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Ikebukuro

Ikebukuro is located in the northwest of Tokyo and it is one of the centres of the different quarters. The Ikebukuro station is almost as much crowded as Shinjuku station, so it is on the second place and you have to look for the right location, if you search for a special exit. Ikebukuro features big department stores, some of the biggest in Japan and therefore also in the whole world. After all, you can find one floor out of nine in "Seibu", which contains clothes for men, but looking at the size, it is sufficient. Poor ladies, which have to look for adequate clothes in the remaining floors. On the first floor, of course, they can find cosmetica on the whole area. Finally, I was happy, that I cannot speak Japanese...

Picture Source: Own exposure. Ikebukuro skyline.

Actually, you can even find more in Ikebukuro than the department stores near the station - the shopping centre "Sunshine City". This is also a good place for lunch or dinner, because the fourth floor contains many restaurants. If you return from "Sunshine City" to the station, you cross a section that really looks like a pedestrian precinct and this is not typical for Tokyo (because they don't built stores in the area but in height). The result is that you can find what you want, assuming you can indicate what you want according to the knowledge of Japanese language.

Picture Source: Own exposure. Pedestrian precinct in Ikebukuro.