Shibuya Crossing
Shibuya Crossing, or Shibuya Scramble Crossing, is a popular scramble crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It is located in front of the Shibuya Station Hachikō exit and stops vehicles in all directions to allow pedestrians to inundate the entire intersection. The statue of Hachikō, between the station and the intersection, is a very common meeting place and almost always crowded.[1]
This intersection is frequently called "the most busiest pedestrian intersection in the world" and there is almost no loss of foot traffic at midnight or early morning. Road traffic jams rarely occur here even during rush hours.
According to the Shibuya Center Street in 2016, the number of pedestrians crossing the intersection was as much as 3,000 per green light (every 2 minutes). A 2014 flow measurement survey by the Shibuya Redevelopment Association estimated 260,000 pedestrians per day on week days, and 390,000 pedestrians on non-working days. Others estimate as much as 500,000 people on the busiest days. The 2012 SOTO Outdoor Media Survey estimated 1.5 million pedestrians per week.
Shibuya Crossing Media
Pedestrians using the crossing in 2008
The walking dinosaur advertisement visible on the QFRONT (Tsutaya) building that could be seen in the 2003 film Lost in Translation
References
- ↑ "The World's Busiest Pedestrian Crossing - WorldAtlas". web.archive.org. 2020-08-12. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
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