Ikebukuro
Newly added “Angel Hour” service gets you a discount on drinks such as L.C.L. and the Ayanam Rei Soda cocktail.
With so many clean free-to-use toilets in Japan, we had to find out why you would pay to use one.
While the Shibuya celebration is as much about getting drunk with friends as it is anything else, in Ikebukuro it’s the costumes that take center stage.
Experience a new breed of terror this autumn, but don’t tap on the glass! It’ll scare the fish.
This Ikebukuro izakaya just gave us an 8,000-yen discount, and they’ll happily do the same for you.
Video game company’s iconic logo serves as motif for new treat from maker of edible Magikarp Pokémon.
If you dare to litter in Tokyo, you’d better watch out, because there’s a team of fearsome samurai warriors ready to admonish you.
Comfy seats, a four course meal, and a VR show? We guarantee this will be an experience you’ll never forget.
Rumiko Takahashi, Hayashibara Megumi, and others who were part of the iconic anime/manga hit reunite for an incredible meal.
Food, art, and exclusive merch are part of love letter to one of the most popular anime of all time, and totally worth a six-hour wait for a table.
Animate and the Toshima ward of Tokyo held a joint press conference on Friday to announce that an “Ikebukuro PR Anime” is in the works.
Because the last thing you want to do is wander through one of Tokyo’s massive stations while trying to hold in a dump.
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