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Ikebukuro Heisei Jogakuen — The 9 AM School Bell, the ¥8,000 Floor, and Why 'No Hotel Fee' Is the Whole Point
Ikebukuro Heisei Jogakuen is a store-based, school-themed fashion-health shop by the East Exit — average age 22, doors open 9:00 AM, courses from ¥8,000 for 30 minutes with no entrance fee and no room charge. Here's why the words that matter aren't 'school' or 'young' but 'no hotel fee,' and who the 9 AM door is really built for.