Mall & Department Store · Ikebukuro

Sunshine City サンシャインシティ

Ikebukuro's sprawling 'city within a city': Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo, Sunshine Aquarium, a planetarium, an observatory on Sunshine 60 and around 200 shops.

HoursShops 10:00–20:00; restaurants 11:00–22:00

ClosedIrregular

PriceFree

Getting thereHigashi-Ikebukuro Station, 3 min; Ikebukuro Station East Exit, 8 min

Time neededHalf day

Best timeRainy days

Address3-1 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima City, Tokyo

Websitesunshinecity.jp/en

About

Built in 1978 around the 240m Sunshine 60 tower, Sunshine City is one of Tokyo's best rainy-day complexes. Alpa and the World Import Mart hold around 200 shops including Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo, Disney and Ghibli shops, gacha game cafés, J-World-style collaboration spaces and plenty of anime goods. Add Sunshine Aquarium on the roof, the Konica Minolta Planetarium Manten, the Ancient Orient Museum and the Tenbou-Park observatory on 60F (renewed with a park-like lawn), and you can easily lose a day.

Highlights

Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo
Sunshine Aquarium on the roof
SKY CIRCUS / Tenbou-Park observatory on 60F
Konica Minolta Planetarium 'Manten'
Gashapon and anime goods stores

Tips

Underground passage from Ikebukuro East Exit avoids the rain
Combine tickets for aquarium + observatory save money
Arrive early for Pokémon Center
Otome Road and Animate are a few minutes' walk

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