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68  T OK Y O AREA B Y AREA

9 Street-by-Street: Shibuya
Shibuya
Shibuya is the sakariba (party town) for Tokyo’s youth. It has been so since the 1930s, when
facades featured rockets streak ing across the sky. Today this is the place to see the latest in
fashion, food, music, and gadgets. Shibuya really started to grow after the 1964 Tokyo
Olympics, and its continuing expansion has been spurred by the affluent youth of the
world’s third-biggest economy. The area, which lies to the northwest of Shibuya station and
south of Yoyogi Park, is a mix of trendy boutiques, fashion able department stores, and
record shops, plus a couple of interesting museums, and the Bunkamura cultural center.
Adjoining this area is Dogen-zaka, a jumble of sloping streets and alleyways lined with
nightclubs, bars, and love hotels (see p109).

Center Gai Tokyu Hands is a huge
The focus for youth store full of housewares
entertainment in Tokyo, and handicrafts.
Center Gai is lined with
shops, pachinko parlors,
restaurants, and karaoke
bars full of high-school and
college-age kids.

Bunkamura C E N T E R G A I
A popular site for rock and classical B U N K A M U R A – D O R I
concerts, this cultural center has movie
theaters, an art gallery, and a theater.

D O G E N – Z A K A

Dogen-zaka
Named after a bandit who Key
retired here as a monk, this
nighttime destination includes Suggested walk route
old houses, now art galleries. Train line

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