sentences:  Several other stores focused on goods aimed at women are located further west in Ikebukuro, mainly concentrated around the flagship Animate store.As Otome Road is only a small area of a larger commercial district, it does not have frequenters who walk around in cosplay, and is not immediately distinguishable from other streets.Ikebukuro has been a destination for otaku since the 1980s, with notable attractions including a branch of the anime goods store Animate and the "dōjinshi" conventions (now defunct) and , both held at Sunshine City.