The world's busiest pedestrian crossing, seen from street level, from a café window and from an open rooftop 229 metres up.
When the lights turn red for cars outside Shibuya station, up to 3,000 people cross at once, from every corner in every direction.
Above it, the open rooftop of Shibuya Scramble Square sits 229 metres up. Shibuya Sky costs about ¥2,700 before 3pm and ¥3,400 for the sunset and night slots.
Tickets go on sale online about four weeks ahead, and the sunset slot sells out two weeks out.
For a free view of the crossing, try the Mag's Park roof or the Starbucks window. Then drink in Nonbei Yokocho, an alley of forty tiny bars by the tracks.
An evening in Shibuya.
Walk the scramble a couple of times in each direction.
Watch the crowds from the rooftop opposite the station.
Arrive 30 minutes before sunset for your slot.
Watch the city switch on below you, Fuji on clear days.
Squeeze into one of forty bars by the tracks.
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Shibuya station on the JR Yamanote and several subway lines; use the Hachiko exit.
Book Shibuya Sky online; the roof closes in bad weather and tickets switch to the indoor deck.
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons and Pexels under their licences.
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