University Tokyo College of Music Rikkyo University or St. Paul's University Taisho University Tokyo University of Social Welfare Two prestigious universities are located bordering Toshima. They are the University of Tokyo in Bunkyo and Waseda University bordering Shinjuku. Located Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates area public high schools. Toshima is also home to a number of accredited private schools: Rikkyo Ikebukuro Junior and Senior High School Toshima City Board of Education (豊島区教育委員会) operates public elementary and junior high schools. Municipal junior high schools: Chitosebashi Junior High School (千登世橋中学校) Ikebukuro Junior High School (池袋中学校) Komagome Junior High School (駒込中学校) Meiho Junior High School (明豊中学校) Nishiikebukuro Junior High School (西池袋中学校) Nishisugamo Junior High School (西巣鴨中学校) Senkawa Junior High School (千川中学校) Sugamokita Junior High School (巣鴨北中学校) Municipal elementary schools: Asahi Elementary School (朝日小学校) Chihaya Elementary School (千早小学校) Fujimidai Elementary School (富士見台小学校) Gyoko Elementary School (仰高小学校) Hosei Elementary School (豊成小学校) Hoyu Elementary School (朋有小学校) Ikebukuro Elementary School (池袋小学校) Ikebukuro Daiichi (No. 1) Elementary School (池袋第一小学校) Ikebukuro Daisan (No. 3) Elementary School (池袋第三小学校) Ikebukuro Honcho Elementary School (池袋本町小学校) Kaname Elementary School (要小学校) Komagome Elementary School (駒込小学校) Konan Elementary School (高南小学校) Mejiro Elementary School (目白小学校) Minami Ikebukuro Elementary School (南池袋小学校) Nagasaki Elementary School (長崎小学校) Nishisugamo Elementary School (西巣鴨小学校) Sakura Elementary School (さくら小学校) Seiwa Elementary School (清和小学校) Shiinamachi Elementary School (椎名町小学校) Sugamo Elementary School (巣鴨小学校) Takamatsu Elementary School (高松小学校) Municipal kindergartens: Ikebukuro Kindergarten (池袋幼稚園) Minami Nagasaki Kindergarten (南長崎幼稚園) Nishisugamo Kindergarten (西巣鴨幼稚園) Transportation Rail The main hub for rail transportation in Toshima ward is Ikebukuro Station, the second busiest train station in Japan. The rail lines which run through or terminate in Toshima are: East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Saikyō Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Yamanote Line Seibu Railway Seibu Ikebukuro Line Tobu Railway Tōjō Line Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) Tokyo Sakura Tram Also known as the Arakawa Metropolitan Streetcar Line, it is Tokyo's only remaining Tokyo Toden streetcar system. Toei Subway: Toei Shinjuku Line Mita Line Toei Ōedo Line Tokyo Metro Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Tokyo Metro Namboku Line Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line Famous people Tatsuro Yamashita, singer-songwriter and record producer Kō Shibasaki, singer and actress Jun Matsumoto, singer, actor, and member of Arashi Mone Inami, professional golfer References External links Toshima City Official Website Wards of Tokyo