of the park, featuring miniature replicas of world-famous landmarks.

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Replica of Shuri Castle

A one-25th scale replica of Shuri Castle in Okinawa Prefecture goes on public display at the Tobu World Square theme park in Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 24, 2021. The World Heritage-listed castle, hit by a massive fire in 2019, was added to items of the park, featuring miniature replicas of world-famous landmarks.

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Boy kidnapped, but released safely in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Seto (R) and his wife Miho, whose son Yuta was released safely Oct. 15 about seven hours after he was kidnapped in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, leave their home in the same ward to head for the Itabashi Police Station. Yuta, a 7-year-old elementary school boy, was released at Tokiwadai Station on the Tobu Tojo Line and recovered at around 4:05 p.m. near Oyama Station on the same line.

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Tobu Railway train derailed

Photo taken May 18, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a derailed Tobu Railway Co. train in Tokyo. No injuries were reported, but around 400 passengers had to walk to a nearby station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asahi Group to buy SABMiller's European beer brands

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2016, at Tobu department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district shows Peroni beer. Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said the same day it will buy SABMiller plc's European beer brands, including Peroni, for 2.55 billion euros. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Capybara, squirrel monkey gain popularity at Saitama zoo

Photo taken July 15, 2015, at Tobu Zoo near Tokyo shows a squirrel monkey playing on the back of a capybara. The two animals, both native to Latin America and raised together, have gained popularity among visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tobu Railway shows press inside of special train car

Tobu Railway Co. shows the press the inside of a train car of a special version of its limited express Spacia in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on April 17, 2015. The special train commemorates a festival this year at the Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, marking the 400th anniversary of the death of feudal tycoon Tokugawa Ieyasu who established the Shinto shrine in the 17th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tobu Railway unveils special train for Shinto shrine festival

Tobu Railway Co. shows the press a golden-painted special version of its limited express Spacia in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on April 17, 2015. The special train commemorates a festival this year at the Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, marking the 400th anniversary of the death of medieval tycoon Tokugawa Ieyasu who established the Shinto shrine in the 17th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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White tiger cubs pull brother out of pool at Saitama Zoo

Two of quadruplet white tiger cubs pull their brother out of a water pool at Tobu Zoo in Saitama Prefecture north of Tokyo on April 15, 2015. They were born last January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quadruplet white tigers play around mother at Tobu Zoo

Quadruplet white tiger cubs play around their mother at Tobu Zoo in Saitama Prefecture north of Tokyo on April 15, 2015. They were born last January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-bound white rhino in Taiwan

Photo taken March 2, 2021, shows Emma, a southern white rhino at the Leofoo Village theme park in Taiwan's Hsinchu County. The 5-year-old female rhino will be sent to Tobu Zoo in Japan's Saitama Prefecture in April for breeding.

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Japan-bound white rhino in Taiwan

Photo taken March 2, 2021, shows Emma, a southern white rhino at the Leofoo Village theme park in Taiwan's Hsinchu County. The 5-year-old female rhino will be sent to Tobu Zoo in Japan's Saitama Prefecture in April for breeding.

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Tokyo snapshot: Coffee shop popular as on-location shooting site in Nishiarai

Manager Yui Taura (C) and other staff of Sylvia Nishiarai coffee shop near Tobu Railway's Nishiarai Station in Tokyo pose for photos in front of the shop's stained glass on Oct. 21, 2015. The place is known for its frequent on-location shooting for movies and TV dramas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's Higashi-Mukojima area: Kids enjoy watching train wheels at museum

Children enjoy watching train wheels from the Tobu Museum in Tokyo's old downtown of Higashi-Mukojima on May 29, 2015, as express trains come and go. The museum is located underneath the elevated railway tracks of Tobu Railway Co.'s Higashi-Mukojima Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's Higashi-Mukojima area: Railway museum popular with kids

Photo taken on May 29, 2015, shows a train motorman's compartment at the Tobu Museum, a railway museum in Tokyo's old downtown of Higashi-Mukojima. It is one of the museum's biggest attractions, popular among children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asakusa Station building with retro look

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the building of Tobu Railway Co.'s Asakusa Station in Tokyo's Taito Ward on May 18, 2012. The station near the Tokyo Skytree tower has been refurbished to look like what it was at its opening in 1931. (Kyodo)

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Ticket reservations for Tokyo Sky Tree

TOKYO, Japan - A staff member of a branch office of Tobu Travel Co. talks with a customer in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on March 22, 2012. The operator of Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest tower, started accepting reservation requests for tickets to the tower's observation deck for individuals at the travel agency's branch offices and the tower's website, with successful applicants to be selected in a drawing. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Sky Tree Station

TOKYO, Japan - A station on Tobu Railway Co's Tobu Isesaki Line bears its new name -- Tokyo Sky Tree Station -- in the early hours of March 17, 2012. The nearest rail stop to the world's tallest tower (top) was renamed that day from the former Narihirabashi Station. (Kyodo)

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Vegetable plant built on quake-hit site

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Toyokazu Kudo, president of Tobu Kankyo Inc., a recycling firm in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, and plant manager Kazutaka Sato hold a panel of vegetables cultivated at a hydroponics plant built on the site of the now-defunct Okawa Junior High School in the northeastern prefecture's Ishinomaki, flooded by the 2011 tsunami, on July 22, 2014. (Kyodo)

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White tiger cub reappears in zoo after surgery

SAITAMA, Japan - White tiger cub "Sky" is shown to the public again at Tobu Zoo on June 26, 2014, after successful surgery on his congenitally troubled right hind leg and subsequent rehabilitation for about six months. (Kyodo)

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More men sensitive to cold, attracted to goods to keep warm

TOKYO, Japan - An employee poses with a colorful belly warmer tie in the male underwear section of Tobu Department Store's flagship shop in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area in December 2010. Sales of belly warmers at the department store tripled since September that year compared with the same period in 2009. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Sky Tree is world's tallest tower: Guinness World Records

TOKYO, Japan - Alistair Richards (R), managing director of Guinness World Records, and Michiaki Suzuki, president of Tobu Tower Sky Tree Co., hold a Guinness World Records certificate recognizing the 634-meter-high broadcast tower as the world's tallest tower during a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2011. Tokyo Sky Tree is scheduled to open to the public in May 2012. (Kyodo)

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Replica of Shuri Castle

A one-25th scale replica of Shuri Castle in Okinawa Prefecture goes on public display at the Tobu World Square theme park in Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 24, 2021. The World Heritage-listed castle, hit by a massive fire in 2019, was added to items of the park, featuring miniature replicas of world-famous landmarks.

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New coronavirus

A mannequin with a handkerchief mask is displayed at a Tobu department store in Utsunomiya, Japan, on March 7, 2020. Sales of handkerchief masks have grown as the new coronavirus has led to a face mask shortage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo