What It’s Like: At The World’s Busiest Intersection (Video)

[Introducing a new feature on NoBoundaries I'm calling "What It's Like," each installment will bring to you a different first person experience that I've encountered while on the road. I'm going to provide very little commentary, and just give you a chance to experience it for yourself. Please leave comments.]

This is a short video of the famous intersection in the Shibuya Ward of Tokyo that is reportedly the world’s busiest. WOW! That’s a lot of people…and it looks like that at every crossing. Shibuya is the fashion center of Tokyo, it has a great energy about it and, in my opinion, is best experienced at night. (It reminds me of Time Square in New York City.) This intersection is featured in the Sofia Coppola film Lost in Translation.

Shibuya Crossing

(This video was taken by my brother Adam, check out the website of his time in Japan.)

What you can do from here:

  • Leave a comment about what else you’d like to see as a “What It’s Like” Video or read comments left by others.
  • Check out a really AMAZING Quicktime VR Panorama of the same intersection (from another perspective) by Ian Orgias of ImageWorks VR.

What It’s Like: At The World’s Busiest Intersection (Video)

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