The world’s most famous crossing
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Neon, giant screens and a sea of people: Shibuya is the image of modern Tokyo. Come to walk the crossing, greet the Hachikō statue, go up Shibuya Sky and explore the shops and bar alleys all the way to Harajuku and Meiji Shrine.
Just a railway junction in the early 20th century, Shibuya grew with its department stores after the war and became the capital of fashion and youth culture in the 1990s. Since the 2010s, new towers have transformed the station area.
