Photo Hunt - Heavy, Omoi
Feb 8th, 2008 by Neil
This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Heavy or Omoi (おもい) in Japanese.
The pedestrian traffic in Shibuya is Heavy to say the least. Shibuya is famous for its scramble crossing which is reportedly the world’s busiest. It is located in front of the Shibuya Station Hachiko exit and stops vehicles in all directions to allow pedestrians to inundate the entire intersection. Three large TV screens mounted on nearby buildings overlook the crossing. The Starbucks store overlooking the crossing is also one of the busiest in the world. The 2003 American movie Lost in Translation featured a scene at the crossing.
The difference between above and below happens in seconds.
The name “Shibuya” is also used to refer to the central business district of Shibuya Ward, which surrounds Shibuya Station, one of Tokyo’s busiest railway stations. Shibuya is known as one of the fashion centers of Japan, particularly for young people, and as a major nightlife area.
Shibuya (渋谷区 Shibuya-ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2005, it had an estimated population of 195,877 and a density of 12,960 persons per km². The total area is 15.11 km² …. and it’s also the ward i live in.
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The pedestrian traffic in Shibuya is Heavy to say the least. Shibuya is famous for its scramble crossing which is reportedly the world’s busiest. It is located in front of the Shibuya Station Hachiko exit and stops vehicles in all directions to allow…
hi,
i think placing image besides an adsense ad is against google tos, if you are not separating the image with some line or something. those people at google are real evil..they may suspend your adsense account if they see images around adsense units.
atleast , separate the image with a line or something and you are good to go…
love your site btw
Thanks Jojo, i’ve checked the T&C’s and don’t see anything wrong with the placement in the wording. For me it’s easily distinguishable that they are 2 seperate things, i don’t see how a line will benefit. I have checked a few other sites and they are placed the same. I have seen on problogger than it can be classed as questionable so i’ll check more in the coming days.
I appreciate the heads up anyway and will change the placement as required to make sure i’m playing by the rules.
Hi Neil - it looks so busy in the first picture. Is is like that every day, or was that photo just taken at a busy time?
Every day of the week, every week of the year. Because the crossing is a scramble crossing (all directions stop at once) when the motorists stop the pedestrian traffic crosses from all directions. This crossing is also right next to Shibuya station and one of the more popular shopping precincts in Tokyo.
I forgot if I visited this intersection. Is it where the Sony building is? or is it elsewhere?
-Mike
Sony building is in Ginza Mike.
That amazes me to no end. I could just stand overlooking that intersection for hours. Maybe I’m too easily amused.
Wow! Would be crazy going there every day. Imagine dropping your phone whilst crossing - no chance of getting that back! It would have been under 5 people’s shoes before you could bend down to pick it up!
The heavy humman traffic there never fail to amaze me. I could never forget my cousin going missing there while on a vacation..lol!
Neil, if you need more proof that images in the side of ads are ok (in case Google gets nasty), the Wisegeek . com website (not the index page though) is a good example (they get insane amounts of traffic and I’ve pointed them out myself as an example to Google).
Great site by the way!
Cheers Nick.
I wanted to post a photo in Ginza too..But forgot..LOL Nice pics:D
That is certainly some very heavy pedestrian traffic! Terrific take on the theme this week.
Great shots! You also should have taken photos of the rush hour in ekis. Happy hunting.
Nice take on the theme. Heavy human traffic. Happy hunting.
wow! that’s a lot of people! tfs! i got my entries up too, you can view it here and here.
Wow that’s really a busy place huh. I have only seen something similar in Singapore. Didn’t really notice this when I was in Tokyo, but it was quite a few years back…
Great choice for this week’s theme.
That´s really a heavy traffic and busy place!
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Wow… the population in Tokyo is real dense. Even the pedestrians are OMG!
Come in for some fun in Criz’s Sanctuary and/or some serious matter in Insight Criz. Have a nice weekend!
And I thought the throngs on London streets was heavy! Excellent choice for this week’s theme.
Heavy, congested streets! Great idea!!!
My heavy is posted…hope you can drop by and celebrate my birthday with me. Happy Hunting!
wow, it looks like you could not move
Heavy traffic is so claustrophobic
Yes, that traffic is heavy!
Wow! And no-one stops to chat in the middle?
She is pretty and yes i saw a very heavy traffic when i was in Manila…
Wow that is some very heavy pedestrian traffic. Nice photo.
wow heavy crowd ain’t it? Cool! You got the right choice for this week’s theme. Happy weekend!
Baby Pushing Mommy
Wow, that is some heavy traffic.
Shibuya is crazy. There are so many hot women hanging out there with nothing to do. Restaurants, manga kissa, amd cafes are everywhere. Shibuya almost has too many department stores and shops though. I like the excessiveness of it all. Ebisu is also a real nice spot that reminds me of Boston. I miss Tokyo!
oh, went to that Starbucks few times … I stayed in some hotel right across the street somewhere around this mad
intersection
Wow. The quantity of people left me stunned. How do they manage to clear out so fast without trampling each other!?
I don’t like pedestrian traffic so I’m glad I’m not in that! =)
oh man i love that crossing! It’s awesome the amount of ppl who crosses in 1min and after the crossing is empty… and ppl stacking already up on all sides to cross again.
I love it.
Damn, 3months to go and i can hang around in shibuya, yatta-!