What is the famous crossing in Shinjuku?

Shibuya Crossing is one of Tokyo's most recognizable sights, pictured in countless films, magazines and blogs. During its busiest times, an estimated 1,000 to 2,500 people forge their way across this intersection every two minutes, enough to quickly fill up a football stadium.



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Over the years Shibuya's instantly recognizable crossing has been the backdrop for countless movies and television shows both in Japan and overseas thanks to its neon-lit buildings and mix of cultures and trendsetters, just like New York's Times Square.

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Shibuya Crossing is one of Tokyo's most recognizable sights, pictured in countless films, magazines and blogs. During its busiest times, an estimated 1,000 to 2,500 people forge their way across this intersection every two minutes, enough to quickly fill up a football stadium.

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Shibuya Crossing is the world's busiest pedestrian crossing, with as many as 3,000 people crossing at a time. Tokyo-based architecture professor Shane Flynn has said Shibuya Crossing is a great example of what Tokyo does best when it's not trying.

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Shibuya is Tokyo's Times Square.

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Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing: Welcome to the world's wildest intersection. Often referred to as the world's busiest crosswalk, thousands of pedestrians scramble across Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing daily.

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Shinjuku Station, meanwhile, is widely believed to be the world's busiest train station. Literally millions of people pass through the station daily. Thanks to the red-light district, Kabukicho, Shinjuku is known for ~sexy~ nightlife, hostess and host clubs, and love hotels.

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Often referred to as the world's busiest crosswalk, thousands of pedestrians scramble across Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing daily.

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Jingu-dori, the street that passes right in front of the Hachiko Exit of Shibuya Station, is where you'll find the world-famous Shibuya Crossing. Crossing the traffic lights, you can reach Shibuya Center-gai, which is full of young people, and Dogenzaka, which leads to Bunkamura-dori.

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The best time to go is at dusk, one of the scramble's peak times and in its most flattering light.

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With thousands of pedestrians crossing at any one time, Shibuya Crossing is one of the most iconic sights in Tokyo. Known as the Scramble, a visit to this intersection is essential for first-timers to the capital. Any promotional travel video of Tokyo or even Japan features Shibuya Crossing, and with good reason.

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There are really no really no go areas, even red light areas of Kabukicho in Shinjuku have tons of tourist visiting nowadays, crime towards visitors are low, the only real way you get into trouble is if you are looking for trouble yourself.

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