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24-480: Zōshigaya ( 雑司が谷 , also 雑司ヶ谷 ) is a neighborhood in Toshima, Tokyo . Zōshigaya includes Zōshigaya 1- chome though Zōshigaya 3- chome as well as parts of Minami-Ikebukuro . 35°43′12″N 139°43′14″E  /  35.720009°N 139.720444°E  / 35.720009; 139.720444 This Tokyo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Toshima, Tokyo The ward

48-591: A bookstore chain, is headquartered in Toshima. Itochu corporation and Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd. has a presence in Toshima. Taisho Pharmaceutical , a pharmaceutical company, also has its headquarters in the ward. In 1956, Asatsu Inc. established its headquarters in Mejiro, Toshima. In May 1967, the company's headquarters moved to Shinbashi , Minato. There are six Universities in Toshima. Two prestigious universities are located bordering Toshima. They are

72-717: A department store adjoining its station on 29 May 1962. Around the same time, the Tobu station platforms were expanded with three tracks. In March 1992, automatic ticket barriers were installed at the north exit of the Tobu Station, and in June of the same year, the Tobu Department Store was expanded with the addition of the Metropolitan Plaza annex located on the south side. The station facilities of

96-468: A moderate plateau with a difference of 28 m between the ward's highest and lowest points. Approximately 47% of Toshima's land is residential, and 20% is commercial and public areas. Although Toshima is a ward, it is referred to as a city. The ward offices are located in Ikebukuro , which is also the commercial and entertainment center of Toshima. With a non-Japanese population of 19,868, or 7.42% of

120-574: A suburban agricultural district in the Edo period to the urban commercial center that it is today. The growth was fueled by the construction of various rail lines built in the Meiji and Taishō periods. The former Somei village, now part of Toshima, was a center of plant nurseries, and is the birthplace of the Somei Yoshino , Japan's most popular variety of sakura (cherry blossom tree). The variety

144-560: Is Ikebukuro Station , the second busiest train station in Japan. The rail lines which run through or terminate in Toshima are: Ikebukuro Station Ikebukuro Station ( Japanese : 池袋駅 , romanized :  Ikebukuro-eki ) is a major railway station located in the Ikebukuro district of Toshima, Tokyo , Japan , shared by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro , and

168-680: The Seibu Ikebukuro Line and the Tobu Tojo Line . [REDACTED] Seibu Ikebukuro Line (Ikebukuro to Agano) - limited through service to Seibu Chichibu Line ; branches to Seibu Toshima Line , Seibu Yūrakuchō Line , and Seibu Sayama Line TJ Tōbu Tōjō Line (Ikebukuro to Yorii) On weekdays, S-Train (Seibu) services skip this station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line . However, on weekends or holidays, S-Train (Seibu) services stop here on

192-641: The Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line is four stories underground, to the west of the main station complex. The latter line runs south toward Shinjuku and Shibuya along Meiji-dori, and offers through services to Motomachi-Chūkagai Station in Yokohama via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line . Tokyo Metro's underground mall "Echika" is also located inside the station. Chest-high platform edge doors were introduced on

216-651: The Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line platforms for alighting passengers only. In Ikebukuro Station, there are two main entrances; the East Exit and the West Exit. There are a number of other secondary entrances such as the JR North Exit, the Metropolitan Exit, the various Seibu exits, and multiple subway exits. The JR lines run north/south through the center. The Tobu platforms are to the northwest and

240-597: The University of Tokyo in Bunkyo and Waseda University bordering Shinjuku. Located Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates area public high schools. Toshima is also home to a number of accredited private schools: Toshima City Board of Education (豊島区教育委員会) operates public elementary and junior high schools. Municipal junior high schools: Municipal elementary schools: Municipal kindergartens: The main hub for rail transportation in Toshima ward

264-754: The JR platforms in 2016 with Ikebukuro being assigned station numbers JY13 for the Yamanote Line, JA12 for the Saikyo Line, and JS21 for the Shonan-Shinjuku Line. On 1 March 2024, the departure melody on both Yamanote Line platforms was changed to the theme song of Bic Camera . The company has its head office and a major store building in the area. The figures below are the official number of passengers entering and exiting each day released by each train operator. Annual passenger figures for

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288-690: The Marunouchi and Yurakucho Lines were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. In June 2008, the Tobu station ticket barriers were color-coded into three "zones": North, Central, and South. Chest-height platform edge doors were installed on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line platforms in January 2011. Station numbering was introduced to

312-520: The Seibu platforms are to the southeast. Both Tobu and Seibu operate department stores adjacent to their terminal stations. (Despite their names, "Seibu" (西武) starts with the kanji for "west" (西), but its platforms are on the eastern side of the station, while "Tōbu" (東武) starts with the character for "east" (東), but its platforms are on the western side of the station.) The Marunouchi Line and Yurakucho Line run east/west two stories underground, while

336-465: The Yamanote Line platforms on 2 March 2013. The Tobu station has three terminating tracks served by platforms 1 to 5, arranged as shown in the diagram on the right. Platforms 3 and 5 are normally used for disembarking passengers, although platform 5 is also used for passengers boarding the evening TJ Liner services, which require payment of a supplementary fare. From 14 June 2015, the departure melodies used when trains are about to depart from

360-407: The end of fiscal 2020. Platform doors protecting platform 1 are in use since 21 April 2018. It is planned to have platform doors protecting platforms 2 and 3 in operation from 2 March 2019. There are three sets of ticket barriers giving access to the platforms: the "South Gate" at ground level (signposted in red), and the "Central Gate" (signposted in blue) and "North Gate" (signposted in green) on

384-686: The first basement level. Platforms 1, 4, and 6 are normally used for disembarking passengers only. This station consists of three separate island platforms for the Marunouchi Line , Yurakucho Line , and Fukutoshin Line . The Tokyo Metro platforms are equipped with chest-height platform edge doors . The station was opened on 1 April 1903 by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The Tōjō Railway Line (present-day Tobu Tojo Line ) station opened on 1 May 1914 with

408-406: The middle of 2024, Ikebukuro is one of the 50 busiest train stations in the world with an average number of 2.5 million people using the station everyday. The surrounding Ikebukuro district is a major commercial center. The Seibu department store, Sunshine City , Parco, and Bic Camera are located to the east of the station, while the Tobu department store and Metropolitan Plaza are located to

432-545: The opening of the 33.5 km (20.8 mi) line to Tanomosawa ( 田面沢駅 ) in Saitama Prefecture (located between the present stations of Kawagoeshi and Kasumigaseki ). As the Tokyo terminus of the line was originally planned to be at Shimo-Itabashi , Ikebukuro Station is to this day marked by km post "-1.9" (the distance from Shimo-Itabashi Station where the "0 km" post for the line is located). Tobu opened

456-412: The station are to be changed to classical themes, with "Allegro" from "Divertimento in D major, K. 136" by Mozart used for platforms 1/2, "Menuetto" from " Eine kleine Nachtmusik " by Mozart used for platforms 3/4, and "Allegro ma non troppo" from the " Pastoral Symphony " by Beethoven used for TJ Liner services departing from platform 5. Chest-high platform edge doors are scheduled to be added by

480-528: The station between fiscal 1903 and 1965 are as shown below. Note that the figures only consider boarding passengers and a blank indicates that no data is available. The daily passenger figures for the JR East, Seibu, Tobu, and Tokyo Metro station after fiscal 2000 are as shown below. Note that the JR East figures only consider boarding passengers whereas the Seibu, Tobu, and Tokyo Metro figures consider both entering and exiting passengers. Found in online news in

504-414: The total, Toshima is one of the most international wards in Tokyo. Of the foreign population, 56% is of Chinese descent , 20% is of Korean descent , with the rest being of primarily Filipino and European descent. Toshima was formed in 1932 by the merger of four towns, Sugamochō, Nishi-sugamochō, Takadachō, and Nagasakichō, bordered by the quickly expanding former city of Tokyo . The area evolved from

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528-420: The two private railway operators Seibu Railway and Tobu Railway . With 2.71 million daily passengers on average in 2007, it is the second-busiest railway station in the world (after Shinjuku Station ), and the busiest station in the Tobu, Seibu, and Tokyo Metro networks. It primarily serves commuters from Saitama Prefecture and other residential areas northwest of the city center. It is the Tokyo terminal of

552-696: Was developed at the end of the Edo period. Toshima is run by a city assembly of 36 elected members. The current mayor is Yukio Takano, an independent backed by all major parties except the Japanese Communist Party . In April 2011, Taiga Ishikawa was elected to the Toshima assembly, becoming the first openly gay man to win an election in Japanese history. Notes: FamilyMart has its headquarters in Ikebukuro , Toshima. Seiyu Group has its registered head office in Toshima. Libro ,

576-420: Was founded on March 15, 1947, and reached a peak resident population of 370,000 in 1965. The population has continued to decline and as of May 1, 2015, the ward had an estimated population of 298,250, with a population density of 22,920 persons per km . During the day the population swells with commuters, resulting in a daytime population of around 378,475. The total land area of Toshima is 13.01 km , sitting on

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