Originally Posted by RichardInSF
Are you sure you mean Ikebukuro or did you confuse it with another big station like Shinagawa? The Narita Express goes around the south of Tokyo after it leaves Tokyo station to get to Shinjuku, which means that it definitely does NOT pass Ikebukuro before reaching Shinjuku.
Whoah! I stand corrected, I did not know that; I always thought the Shinjuku-bound N'EXes split off before Tokyo. Ikebukuro is between Nippori and Shinjuku so geographically it
would seem to make a lot more sense for it to go counterclockwise...
http://gojapan.about.com/cs/transpor...jryamanote.htm
That smell-o-vision thing sounds fun and silly, however, how can I find it? I might go look when I am next in Tokyo in a few weeks!
Right here; the "AMLUX Theater" is what they call it. Poke at the Access button for directions (or just head for Sunshine 60).
Although these days I'd probably opt for the
Toyota Megaweb in Odaiba instead, which compensates for lack of smell-o-vision with the ability to test-drive a real car. Odaiba also has lots more other quirky places to explore than Ikebukuro, eg. the utterly bizarre Venus Fort, Little Hong Kong, the Fuji TV studios...