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.

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 ...

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.

Shibuya’s model works like this: Each short film serves as a pilot and viewers have the power to greenlight future episodes. After watching a short film, fans can vote with crowdfunding pledges ...

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 ...

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.

While Shibuya's pre-pandemic Halloween crowds peaked at about 40,000 in 2019, authorities have been bracing for as many as 60,000 people to show up this month, Hasebe said. As much as 70% of the ...

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, ...

A patrol circulates to instruct members of the public not to drink alcohol on the street in Shibuya Center-gai, Shibuya, Tokyo, on October 4, 2024. (© Inose Hijiri) ...

Burger King's location in Shibuya's Center-gai district, which will be closed on Halloween, is seen in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in this photo provided by BK Japan Holdings Co.

Shibuya is one of Tokyo’s most popular neighborhoods. Here’s where to shop, eat, and stay when visiting Japan’s fashion capital.