Looking back at the Shibuya in 2018 in our own opinion

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Late tomorrow, I would like to look back on the "Shibuya News" in 2018 last year in ranking format. In addition, since the ranking rankings are determined by dogmatism and prejudice to the last, there may be many people who feel slightly biased or incompatible, but please forgive them.

<Select by dogmas and prejudice! 2018, Shibuya news ranking>
First place: Long-term redevelopment in Sakuragaoka town closes successively
2nd: " SHIBUYA STREAM " & "Shibuya River along the Shibuya River" are born in the Shibunami area
3rd place: Namie Amuro who retired from Heisei retired, Shibuya became one color by Amuro
4th: Presentation of "Shibuya Scramble Stadium" Construction Concept in Yoyogi Park
5th: New logo announcement of "SHIBUYA 109" ahead of its foundation 40 years
6th: "Shibuya Halloween" to mobilize is a problem
7th: Shibuya Bit Valley revived & the station redevelopment area reached the IT company concentration area
8th: New scenic spot "scramble view" was born in front of Shibuya station!
9th: Taro Okamoto's giant mural "The myth of tomorrow" 10 years after installation
10th: Art event in Shibuya-Sakuragaoka Town disappears in redevelopment

First place: Long-term redevelopment in Shibuya-Sakuragaoka town closes successively

Several redevelopment projects are underway at the same time around Shibuya Station, but the Shibuya and Sakuragaoka districts are particularly different in scale from other projects. For example, “ Shibuya Hikarie ”, which opened in 2012, is a rebuild of “Shibuya Cultural Center”, “ SHIBUYA STREAM ”, which has just opened in this fall, and “ SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE ”, which is scheduled to open in 2019, I used it. On the other hand, the redevelopment of the Sakuragaoka district dismantles approximately 60 buildings including restaurants, live houses, offices, and residences at 1-3 and 8 (including some at 4) Sakuragaokacho in the southwestern part of Shibuya Station. , The scale of about 2.6 hectares to maintain the site integrally. Rather than just rebuilding a building, it feels like a "small town" disappears.

▲ Scenery of Sakuragaoka Town along National Road No. 246 (taken in September 2018). Currently all stores are closed and the busy town has quieted

Evacuation began all at once from the end of October to the beginning of November, and the famous restaurant "Fujiya main store" and the jazz tea ceremony "Mary Jane", the small diner "Sanjyo-dong" known as the shop of Crazy Cats, Ishibashi Ettalo, fishing Long-established stores such as specialty shop specialty store "Kamisyuya" are closed one after the other. There will probably be many people who feel loneliness because there are no shops filled up.
▲ left) Fujiya head office right) Mary Jane

The dismantling work began in earnest in January this year, and the completion of the redevelopment work will be scheduled for 2023. In the Sakuragaoka area, which has been divided by National Highway No. 246, the flat pedestrian flow line will be developed from Shibuya Station and the convenience of the town will surely increase. I would like to expect that a long-established store will come back to the newly established commercial facility in five years.

In connection with the redevelopment of Sakuragaoka Town, 10th place also ranked in "Art Events in Shibuya and Sakuragaoka Town Disappearing with Redevelopment". "Shibuya Epicurus" "Yamaha Electone City Shibuya" for over 40 years, "Yamaha Building" which has taken root in Shibuya · Sakuragaoka Town. It was called "Yamaha on the cliff" because it is located on the hill overlooking the town, but has been loved, due to redevelopment, in December 2017 the business at the same place was closed. After that, although it was a vacant house, last art art festival "arigato sakuragaoka by art photo" will be held for the period from Saturday, November 17 (Sat) until December 2 (Sun) in the last year, before full- Tokyo "was held.
▲ Upper left) Scenery of Leslie Kee's photo exhibition Left bottom) Kakimoto Ken Sak's photo exhibition scene right) Former Yamaha Building to be dismantled where an art event was held

More than 50 artists gathered from 50 representatives from Japan's leading masters such as Leslie Ki, HIROMIX, Shingo Wakaki, Shinoyama Kishin, Mr. Nobuyoshi Araki, Mika Ninagawa, and Hiroshi Sugimoto, I got off at the art event for the town's town giant. The memory of Sakuragaoka Town and Yamaha may have been firmly engraved in each.

<Articles>
· 【Report】 Art event in Shibuya · Sakuragaoka Town disappearing in redevelopment (2018/11/20)
· Shibuya station Sakuragaoka mouth redevelopment project (2017/4)

No. 2: SHIBUYA STREAM & a promenade along Shibuya River born

This fall, the large complex complex " SHIBUYA STREAM " opened at the Toyoko Line ruins site, and at the same time a "new promenade" was born along the Shibuya River.
▲ The scenery along the Shibuya River which the left took in 2012. You can see the Toyoko Line running over the high bridge behind the center of the picture. Right is a scenery of SHIBUYA STREAM and Shibuya River taken in September 2018. Be awesome after a big transformation of Before after

Traditionally Shibuya River is not beautiful even for flattery, along the river the high cross-linking of the Toyoko Line rises high, the impression of dimming was strong even during the day. "Healing water landscape space" is not what you can call very much. However, making this "flow of new people" in the southeastern area of Shibuya station by public-private partnership such as clear stream revival water flowing in the river together with the construction of the SHIBUYA STREAM this time, newly organizing the walkway and the plaza It can be said that it is very worthwhile. In the city of Shibuya, it is easy to concentrate the flow of people to Hachiko open space, scramble intersection, Dogenzaka, Koen line and the north side of the station by all means, and congestion is also easy to produce. Even in the sense of dispersing the flow of people, utilization of the east side of the station and the south side has been regarded as a problem. Once the crown of Shibuya River was built, "Cat Street" was born, Shibuya and Harajuku became much closer, as the birth of this promenade leads to a sharp rise in access to Shibuya and Ebisu, Shibuya and Daikanyama right.

3rd place: Namie Amuro retiring Shibuya to Amuro one color
No. 5: Announcement of the new logo of SHIBUYA 109

Amuro who made his debut in 1992 (Heisei 3) and retired in 2018 (Heisei 30), can be said to be a diva just past Heisei.
In 1996, "Amura" which imitates Amuro's fashion such as long hair, miniska, fine eyebrows, thick boots, and so on, grows mainly in young people in Shibuya, causing a social phenomenon. It was a fire of Shibuya Gal Boom of the 90's.

▲ people shooting ads of Amuro posted at Shibuya station

Until the retirement date of September 15, 2018, the town in Shibuya was dyed with Amuro. Shibuya Hikarie , the exhibition "namie amuro Final Space" and at SHIBUYA 109 the campaign "SHIBUYA 109 Loves namie amuro" was held, and the street advertisement in Shibuya was mostly occupied by Amuro.
▲ left) Amuro's advertisement posted on 109 Right) Amu-chan's bills set at the shop front

On the 15th retirement day, it was very impressive that a large line was formed in "Amuro's bills monument" which was set up in SHIBUYA 109 shop centering on the former Amura generation, Alaphor. It became big news to feel the end of one era.

Speaking of the gals in the 1990s, the sacred place is "SHIBUYA 109". It is a commercial facility that will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year, but now it handles a wide range of teens and fashion, not limited to girls. In addition to the 40th anniversary, as well as the image change from the former gal fashion, the new logo of SHIBUYA 109 was announced last summer. Changing the logo listed in the "cylinder type building" which is the symbol of Shibuya has the power to transform even the scenery of Shibuya's town. Replacing the new logo is said to be around this spring around spring change of the new era.

<Articles>
· SHIBUYA 109 entertainment president · Tomo Kimura interview (August 1, 2018)

4th: Presentation of "Shibuya Scramble Stadium" Construction Concept in Yoyogi Park

The concept to aim for construction of a multipurpose stadium such as football "Shibuya scramble stadium" in Yoyogi Park, centering on "Shibuya Mirai Design" established in April last year through collaboration between industry, government and academia.
The stadium, which assumes a capacity of about 3 to 40 thousand people, aims at multi-purpose use such as home stadium of J League, artists' live, evacuation base at the time of disaster, etc. In the Shibuya Mirai design, it seems to actively work in the city to realize the same concept for about 10 years. "Washington Heights" → "1964 Tokyo Olympic Athlete Village" → "Yoyogi Park" is the same space that has undergone a major change in that era, but attention will be paid to what will happen in the future. If possible, I would like you to realize Shibuya's unique "urban stadium" in a form that symbiosis does not break the nature that Yoyogi Park nurtures.

No. 6: Mobikeizing "Shibuya Halloween" to be a problem

Shibuya Halloween is getting more and more year by year. The appearance of foreign tourists also became conspicuous recently, becoming one of tourism specialty, but on the other hand not only enjoying the costume but also a bit of criticism was given to some young people who garbage problem and mobs .
Shooting Shibuya station direction from SHIBUYA 109 (October 31, 2018). The traffic-regulated road overflowed with disguised young people

Unlike summer festivals and countdown events, there are also many voices saying "There are problems with organizerless events" and attention is drawn to the correspondence of Shibuya Ward this autumn, whether to crush or utilize contents with high attraction power.

"Tourism in Shibuya" is not the only thing you can not miss, the 8th "Shibuya's new tourist scramble view is born!" Speaking of sightseeing spots that foreign tourists want to see in Shibuya, there are two types of tourist spots: "Hagi-ku Hagio" image and "Shibuya scramble intersection". At the same time as the signal changes, the appearance of a pedestrian moving all at once from various directions in 360 degrees will be one of the spectacular scenes even if it is not a foreigner. In the rooftop space of the commercial facility "MAGNET by SHIBUYA 109 (Magnet Bye Shibuya 109)" which was renewed in April last year, an observation platform "CROSSING VIEW (Crossing View)", which can look down at the Shibuya scrambled intersection from the top, opened.
▲ Shibuya Scrambled attention spot where you can take a commemorative photo with the intersection

In addition to enjoying a powerful scenic location where you can see the entire intersection, you can also watch a camera with a scrambled intersection from a camera installed overhead to take a commemorative photo. It can be said to be one of the success stories that made Shibuya heritage "Shibuya scramble intersection" a tourist content.

<Articles>
· Opened a new commercial facility "MAGNET by SHIBUYA 109" in Shibuya (2018/5/11)

No. 7: Shibuya Bit Valley revived & the redevelopment area in front of the station got into the IT industry concentration area

Redevelopment of the area around Shibuya Station proceeds, and following the " SHIBUYA STREAM " born last year, " SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE " and "Shibuya Fukuras (formerly Tokyu Plaza)" are scheduled to open this fall. The middle and lower part of the new facility will be the "commercial area" and the upper part will be the "office area", and the office shortage in Shibuya will be resolved at once. In 2001, Google chose Shibuya as the first overseas base, but moved to Roppongi Hills, which has a large floor area, as the number of employees increases. A Google Japan corporation will move to SHIBUYA STREAM this year and come back to Shibuya for the first time in nine years. In addition, IT companies that were established in Shibuya at the beginning of the Internet period will gather around the station all at once, with “Mixi”, “Cyber Agent” in SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE and “GMO Internet” in Shibuya Fukura this autumn.
▲ Mr. Mr. Murase Ryoma, Mr. Murase Ryoma, Dee NA, Tomoko Namba, Mr. Takeshi Hasebe, Ward Shibuya, GMO Internet · Masatoshi Kumagai, Cyber ​​Agent · Mr. Susumu Fujita

Last year, CyberAgent, DeNA, GMO Internet, Mixi declared "Resurrection of Shibuya Bit Valley", cooperation among major IT companies has further increased, and Shibuya unique creative content industry is different from Daimaru Yu It is likely to achieve growth.

<Articles>
· Shibuya · Bit Valley Resurrection IT 4 companies join hands "Shibuya, where Engineers are Easy to Work" (2018 Sep. 18)

No. 9: 10th year from the establishment of Taro Okamoto's gigantic mural "Tomorrow's myth"

Okamoto Taro's gigantic mural "Tomorrow's myth" decided to make Shibuya-ku permanently set up in 2008 after competing with Hiroshima / Hiroshima City and Osaka / Suita City. It was released in the SHIBUYA MARKCITY communication passage and celebrated its 10th year in the last year.
I think that there were a lot of people who felt a sense of incongruity at the time of setting as a terrible work on the tuna fishing boat "Fifth Furu Ryomaru" which was brought in the black rain of a hydrogen bomb experiment, but it was sure as a "face of the town" in the past 10 years Fixed. During the decade, the accident of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant also occurred, and our human race repeatedly overrides "past mistakes" Taro Okamoto draws in this picture. Overcoming this failure, will we inherit the baton of "a bright future" to the next generation?

<Articles>
· 【【Report】 10th year, Taro Okamoto "Myth of tomorrow" Midnight behind the scenes of the payment (2018/11/5)

Looking back on the 2018 rankings. The closed store in Sakuragaoka-cho, the retirement of Amuro, the renewal of SHIBUYA 109 logo, etc. became a ranking that felt the end of a period with Heisei. However, it is not the case that you are immersed in the nostalgia of Showa and Heisei. In Shibuya in 2019, the Shibuya Ward New Government Building, the Shibuya Public Hall in the early spring, the Shibuya Parco in the fall, the Shibuya Parco, the SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE , and the Shibuya Fukuras will open one after another, and the "previous opening rush" will arrive ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. . How does Shibuya change? The eyes of the movement of the town this year can not be removed even for a moment.

<Past Articles>
· "Looking back on" Shibuya in 2017 "by dogmas and prejudice" (January 9, 2018)
· "Looking back on" Shibuya in 2016 "by dogmas and prejudice" (January 11, 2017)
· "Looking back at the" Shibuya of 2015 "at the discretion and Prejudice" (January 3, 2016)
· "Looking back at the" Shibuya of 2014 "at the discretion and Prejudice" (January 3, 2015)
· "Looking back at the" Shibuya of 2011 "at the discretion and Prejudice" (December 31, 2011)
· "Looking back at the" Shibuya of 2010 "at the discretion and Prejudice" (January 7, 2011)
- "Going Shibuya 2000s, Kuru Shibuya 10's" (December 29, 2009)

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