Little Tokyo, Station area
- Hauptbahnhof, Immermannstrasse, Deutsch-Japanisches Center, Hotel Nikko, Marienkirche, Kyoto
Düsseldorf has Europe’s largest Japanese community. The area around Immermannstrasse is called Little Tokyo and has Japanese restaurants, sushi-spots, supermarkets and stores. The Deutsch-Japanisches Center with the Nikko Hotel is the most important building in Little Tokyo. On May 26th each year Japan Day is celebrated in Little Tokyo with fireworks. The area starts at Hauptbahnhof, Düsseldorf’s Central Station, a building in early modernist style that opened in 1891 and has a boxy clock tower and totally 24 platforms. The station is Germany’s 6th busiest railway station.
I stayed at the 3-star Hotel Monopol, at Oststrasse near the Central Station and Little Tokyo. Nothing special but great breakfast and good value for money. It was really hot but the tiny room was cool and had a nice shower.
![Hotel Monopol 9](Dusseldorf_Little_Tokyo_gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails2401/hotel_monopol_9.jpg)
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