Sunshine City is a building complex located in East Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan.
I set out to Ikebukuro station on Wednesday morning to look for a bookstore called K-books.
There were several unforeseen obstacles in my mission: a persistent rain; it turned out there were about a dozen K-books stores in the area, each tucked into a hole-in-the-all space; and when I finally found the right one, a sign outside said it was closed until Friday for renovations. Oh no!
The Yamanote line, on the way to Ikebukuro station.An arch with the sun, in the Sunshine City complex of buildings.A K-pop store. K-pop stands for Korean pop culture, meaning boy bands, girl bands, manhwa (Korean mange) and associated merchandise such as figurines.Here is the K-books store that I tracked down to no avail. The basement section with books is closed for renovation until Friday.Nitori is a Japanese furniture and home accessories retail company headquartered in Sapporo. It is sometimes referred to as ‘Japan’s IKEA’. (Even though Japan has IKEA stores as well).The umbrellas are out.Here’s a roadrunner, like the one in the Looney Tunes cartoons.I made a run to Tokyo Station early evening to check out how to get to the shinkansen (bullet train) gates. I will travel towards Sapporo on the Shinkansen on Sunday with a stayover in Hakodate.I got lost in Shinjuku station on the way back and ended up in a section called Shinjuku Tower with polished pillars, and stopped for a moment to take a picture.The top of Tokyu Kabukicho Tower from my hotel room window.Tokyu Kabukicho Tower.
