Holo in Shibuya
Fabrice Requin
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Continuing from where we left off. After our interesting visit to Ikebukuro, like I mentioned before It was now time to journey down to the lively Shibuya for our final Holo adventure, I have to say Its a shame that we couldnt manage to bring her to Akiba but suddenly our time was at its limits and thats one thing I dislike about Japan, time flies because in Japan your always having fun! Anyway Shibuya is everything but boring, no matter which time of the day you visit. It could be Amazing, buzzing, crazy, overwhelming, loud, stressful but yet extraordinary again. A prominent landmark of Shibuya is the large intersection in front of the station’s Hachiko Exit. I remember the first time I took Wibi and Kelsey there, they loved it and the amount of time we crossed its a nice experience and It would be a shame to come to Tokyo and not take a walk across the Shibuya crossing.
The intersection is heavily decorated by neon advertisements and giant video screens and gets flooded by pedestrians each time the crossing light turns green, making it a popular photo and movie filming spot. If you want a good view, grab a coffee on the second floor of the Starbucks. Its a great vintage point if a seat is open overlooking the crossing. By saying all that the 3 of us had a plan to best feature that crossing into our Project catalog. Just as crazy as our experience in Ikebukuro it was time to emulate that. First I unfolded Holo near the Hachiko train, this time I needed the help of glue as she wasnt staying up by herself with her original sticky tape at the back and then we headed for the crossing, Wibi stayed with me with one camera while Kelsey with the other camera headed up to the second floor of the Starbucks and managed to find a decent spot to shoot, Its true It really looks like chaos and is quite a sight but anyway the point was that Wibi would take pictures on the ground while Kelsey will try and take the overall crossing with us in it. Oh boy that was crazy, we did in total 2 rounds of the crossing trying to be as much composed as we could. We had so many curious passerby (obvious) and at one stage there was this group of salarymen who read out the name of Holo and the series written at the bottom of the cardboard which was funny because some of them actually said “I know her, I read the novel!” I think you can see them if im not mistaken in one of the pictures when Im standing (thats rights standing!) in the middle of the crossing lol making sure to admire the surroundings while Wibi took the pictures with the many curious folks stopping by wondering what this whole circus was about.
Although nerve wracking It was still fun now that a look back at it, Im surprised or glad in a way that some people recognised her or paid attention to what she was, who knows maybe they looked it up on the internet or book store which is another good thing in terms of marketing but who knows. The night was long and we finished at around 10pm exhausted from all the walking, doing two big sub cities in Tokyo sure isnt easy. This is the end and I do hope you enjoyed our adventures with Holo in Japan, taking note the beautiful landmarks that were featured, There are many of them in Japan and it was hard to choose but I hope you get a somewhat overall picture into what Japan has to offer. Anyway as for Shibuya get into the atmosphere and cross the busiest intersection in the world! At least the wise wolf Holo did that!
We will see you next time in Europe where Kelsey and I will continue our holiday travels in the South of France. As for Wibi this is the end for him, We spent 4 wonderful weeks with him in his hometown of Bali, Singapore and Japan, Its a shame he has to go back to Bali and not continue with us but there is always next time and he played a pivotal role for Project Holo which I thank him very much! – head over here for more in-depth information about Project Holo for those new here.
Shibuya is one of the twenty-three city wards of Tokyo which is a center for shopping, youth fashion and culture, and its streets are the birthplace to many of Japan’s fashion and entertainment trends. Over a dozen major department store branches can be found around the area catering to all types of shoppers.
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Fabrice is a blogger, full time university student, web enthusiast and founder of Fateful Encounters.. This blog is his final haven when everything seems nuisances; urging him to assess and to share his thoughts and his own findings to the world, or at least to his fellow neighbors in the blog sphere.
I must now cry to myself… Now that you reminded me that the thing to do in SHibuya is to cross the Cross Junction… … OTL
I am at the junction but i didn’t cross it… I am ashamed…
Noooooooooooooooooooo!
You didnt Cross it! Its a must haha well ye the intersection is quite a popular thing to do in Shibuya, man go there and cross it now! XD
You really stand out with Holo under your arm! Can see you a mile away in that intersection.
Thats exactly what my sister said when she was taking the pictures XD
haha that’s cool ^^
Holo would have also liked to enter a shopping boutique I guess.
I liked your impressions of Japan a lot, thx for sharing so far =)
Would love to but too expensive, shes going to make me broke in no time haha
Oh boy, this is great. I love it!
Holo, really seems to glow in those pictures of you waiting at the intersection.
Thanks! Of course she had to shine, its holo!
i like the 3rd picture where you are waiting to cross the junction.
it gives an image of the folks being magnetize by you =)
There were a lot of curious eyes at our direction XD
Busy… boah.
Don’t know if I can handle that many people at once.
But yeah, that crossing is famous for Japan.
It takes courage ye.. It built up little by little after doing Project Holo a few times ^^
Haha reminds me of the first episode of Drrr!! when Mikado walks into the cardboard cutout of holo XD
Hi there! thanks for visiting, yes actually the project was influenced by that scene in Durarara!
If you want to know more about the project head to “project Holo” tab above next to about section.
You can also check out Holo in Ikebukuro where pictures were taken in the same location as the anime!
here.
You, sir, is awesome.
10 Internets for you.
Thank you!
This is pretty much the definition of godly otaku guts. You will go down in history for this :P
Im not sure about going down on history lol but thanks :)
Durarara atmosphere!!!
Fab, the next place for Project Holo will be in Europe?
Yes Europe will be the next destination! :)
Your last stop sure is one heck of a choice!
I can’t bring myself to do something like what you’ve done with eyes staring here and there (being the centre of attention is quite worrisome for me!), but you sure went all the way through and enjoy yourself in the project, especially that some even come over for a photo together with you.