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Shibuya Koen-dori Walk

By Shibuya246 · · 2 min read · 18 photos

Shibuya Koen-dori WalkPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length10mmAperturef/3.2Shutter1/125sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 15:12

I took a walk up koen-dori today and took these pictures while I was out.

The view looking up Koen-dori. Surprisingly not many people out today.Photo dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length10mmAperturef/3.2Shutter1/125sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 15:12
The view looking up Koen-dori. Surprisingly not many people out today.
Docomo building at bottom of Koen-dori with Horikita Maki on her docomo phone.Photo dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/4Shutter1/100sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 15:13
Docomo building at bottom of Koen-dori with Horikita Maki on her docomo phone.

Walking further up Koen-dori I went past the usual suspects of stores:

Seibu department store - koen doriPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length10mmAperturef/3.2Shutter1/125sISO125Taken1 Feb 2009, 15:10
Seibu department store - koen dori
Gap - Koen doriPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length10mmAperturef/3.2Shutter1/125sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 15:04
Gap - Koen dori
Parco department store - Koen doriPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/4Shutter1/250sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 15:03
Parco department store - Koen dori

and then had a look back down the street from half-way:

Looking back down Koen-dori from Paro department storePhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length18mmAperturef/4Shutter1/200sISO200Taken1 Feb 2009, 15:02
Looking back down Koen-dori from Parco department store

took in some of the lesser known interesting places:

Three Minutes Happiness - Amusement Variety Store, Koen doriPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length12mmAperturef/3.5Shutter1/160sISO125Taken1 Feb 2009, 14:59
Three Minutes Happiness - Amusement Variety Store, Koen dori

Is 3 minutes the most they could really squeeze out of the moment? Sounds a bit short.

Tokyo Wonder Site cafe - Koen doriPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length7mmAperturef/2.8Shutter1/60sISO100Taken1 Feb 2009, 15:00
Tokyo Wonder Site cafe - Koen dori
Coffe & Donut, Koen doriPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/4Shutter1/80sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 14:57
Coffe & Donut, Koen dori

before getting to the top of Koen dori where the Shibuya kuyakusho and NHK is located

Shibuya kuyakusho - top of Koen doriPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length8mmAperturef/4Shutter1/320sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 14:55
Shibuya kuyakusho - top of Koen dori
Clock in front of Shibuya kuyakushoPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length12mmAperturef/4Shutter1/200sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 14:56
Clock in front of Shibuya kuyakusho
NHK Hall - top of Koen doriPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length25mmAperturef/4.5Shutter1/500sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 14:55
NHK building - top of Koen dori
Looking back down Koen dori from topPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length8mmAperturef/4Shutter1/160sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 14:55
Looking back down Koen dori from top

On the way back down I bumped into the Tobacco & Salt Museum

Tobacco & Salt Museum, Koen doriPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/4Shutter1/250sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 14:54
Tobacco & Salt Museum, Koen dori

As well as all the stores there are plenty of other sites to see on Koen dori such as the English style telephone boxes:img_0703Photo dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/2.8Shutter1/60sISO125Taken1 Feb 2009, 14:52

and I came across these flowers that are displayed by the Koen dori society which can be found at www.koen-dori.com. The website is in Japanese only, but it has a really good look and feel to it, explaining all about the stores, brands, news etc. For a community website it is quite impressive. I guess the department stores must have chipped in quite a bit to get this working.

They also have a live webcams set up and the location of these is shown on the website.

For English readers, Korean and Chinese versions available also, they have a pdf document that shows all the stores. This can be seen and downloaded from http://www.koen-dori.com/guidebook/ although the file is 2.7MB

img_0700Photo dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length14mmAperturef/4Shutter1/400sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 14:51

There really was not a lot of people out today, maybe because it had turned cold recently, but it was nice to get out and see Koen dori without being caught up in the masses.

Parco department store - Koen doriPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/4Shutter1/200sISO80Taken1 Feb 2009, 14:49
Parco department store - Koen dori

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