Shibuya Center-gai

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TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 31, 2014: People stroll down the pedestrian street known as Shibuya Center Gai. 202761625 ads, advertisements, afternoon, alley, alleyway, architecture, asia, asian, billboards, buildings, center, center-gai, city, cityscape, crowd, crowded, day, daytime, gai, japan, japanese, landmark, pedestrians, people, road, scenery, scenic, shibuya, shops, sign, skyline, stores, street, tokyo, view

Shibuya's main drag is closed to cars and chock-a-block with fast-food joints and high-street fashion shops. At night, lit bright as day, with a dozen competing soundtracks (coming from who knows where), wares spilling onto the streets and strutting teens, it feels like a block party – or Tokyo's version of a classic Asian night market.

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