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8 unusual facts about Shibuya


Crayon Pop

Returning to Japanese promotions, Crayon Pop held a mini-concert on January 6, 2013 in Shibuya, Tokyo.

I Will Be Here

Exiting through a parking deck, he eventually makes his way through Shibuya, Tokyo, and does one final dance in the middle of the famous intersection in front of the Hachiko exit at Shibuya Station, before going to the top of a building, where he "powers down" as the music ends.

Shibuya, Tokyo

Saikyō Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line: Shinjuku (the part south of Kōshū Kaidō, including the New South Entrance, is in Shibuya), Shibuya, Ebisu

The Tokyu Toyoko Line opened in 1932, making Shibuya a key terminal between Tokyo and Yokohama, and was joined by the forerunner of the Keio Inokashira Line in 1933 and the forerunner of the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line in 1938.

Famed for its beautiful trees that turn bright yellow in autumn, cafes, restaurants and large replica of Michelangelo's David outside of the Papas building.

The Lost Lolli

A First Press version of the album was sold exclusively at Tower Records, in Shibuya.

Tokyo Inter-High School

Traditionally, in-person classes are offered for students who live in Tokyo on their campus located in Shibuya.

Uniting Nations

Danny Choo used Uniting Nation's Ai no Corrida in his Tokyo Dance Trooper video shot in Shibuya, Tokyo


At the Night Side

Its content was recorded at four different concerts in three different places; Hibiya Yagai Ongakudo on June 28 & 29 2003, NHK Hall on April 10, 2003 and Shibuya-AX on April 30, 2003.

City Lights Vol. 2: Shibuya

2: Shibuya is the fifth solo project released by producer Nicolay, one half of the duo The Foreign Exchange.

Dragon'98 Special Live

Dragon'98 Special Live is an album of a live concert featuring a few of the solo artist who contributed song for the anime Dragon Ball Z which was held at Shibuya back in 1998.

Hanako Oku

In 2004, Oku began to perform on the streets of Tokyo, mainly in Shibuya ward, but once sold 402 CDs in four hours outside Kashiwa railway station.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ

One notable example of this is when X Japan co-founder Yoshiki noted the Shibuya-based restaurant La Rochelle as his favorite place.

Ikebukuro Station

The latter line runs south toward Shinjuku and Shibuya along Meiji-dori, and offers through services to Motomachi-Chūkagai Station in Yokohama via the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Minatomirai Line.

Inditex

Today Inditex's stores can be seen in places like New York's Fifth Avenue, Milan's Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, London's Regent Street and Oxford Street, Frankfurt's Zeil, Shanghai's Nanjing West Road, Tokyo's Shibuya, Istanbul's Nişantaşı, Seoul's Myeong-dong, and Vienna's Kärntner Straße.

Naval Air Facility Atsugi

Yamato is an alternative name for the Nara region, Ayase is generally associated with the area around Ayase Station in northeast Tokyo, and Shibuya is generally associated with the ward of Shibuya in central Tokyo.

Phongchi

In September 2010 she made her first Vietnam-related appearance at the annual Vietnam Festival event took place at the Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Pizzicato Five

Inspired by the advent of sampling (De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising is said to have been a major influence), the group put together a sound which would help start the burgeoning Shibuya-kei scene.

Punk Rock Is Your Friend: Kung Fu Records Sampler No. 5

#Ozma – "Utsukushii Shibuya" (Japanese version) (from Spending Time on the Borderline)

Shibuhara Girls

Shibuhara Girls is a MTV Japan/MTV Asia reality mini-series that centers around the lives of a group of young aspiring Japanese women as they seek stardom in the popular pop culture and fashion districts of Tokyo, Japan; Shibuya and Harajuku.

Shibuya Airwaves

On July 1, 2007 at Anime Expo, Oscar Gutierrez announced that Shibuya Airwaves produced a spin-off radio show for XM and WorldSpace satellite radio on U-Pop.

Shibuya Airwaves was a radio program produced by eigoMANGA created by Oscar Gutierrez Jr., Tetsuro Mori, and Austin Osueke.

Shibuya Jazz Classics: Toshiko Akiyoshi Issue

Shibuya Jazz Classics, Monday Michiru Collection, Toshiko Akiyoshi Issue is a compilation album of recordings by jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi both in small combo and big band settings.

Shion Uzuki

Shion makes an appearance in Namco × Capcom, when she, MOMO, and KOS-MOS appear in the middle of Shibuya during a series of dimensional disturbances, in time to help the main characters against a Gnosis attack.

Tayuka Nakanishi

Along with Akira Takeuchi, she is founder and main designer of the Theatre Products fashion brand, which is popular in the Harajuku and Shibuya areas of Tokyo, known as centers of youth fashion.

Titus Software

The Japanese subsidiary, Titus Japan K.K., had its head office on the eighth floor of the Kotubuki Dogenzaka Building in Dōgenzaka (JA), Shibuya, Tokyo.

Tokyo Connection

Halcali, again, features many artists and producers throughout the album, such as: electrocore unit 80kidz, Shibuya-kei veteran Maki Nomiya (ex-Pizzicato Five) and Japanese Ska group Your Song Is Good as the backing band.

Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line

From 16 March 2013, the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line moved to share the line's Shibuya terminus, enabling through services on the Minatomirai Line to Motomachi-Chūkagai Station in Yokohama.

University of Laughs

In July 2007, Theatre BRAVA! in Osaka and Parco Theatre in Shibuya previewed the West End scheduled English-language version of the play (with a new title, The Last Laugh), starring British actors Martin Freeman as the Playwright and Roger Lloyd Pack as the Censor.


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