The Shibuya Crossing
Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing is famous for being the busiest pedestrian crossing in the world. It is crossed by over 2.4 million people every day, with about 3000 pedestrians crossing every time the light changes without bumping into each other. Shibuya Crossing is so iconic it has become a symbol of Tokyo and its ultra-modern lifestyle. It has been featured in countless Hollywood movies, for example, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Resident Evil: Afterlife. Shibuya crossing has gained a reputation of being a must-see tourist attraction in Tokyo and Japan as a whole.
Though it is often compared to Times Square in New York and Piccadilly Circus in London, it’s more like Shibuya Crossing is to Japan what the Eiffel Tower is to France or the Statue of Liberty is to the U.S. The intersection is most crowded on
Friday or Saturday nights with neon lights in every direction, giving it an energy that is beyond words. The history of the crossing goes back over 100 years when it was merely a station. Shibuya Crossing is also famous for the story of Hachikō, a dog who waited for his master’s return at the Shibuya station every day and continued to wait for him for nine years after he passed away. That alone is reason enough to consider a trip to this iconic spot.
