Friday, March 30, 2012

Shibuya

I really only wanted to show how the Shibuya Crossing runs like a clockwork. If you have as much time as we did, take 5 minutes off, stop and observe. Find a corner away from the junction, but not too far away so that you dont miss out on the action whenever the light changes.


When the light is in favour of the cars, watch how the crowd on the sidewalk grows and swells, almost bursting but not quite yet. Throbbing, throbbing, and then at its fullest, boom, the green man appears, signalling the opening of the flood gates. What follows is a blur of figures hustling by, chattering and laughing as they go on by in all possible directions, vertically, horizontally and diagonally. Bam its over, the clicking of heels over the sea of chatter stops. And the clockwork begins all over again.


You got to be in sync with the rhythm of the Shibuya Crossing, if not out you go!


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