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6 unusual facts about Shibuya Station


Hidesaburō Ueno

A bronze statue commemorating the dog was set up in front of the Shibuya Station in 1934 a year before his death.

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.

Mitsuo Fuchida

In the fall of 1948, Fuchida was passing by the bronze statue of Hachiko at the Shibuya Station when he was handed a pamphlet about the life of Jacob DeShazer, a member of the Doolittle Raid who was captured by the Japanese after his B-25 bomber ran out of fuel over occupied China.

Shibuya Station

On November 17, 2008, a mural by Tarō Okamoto, "The Myth of Tomorrow", depicting a human figure being hit by an atomic bomb, was unveiled in its new permanent location at the station, in the connecting passage to the Keio Inokashira Line entrance.

Tarō Okamoto

After being lost for 30 years in Mexico, on November 17, 2008, his mural "The Myth of Tomorrow", depicting the effects of a atomic bomb, was unveiled in its new permanent location at Shibuya Station, Tokyo.

Yasuhiro Ishimoto

Monochrome images, mostly of the backs of individual people waiting for the lights to change at the main crossroads in front of Shibuya Station.


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.


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