Tokyoites now have another way to escape their day-to-day lives with the opening Saturday of an indoor amusement center featuring virtual reality technology in the Shibuya district. Shibuya VR Land, in the Shibuya Modi shopping complex, offers an hour's worth of virtual entertainment for an ...
"Excuse me. You need to push the button for the waiting staff to come."
Convincing teenagers in Japan that working for a giant 116-year-old manufacturer is a sexy career choice seems like a tough sell. It's even more difficult if the target audience can't figure out the company's name. That's the challenge for Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. ...
Discount chain Don Quijote said Monday that special restrooms in its new flagship store in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, are for people of all genders. The statement followed a media report Friday saying they were built for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people, and questions ...
"Those two women are waving at each other while standing about a meter apart."
Japanese graffiti artist 281_Anti Nuke says his politically charged placards plastered around central Tokyo are meant to serve as a warning to the dangers of new U.S. President Donald Trump. Amid the bustling night life of Shibuya, a major shopping and entertainment hub in Tokyo, ...
Tokyo police closed off streets in the Shibuya downtown district to traffic on the night of Saturday, New Year's Eve, in order to prevent turmoil as a large number of people gathered for the countdown and other events to celebrate the arrival of 2017. Also, ...
A Tokyo arcade operator unveiled a new virtual reality facility on Wednesday, aiming to showcase high-end virtual reality in a casual setting and boost shrinking industry profits. VR Park Tokyo, located in the middle of the bustling Shibuya district, will open to the public on ...
The famous scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya's district will go vehicle-free on New Year's Eve, informed sources said Saturday. The move is aimed at preventing turmoil from the massive crowds that have been forming at the iconic intersection in front of Shibuya Station to get ...
There are many versions of Shibuya. There is one that you see in tourist guides of crowded streets, and another that's less photographed: for every 10,000 photos of the Shibuya's famous scramble there are only a handful showing someone walking empty streets. I remember the ...
To avoid turmoil near JR Shibuya Station over Halloween, the police planned to dedicate two nearby streets to pedestrians only.
Hundreds of garbage bags decorated like jack-o'-lanterns piled up Tuesday morning on the streets around Shibuya Station in Tokyo as volunteers filled them with rubbish left by thousands of costumed partygoers who swarmed the area just hours earlier. By 8 a.m., Shibuya Ward officials had ...
