Sunshine City

What it is

Sunshine City is a huge Ikebukuro shopping, dining and entertainment complex built around the Sunshine 60 tower, combining the Alpa and ALTA shopping wings, the World Import Mart Building, an aquarium, an observatory and a planetarium. Alpa shops run 10:00–20:00 (its restaurants to 22:00) and ALTA shops run 11:00–20:00, but hours vary by wing and by individual tenant — check the official site (sunshinecity.jp) before visiting a specific shop.

Otaku-relevant tenants — an honest status check

The long-time anchor, Pokémon Center MEGA TOKYO (Alpa 2F, alongside Pokémon Card Station and Pokémon GO Lab.), is temporarily closed as of mid-2026, with reopening targeted for around September 2026 — confirm on the official site before planning a trip around it. The earlier anime theme parks here, J-WORLD TOKYO and its VR successor MAZARIA, both closed years ago (2019 and 2020 respectively) and are no longer at the complex. The current otaku anchor is Bandai Namco Cross Store Tokyo on the 3rd floor of the World Import Mart Building (10:00–21:00 daily), a large amusement/gashapon/official-goods hub housing brand shops such as an IDOLM@STER Official Shop 315!!!SHOP, a Tamagotchi shop and a Dragon Ball Super Card Game Fusion World official store. Alpa's 2nd floor is also home to a large permanent ONE PIECE Mugiwara Store (weekdays 11:00–20:00, weekends/holidays 10:00–21:00). Beyond these permanent tenants, Sunshine City regularly hosts rotating anime and manga pop-up shops or cafés — check what's actually open before making a special trip, as this list keeps changing.