Selected images and diagrams are reproduced from materials provided through the listing partner.
La Vita Ikebukuro is a steel-framed, three-storey building of ten rooms at 1-22-3 Chihaya in Toshima Ward, completed in January 2026. The building has a total floor area of 352.44 sq m on a registered land area of 198.60 sq m, held freehold, and the whole building is offered in a single transaction.
Each room is self-contained. The listing material records a kitchenette, a bathroom separate from the WC, a shower, a vanity, storage, a refrigerator, hot water, city gas, individual heating and cooling, and the photographs show a television and furnishings in place. The building has an auto-lock entrance, a delivery box and shutters.
The source material lists the property in the ryokan (inn) category, and the building is completed and not yet in operation. The permitted use, the licence position, any operating projections and the furniture and equipment included in the sale are all confirmed on enquiry.
| Property Type | Newly Completed Lodging Building |
|---|---|
| Asking Price | JPY 670,000,000 |
| Listed Category | Listed in the ryokan (inn) category in the source material |
| Address | 1-22-3 Chihaya, Toshima-ku, Tokyo |
| Nearest Station | Kanamecho Station (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line) |
| Walking Distance | Approx. 3 min |
| Number of Units | 10 Rooms |
| Building Area | 352.44 sq m (total floor area) |
| Land Area | 198.60 sq m (registered) |
| Building Height | 3 Storeys |
| Building Structure | Steel Frame |
| Year Built | January 2026 (newly built) |
| Tenure | Freehold Ownership |
| Zoning | Category I Residential |
| Occupancy | Completed and vacant |
| Handover | By consultation |
| Listing Type | Partner Listing |
Land area is the figure recorded on the public register and the floor area is from the listing material; both remain subject to verification. The source material records no building coverage ratio, floor area ratio, constructor or road frontage, so none is stated here.
The source material states no rental income, occupancy or yield for this property, so none is shown here.
The permitted use, the licence position under the Ryokan Business Act or the Private Lodging Business Act, and any equipment included in the sale are confirmed on enquiry.
The building stands at 1-22-3 Chihaya in Toshima Ward, in the residential streets west of Ikebukuro. The listing material records Kanamecho Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line at approximately three minutes on foot, Senkawa on the same line at fifteen minutes and Ikebukuro on the JR Yamanote Line at eighteen minutes.
The Yurakucho Line runs through Iidabashi, Nagatacho, Yurakucho and on toward Toyosu, and Fukutoshin Line services share the same platforms at Kanamecho toward Shinjuku-Sanchome and Shibuya. Ikebukuro adds the Yamanote Line and several private railways. Journey times vary with the service and any changes, so none are stated here.
Chihaya is a quiet residential district of low-rise housing and local shopping, close enough to Ikebukuro — one of Tokyo's largest retail, dining and transport hubs — to walk, but away from its noise.
The map indicates the location of La Vita Ikebukuro. Walking times above are as stated in the listing material.
Open in Google MapsToshima Ward sits among the stronger performers in the Tokyo land market this year.
In the At Home – Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Research Institute Mansion Rent Index for Q1 2026, the single-type index for Tokyo’s 23 wards — units of 18 to under 30 sq m, the band closest to the compact rooms in this building — stood at 133.98 against a 2009 base of 100, approximately 8.1% higher than a year earlier.
In the Reiwa 8 (2026) Official Land Price Survey, residential land in Toshima Ward rose 12.9% on the previous year, and the all-use average for the ward rose 14.3%. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Real Estate Price Index puts condominium prices in Tokyo at 234.8 for December 2025 against a 2010 average of 100 — a rise of approximately 9.6% on the same month a year earlier.
These figures describe Tokyo’s 23 wards, Toshima Ward and Tokyo as a whole, not this individual property. The rent index and the price index both cover residential condominiums rather than lodging buildings, and neither is specific to this address or to accommodation demand; the land figure is an average across all official reference points in the ward and is not an appraisal of this site. None of them guarantees future rent, occupancy, value or performance.
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Three minutes to Kanamecho and eighteen on foot to Ikebukuro is a strong position for a building of small rooms. The Yurakucho and Fukutoshin lines from the same platforms reach Shinjuku-Sanchome, Shibuya, Nagatacho and Toyosu without a change, and Ikebukuro itself is one of the busiest hubs in Tokyo. Guests and short-stay tenants care about exactly that.
The building was completed in January 2026 and has not been operated, so a buyer takes a new asset with no history to unwind and no refurbishment to carry out. Each of the ten rooms is self-contained — kitchenette, bathroom separate from the WC, vanity, storage, refrigerator and its own air conditioning — which is what allows a building like this to work either as accommodation or as compact residential letting, depending on what the permitted use allows.
That last point is the one to settle first. The source lists the property in the ryokan category, and the licence position, the permitted use under the Category I Residential zoning and the equipment included in the sale are all confirmed on enquiry. For a buyer who wants a small, new, whole-building asset near Ikebukuro rather than a single unit, it is a straightforward starting point. Toshima Ward recorded a 12.9% rise in residential land prices this year.
This property is introduced through a Japanese real estate partner. Availability, price and property details remain subject to confirmation at the time of enquiry.
