Shibuya

Shibuya (渋谷区, Shibuya-ku ) is one of the 23 district special (区, ku ) formant Tōkyō, with the Japan. The district was founded in 1932. The population of the district is of 195.877 inhabitants for a surface of 15.11 km ² (2005).

At the same time as in the name of the district, the name Shibuya refers to the station and the district of businesses around the station also. The station JR Is Shibuya is one of most occupied in the area of Tokyo. The district of Shibuya is known like a center of the mode and it is a well animated district. A symbol of this district for the young people is the tower 109 which contains a hundred shops devoted to the last tendencies of the mode.

In addition to the Shibuya district, there are other important districts in the district of Shibuya: Daikanyama (代官山), Ebisu （恵比寿), Harajuku （原宿), Hiroo （広尾), Sendagaya （千駄ヶ谷), Omotesando and Yoyogi （代々木).

History

After the opening of the line of Yamanote of JR in 1885 Is, Shibuya started to emerge like a railway terminus for the south-west of Tokyo, and thereafter like important entertainment centers. Shibuya was built-in like village in 1889, like city in 1909, district of the town of Tokyo in 1932, and like district of the metropolis of Tokyo in 1943. The current special district was established the March 15th 1947.

Historic sites

Parks and sanctuaries

  • Meiji Jingu : (明治神宮), also known under the name of Meiji sanctuary, shintoïste built 1912 with 1920 is a temple, in the rules of the Nagarezukuri style, in full heart of Meiji sanctuary, edge of the district Harajuku.
  • Shinjuku Gyoen : The national garden Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑) is a park in the districts of Shinjuku (新宿区) and Shibuya with a surface of 58.3 Hectare S and a circumference of 3.5 kilometers which mix three styles distinct: English, French and Japanese.
  • Yoyogi Koen :(代々木公園 Yoyogi kōen) close to Meiji sanctuary and the station of Harajuku is one of the largest parks with Tōkyō.

Buildings

  • Bunkamura
  • Cerulean Turn, the most building around the station of Shibuya
  • Place of Ebisu Garden to Ebisu
  • National theater for Nō in Sendagaya
  • new National theater in Hatsudai
  • NHK
  • NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi in Sendagaya, the second higher building with Tōkyō
  • Omotesando Hills in Harajuku.
  • Takashimaya Times Square in Sendagaya
  • sporting Center of Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium) by Fumihiko Maki in Sendagaya
  • national Gymnasium of Yoyogi, by Kenzo Tange, in Yoyogi
  • the tower 109

Others

Close to the station of Shibuya a small statue of very famous dog is: Hachikō (ハチ公), this dog which remained faithful to its Master even after the death of this one and until its characteristic died and with which one honors the memory still today. The place where this statuette is a high place of appointment.

Dôgen-zaka is a street of the center of Shibuya famous for its nightclubs and its Love neighbouring hotel .

Means of transport

Railways

There are several stations in the district and among them, the station of Shibuya is the principal station. It there also several lines of the trains and the subway.

  • Network Tōkyō Subway

    • Tōkyō Subway Ginza: Shibuya
    • Tōkyō Subway Hibiya: Ebisu
    • Tōkyō Subway Chiyoda: Meiji Jingu-mae, Yoyogi Koen, Yoyogi Uehara
    • Tōkyō Subway Hanzomon: Shibuya
    • Tōkyō Subway 13 (not yet open): Shin Sendagaya, Meiji Jingu-mae, Shibuya

  • Network Toei Toei Ōedo: Shinjuku (Yoyogi), Yoyogi, Kokuritsu Kyogi-OJ

  • Network Tōkyū

    • Toyoko: Shibuya, Daikanyama
    • Den-in-toshi: Shibuya, Ikejiri Ohashi

  • Keio

    • Inokashira : Shibuya (terminus), Shinsen
    • Keio: Sasazuka
    • Keio news: Hatsudai, Hatagaya, Sasazuka

  • Odakyu Odawara : Minami Shinjuku, Sangubashi, Yoyogi Hachiman, Yoyogi Uehara

  • the royal platform (宮廷ホーム ・ kyuutei Ho-driven), employed by the Japanese imperial family on the rare occasions, is located according to the line of Yamanote, a few minutes with foot of the station of Harajuku in Sendagaya 3-is unemployed.

Highways

  • Shuto
    • No.3 Rte. of Shibuya (Tanimachi JCT - Yoga)
    • No.4 Rte. of Shinjuku Road (Miyakezaka JCT - Takaido)
  • Trunk roads
    • Road 20, Kōshū Kaidō
    • Road 246, Aoyama-dōri or Tamagawa-dōri

Education

  • University of Aoyama Gakuin （青山学院大学)
  • University Bunka Women' S with Yoyogi （文化女子大学)
  • University Jissen Women' S （実践女子大学)
  • Kokugakuin University with Sendagaya （國學院大學）
  • University of Sacring Heart (with Hiroo) （聖心女子大学 Seishin Joshi Daigaku）
  • University of Tokay （都会大学）

Companies and companies

  • Calpis: drink manufacturer
  • Casio: electronics
  • Cyber Ltd Agent. : advertizing agency on the Web
  • JR Is
  • Gap Japan
  • Glaxo Smith Kline
  • Google Japan
  • Ito In Ltd. : drink manufacturer
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken
  • Microsoft Japan
  • NHK (Japanese Hoso Kyokai) (center of the broadcasting of the NHK)
  • limited Breweries of Sapporro
  • Public garden Enix: creator and producer of video game and manga
  • Teichiku Records
  • Tōkyū Corporation

See too

External bonds

  • Official site of Shibuya-ku
  • Shibuya in photographs
  • Shibuya on Japan-Guide.com
  • DaiSuki: French site with many photographs of Tokyo & Shibuya

Zh-min-nan: Sibuya-khu

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