Learn the "Shibuya" from zero - Hachiko view from the bus landscape Part 1 of "Shibuya"

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For me, the "Shibuya" thing of "Shibuya Station". So "Shibuya, know that?" When asked, I would answer "do not know at all!".
Tokyo for 15 years, carrying the foot many times in Shibuya in play even at work. Position and of the approximate landmark, you know somehow also delicious shop. But, I still do not know the Shibuya. But everything of ...... What of Shibuya "Shibuya"! Can be seen because there've been many times, that this city is multi-layered too, is a town that can not be know to be and to know. "Shibuya" on whether it will not be the person often feels such a thing.
So, in order to like me Shibuya amateur to know the "Shibuya", where at the time ...... like that should put a hand from is the first of a bus.

When I stood down to the city do not know, I always make it a ride to the bus that passes through the town. The overall image of the city, but in order to be able to image as a map somehow in the head. The and also walk, landscape also different as riding a bicycle, you see from the bus. Follow the road, connecting the landscape and the landscape, going to the line a point and the point in the head. There is also possible to go the unexpected route, "here, of whether the lead over there," there are many also finding that. Now for me, the "Shibuya" not only in terms of Shibuya Station. Take the bus, Let's start from the work to produce a map of "Shibuya" in my head.

Hachiko view from the bus landscape of "Shibuya"
First round: route over the hill ~ Uehara-Tomigaya direction -
Variety is also to say that the bus leaving from Shibuya. There is select the "Hachiko bus", which is a community bus without hesitation. The "Hachiko bus", it is a community bus that runs from the Shibuya-ku, which was started in 2003. Ride even where 100 yen uniformly, "route over the hill (Uehara, Tomigaya direction)" is now "Mori root of the Shrine (Jingumae-Sendagaya direction)" "Spring of Ogawa root (Hon-Sasazuka direction)," "Yuyakekoyake route running four routes (Ebisu Daikanyama district). " None or not is a nice naming.
This has been used as Shibuya foot bus passes and narrow alleys, it would show me to my unexpected landscape. Well, if you try to ride from any route.

>Shibuya-ku, HP / Shibuya-ku Community Bus "Hachiko bus"

Shibuya and is a "city of the hill." I walk the Shibuya and "Do not walking just uphill" always. That should be it, Shibuya is because have a conical shape of the terrain in which the station as a "valley". "Over the hill route", just the terrain of "Shibuya" like a naming for felt, first decided to ride from this route.

The origin of "1. Shibuya Station". Back of Hachiko, they are starting from before Sumitomo Mitsui in the Mark City side. The stop of 15 o'clock, people of high school students and housewives, the elderly and various ages were in a row. This route, via the Yoyogi Station from here, go and return will come to circulate in Shibuya follow a different route.

Oh, it debuts of Hachiko bus. The body is orange, it has been drawn face of Hachiko in front, very cute. It seems to be starting soon. And at the same time departure, this also is pretty music has flowed.

  ハチ公バスだワン！ワン！ワン！
  キミとボクの夢を乗せて
  みんな一緒に駆け抜けよう
  ハチ公バスだワン！ワン！ワン！
  のぼりくだりの渋谷の町を
  走ってく　どこまでも

Hohou, whether there's up to the theme song of Hachiko bus. Was examined later, in a song called "Hachiko song of the bus", CD is not for sale but is Shibuya Ward Shibuya Library, Sasazuka library, that of a possible loan in Nishihara library. Do not have been loved, Hachiko bus.
While BGM flows, start the journey more than the Shibuya of valleys and hills. The bus leaves the Culture Village street, we ran towards the Tokyu department store. Place the customers of shopping the way home in the "2. Tokyu department store head office before", more and more up the hill towards the Yamate Street. "3. Shoto Museum entrance", as soon as I decided to get off once in this stop. Shoto and without looking, Shibuya Mai be known.
Upon entering the alley, the current Ru quiet residential area suddenly "Shoto".
According to HP's Shibuya district, the per the Edo period, so there was a suburban residence of the Kishu Tokugawa family, early Nabeshima house that received the Haraisage of suburban residence Meiji cultivated Sayama tea here, "Shotoen" thing and opened a tea garden that. The name has become place called Shoto is, but from 1928. Indeed, whether the original land was a feudal lord mansion has become a, this luxury residential area which is said to be only live Chosen ones.
Proceeding the road, Nabeshima Shoto park comes into view in the back. Currently, this park with a spring water pond, but Shibuya is managing those previous Nabeshima house is when you abolish the tea garden, was donated to the city of Tokyo (now Tokyo). It has become a Shibuya of jurisdiction than later 1950.
Looking at the map, it can be seen that this Nabeshima Shoto park is also cone-shaped valley. It was and tea garden a suburban residence, walk the luxury residential area, my image of "Shibuya" is cause confusion. But has come good this close, I had never set foot in Shoto. Tranquility that I do not think there is a Maruyamacho next to, elegance. The whether Shibuya has been contained to such a district.
I'm like to walk a look at the exclusive residential area, but here is the little, resulting in restless. Where too also be a painting look. There is no chance. Majestic architecture of the Shoto Museum of Art, we've familiar with the landscape. To leer the museum that would be a place of relaxation of the residents who live around here, I went back to the bus stop cheerfully.
From here, take a right at the intersection of Matsushima 2-chome and enter Yamanote-dori. Building County soaring stands beside the road like a mountain. From the window, I could see the club life running in a row while taking up the Saiyo. The bus goes up and down Yamato-dori "4. Todaimae" and "5. Oh, I was surrounded by a high fence and I did not know, but is it the back of the Tokyo University Komaba Campus? There is Komaba Higashidaimae Station in this depth, and the line is connected in the head that INOKASHIRA LINE runs straight from Shibuya.
Bus is broken right at the University of Tokyo back intersection, exit the "6. Tomigaya-chome", more and more up the hill of Yamate street, through the "7. Tomigaya intersection", hill enters the downlink. Tomigaya, it is just the city of hills. Bus is broken the Tomigaya intersection to the left, enter the Inokashira street. Or hill will be up road from here. What a thing severe undulations. But some of more than hills. This area is hidden in a large building built towers on both sides, at first glance, but life feeling is not felt, nursery school children and in the walk on the road, and walking elementary school children in the home from school, on the back spread residential area which was. Past the "8. Uehara chome", "9. Uehara-chome", hill is going to become the downlink. Yoyogiuehara came into sight. The bus stop at "10. Koga Museum of Music" round.
Ue says the "route over the hill", this stop can not be overlooked.
Koga music museum, took over the composer Masao Koga's bequest, which supported the Japanese music industry of the Showa period, but popular music museum that was opened in 1997. Keyaki Hall, is more like JASRAC headquarters there might be familiar. A song called Mr. Koga was composed by "over the hill" is, has been the origin of this route name. Yoyogi-Uehara is, lived from Mr. Koga 1938 land. Yoyogi-Uehara this symbolic building in the front of the station is, I witness that goes beyond the valley of Shibuya.
The bus arrives at the "11 yoyogiuehara" of the return stop. About 20 minutes from Shibuya Station to here. Since the community buses have an image to bypass, but I thought to take more time, I arrived early to than I had thought. Since the root of go through the only major road, if you want to go from Shibuya to Yoyogi-Uehara direction, would better of this bus from the train arrive early.

Well, his real exertion of community bus were from here.
Changed by typing go of the route, go to the alley, also went the alley, is the last to also go a narrow road!
The bus stopped for about 7 minutes, time as departure the Yoyogi Station. A greeting to "12. Koga Museum of Music", also returns to the Shibuya Station. The Inokashira street illuminated by the setting sun, I thought whether straight towards this leave Tomigaya intersection, turn right at the signal of Uehara Third Street. While resounding of "this narrow road to!" Community unique thing to ride the bus glad the (?) Scream in my mind, the process proceeds to Nakadori Uehara shopping street.
Surprise that what. And, what retro streets! It seems if it had gone to warp from Inokashira street. Amazing the gap between Bill County, which has been in the eye in the process of going. Lowlands and is Uehara district, superbly buildings are concentrated.
Bus passes through the "13. Uehara elementary school", go missing slowly the narrow road that was jittery. And, the end of the street to the Uehara 2-chome west intersection, turn right, exit the "14. Uehara chome south". The road right back According to the map, the University of Tokyo for Advanced Science Research Center, but they should have spread Komaba park, can not be confirmed from the bus. This road, and are wondering what to have led to the Yamate street on the road along the Komaba campus, turn left at the signal of the two bridges. In addition it is the alley! Now it entered the alley of Tomigaya. It alley of different taste as before. Tokai University Yoyogi campus of autumn leaves are beautiful.
Go the bus carrying the students in the "15. perky Center Tomigaya" "16. Mochizuki high school."

When you exit the alley bus, come back to Yamate Street. The Tomigaya intersection up the hill, turn to the right to reverse the go. "17. Tomigaya stop" vicinity, I see many women and riding a granny's bike, children riding in the stroller, and junior high school students of the school uniform. To the north Yoyogihachiman, should there Yoyogi Park Station.
Slope leading to the Harajuku comes into view. This leave follows the Inokashira Street, turn right Yoyogi Park alternating before the intersection, I thought whether back to Shibuya through before NHK Broadcasting Center, turn right at the signal of the front! Again, or alley !! ... so, this is a Kamiyama Street. Road leads in the head.
Alley passing to lead Tokyu department store in Kamiyama-cho, from Tomigaya. Proceed to the downstream made valley bottom from the upstream of Udagawa. The official name is apparently called "Orchard Road". This area has recently come to be referred to as "Kamiyama Street," "Okushibu (Okushibu)", in parallel with the store are old, are increasing, such as stylish cafes and wine bars. I came back to Shibuya. Bus passes through the "18. Tomigaya chome", leading to "19. Kamiyama". Cityscape is completely Christmas mode. The restaurant, has begun preparation towards the opening of the night. Tokyu Department Store sign came into sight. Winter sunset is early. Tokyu light before the big Christmas tree is Tomo'.

Arrival in "20. Tokyu department store head office before."

  ハチ公バスだワン！ワン！ワン！
  キミとボクの出会った場所
  想い出いっぱい　あふれてる
  ハチ公バスだワン！ワン！ワン！
  けやき色づく渋谷の町を
  走ってく　どこまでも
  走ってく　どこまでも

Once in the Cultural Village street, "Hachiko bus of the song" flows out. Us know that the end of the journey is near. "Route over the hill," the entire process time required for one hour. Oh, it was filled with "Shibuya". Stomach full of better-than-expected depth.

To go home, try to expand the map of Shibuya. Altitude topographic something even take a look. Easy to degree of unevenness of the road that traced the image. Landscape and map as seen from the bus to integrate in my head, will be woven. My "Shibuya" level, I feel that rose more than expected thanks to the "route over the hill" is.

Or next, trying to follow any route.

Akiko Obara

Born in 1981. I like Tokyo. Tokyo to becomes in about 15 years, from the time that landed for the first time in Tokyo, continue to be fascinated by all the way up to now. In, Shibuya? "The thing of Shibuya senior, I am the presumptuous Nante to determine whether love or hate ..." and would with heard the mood. And I are always tried in the city of Shibuya. Unforgivable care. Such I feel that. Although it was the image of poor seniors, I think this time, and let's jump into the bosom of ventured senior. A result, what is flung by shouldering one, what is hug, or Hata also unexpected things will happen. Shibuya freshman challenge.