Town guide
Tokyo · Shibuya
The crossing · then the quiet side
Everyone comes for the crossing. The locals walk ten minutes past it — to Oku-Shibuya's coffee counters, record shops and lantern-lit yokocho. Follow them.
How to enjoy this town
Oku-Shibu coffee counters
Eight seats, one kettle, complete silence about the chaos five blocks away.
Record digging on Udagawa-chō
City pop, jazz, obscure 7-inches. Your suitcase will complain; ignore it.
A yokocho evening
Lantern light, six-stool bars, yakitori smoke. The Japan you imagined, one alley wide.
And the town's head spa
Certified, one or two per town. Ordinary street, extraordinary hour.
