Shibuya, literally "Astringent Valley", is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. A major commercial and business center, it houses the two busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station and Shibuya Station.
1. Scramble Crossing
The Scramble Crossing is a crossroad with pedestrian crosswalks, so when the traffic light turns green, a huge number of people stream into the street. The best way to see the diagonal streams of people is to go to the Starbucks located on the 2nd floor of the Tsutaya building.
2. Hachiko
The statue of Hachiko is a famous meeting place that was memorialized in the 1987 movie, "Hachiko Monogatari". Hachiko was a real dog that used to meet his owner at Shibuya Station every day. It is said that even after the owner died, Hachiko waited at the station for 9 years straight. The statue commemorates the loyalty of that dog.
3. Tourist Information Center
There are three tourist information centers around Shibuya Station, and all of them have English-speaking staff. There's one in the green train car by Hachiko called the Blue Gaeru Tourist Information Center, the Shibuya-ku Tourist Information Center on the 4th floor of Mark City, and the Tokyu Tokyo Metro Shibuya Station Tourist Information Center on floor B2 of the Denen-toshi Line/Hanzomon Line sections of Shibuya Station.
4. Taro Okamoto "Asu no Shinwa"
This is a mural that measures 5.5x30 meters by Taro Okamoto, the sculptor of the famous Tower of the Sun for Osaka Expo '70. He lived in France from 1930-1940, and interacted with many abstract and surrealist artists. This mural was requested for a hotel that was under construction in 1968-1969 in Mexico City, but before it was completed, the hotel was sold and the mural went missing. In 2003, it was found in a storehouse ...$