{"id":1055,"date":"2024-05-17T12:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:50:10","slug":"shibuya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/?p=1055","title":{"rendered":"Japan #12 &#8211; Shibuya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On my way back from the Welcome Cat temple, Google maps recommended a route where I would change trains in Shibuya so I had to get out and see how things had changed in the past 23 years. It was pretty busy before and it is even busier now. Here is a video of the Tokyo Pedestrian Scramble Crossing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7780.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you can hear in the video &#8211; it is pretty loud there. Like a lot of Tokyo, it is just a sea of humanity.  I quickly caught a glimpse of the Super Mario Cart tour of Tokyo driving through the scramble (wearing costumes of course!) Not the best photo &#8211; they were zipping by, but I like the couple in the front who I inadvertently took a picture of \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7781-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7781-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1057\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7781-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7781-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7781-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7781-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7781-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7782-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7782-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1058\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7782-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7782-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7782-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7782-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7782-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the people on the second floor of Starbucks trying to get a better view of the scramble for Instagram:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7786-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7786-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1059\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7786-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7786-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7786-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7786-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7786-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a short video of a busker and more shots:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7785.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7787-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" 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src=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7789-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1061\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7789-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7789-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7789-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7789-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7789-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7794-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7794-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1062\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7794-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7794-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7794-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7794-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7794-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7796-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7796-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1063\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7796-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7796-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7796-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7796-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7796-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was such a busy day I am going to put the rest in another post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On my way back from the Welcome Cat temple, Google maps recommended a route where I would change trains in Shibuya so I had to get out and see how things had changed in the past 23 years. It was &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/?p=1055\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions\/1067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}