In
Shibuya, there are not only the numberless movie theaters with
up-to-date facilities, but also the facilities to offer high-level
culture, such as Shibuya-kokaido Hall frequented by people coming
for concerts, Orchard Hall specializing in concerts, operas,
and ballet performances, and Bunkamura consists of a theater,
an art museum and movie theaters and Denryoku-kan(museum of
electricity) where people can learn about electricity with enjoyments.
This is one of the features of Shibuya as a lively downtown
district with full of amusements and entertainments.
Shibuya
is unique that every street and area has a different atmosphere.
The Center Street is swarmed with youth fashion shops, fast
food shops, game centers, etc., and it is famous as the place
where a new trend for the youths are born and spread nationwide.
It is always crowded with mostly teenagers day and night, and
you can directly feel the today's fashion trend of the Japanese.
The area
around Ebisu Station in Shibuya-ku has developed rapidly since
Ebisu Garden Place was constructed in 1994 at the site where
a beer brewery used to stand. With many restaurants and fashionable
shops that opened here, this area has won a solid reputation
as the most talked-about spot in Tokyo.
On the other
side of the station, the Ebisu Market near the west exit and
other traditional, unique local shops are still prospering,
exhibiting a good contrast against the new shopping spot on
the east side. Famous shops for ramen, the noodles loved dearly
by almost all Japanese, thrive around the west exit of Ebisu
Station, and this area is known as the severest battleground
for ramen shops.
The Daikanyama
district adjacent to Ebisu is the place to get tasteful basic
articles, and is especially popular among young women. There
once stood a western style apartment building that was the first
of its kind in Japan. It was the symbol of the town, but when
it was pulled down, a 36-story multi-purpose shopping mall was
built on the site. The town is in rapid progress for development
around this shopping mall.
