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At peak times, thousands of pedestrians scramble across what’s believed to be the world’s busiest intersection – Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing. Here’s how to experience this fascinating area.
Wherever you go in the world, chances are you’ll be able to find a McDonald’s. Some branches are greater than others, though, and in Japan, one branch worth visiting is the one in Shibuya’s Center-gai ...
After 6 p.m., the number of young people and foreigners in costumes gradually increased in front of Shibuya Station and Shibuya Center Gai. Nearby streets became one-way pedestrian traffic.
The Shibuya River will be the center of a new green area. (Image courtesy of Tōkyū Corporation) Attracting Creative Talent. During the IT bubble in the latter half of the 1990s, ...
T OKYO -- A man has been confirmed dead after reportedly falling from the Shibuya Parco shopping center in Japan's capital on the evening of Jan. 11, injuring a nearby man in the process.
TOKYO -- Shibuya, Japan's center of youth culture and a vibrant Tokyo neighborhood, is steadily gaining a reputation as a hotbed for IT companies, sta ...
Al fresco pizza and beer. It doesn't get much better than this in the middle of Shibuya. Who cares if your seat is a hard, narrow trestle, the view is an inner-city abandoned lot and the pies are ...
Right across from Nintendo Tokyo, the new Pokémon Center Shibuya looks like the futuristic lab of the game’s Professor Willow. At the entrance, you’ll be greet ...
The new location, called Pokemon Center Shibuya, will coincide with the opening of the Shibuya Parco shopping center that will also debut this coming fall in Tokyo.
Shibuya Mayor Ken Hasebe, center, and others patrol the streets of Shibuya holding a banner that reads “No Drinking on the Street” on the evening of Oct. 1.
How Shibuya reduced cigarette litter by 90%. ... The first place we found a lot of them was in Shibuya Center-Gai. We picked them up along with other trash as volunteers, ...