Shibuya

Shibuya
Once the location of the Tokyo Olympics, Shibuya is a commercial and entertainment district in Tokyo and as such it is popular amongst the Japanese youth crowd. The Shibuya streets, notably Takeshita St and Center Gai, are filled with plenty of fashion shops and bars.

Shibuya is home to NHK Studio Park and also the busiest intersection in the world just outside Shibuya station. Not far away from Shibya is the Ebisu Gardens where the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and a beer museum is located. The building was once the location of the Yebisu Breweries. Getting to Shibya is easiest via the Metro Ginza line or the JR Yamanote Line.

Shibuya

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Shibuya Map

Below is a map of Shibuya with the major attractions numbered. You will note the huge Shibuya station at the bottom of the map, its…


Shibuya

About Shibuya

The Shibuya district surrounds the Shibuya Railway Station, this station is known as one of the busiest stations in the world. An estimated 2.4 million…


Meiji Jingu Shrine

Meiji Jingu Shrine

The Meiji Jingu is the Shinto shrine dedicated to the soul of Emperor Meiji. Meiji was the 122nd Emperor of Japan and died in 1912;…


Yoyogi Park

Yoyogi Park

Originally the site of the first powered aircraft flight in Japan, what is now Yoyogi Park was also a Japanese military residence and later used…


Bunkamuru

Bunkamura

Bunkamura is a major theatre, a concert hall and two art exhibition spaces owned by the Tokyu department store chain and is located next door…


Yebisu Garden Place

Yebisu Garden Place

Yebisu Garden Place is located in the suburb now more commonly known as Ebisu. Ebisu is located near Shibuya and Roppongi with Ebisu Station being…


NHK Studiopark

NHK Studiopark

NHK or the Nippon Housou Kyouka is Japan’s national broadcaster. NHK is also known as the Japan Broadcasting Corporation and is the public TV and…


Harajuku

Harajuku

Harajuku is known as Tokyo’s teenager town. It is an entire district catering for the young and trendy Tokyoite. The precinct is jam packed with…


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