Otome Road

"Maiden Road") is a name given to an area of Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan that is a major shopping and cultural center for anime and manga aimed at women.

[1] 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.

That same year, K-Books in Ikebukuro changed its product offerings to specialize in dōjinshi aimed at women.

[4] The area gained further visibility through the 2005 film Densha Otoko, which presented Otome Road as the female equivalent to Akihabara, another popular location for otaku.

Comic Toranoana and Mandarake both operate Otome Road locations specializing in goods aimed at women.