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The Fast and the Furious
Shibuya Crossing, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
If you want to see how organized or how courteous or for that matter how much Japan in general embodies its basic civic virtues in public, all you need to do is to stand on a corner at Shibuya Crossing and watch the organized chaos unfold repeatedly. It is believed that Shibuya Crossing is the world’s busiest, and most crowded pedestrian crossing, and yet it works like clockwork, as if everyone crossing there were predrilled and trained to systematically execute this mess! All the traffic lights in every direction at this intersection turn red at the same time. This lets pedestrians cross in all directions at the same time, creating a mass chaos of pedestrians crisscrossing all at once. This chaos comes to a sudden stop when one of the traffic lights turns green. The sidewalks swells with the patient crowds waiting eagerly to participate in the next chaotic crisscrossing opportunity, and when the lights turn red, they all do it again. This continues until Tokyo metro stops running for the day and when the nearby Shibuya Station closes its operations. Needless to say, it is a perfect place for a self-portrait or a selfie or simply a place to stand and reflect!
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The Fast and the Furious
Shibuya Crossing, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
If you want to see how organized or how courteous or for that matter how much Japan in general embodies its basic civic virtues in public, all you need to do is to stand on a corner at Shibuya Crossing and watch the organized chaos unfold repeatedly. It is believed that Shibuya Crossing is the world’s busiest, and most crowded pedestrian crossing, and yet it works like clockwork, as if everyone crossing there were predrilled and trained to systematically execute this mess! All the traffic lights in every direction at this intersection turn red at the same time. This lets pedestrians cross in all directions at the same time, creating a mass chaos of pedestrians crisscrossing all at once. This chaos comes to a sudden stop when one of the traffic lights turns green. The sidewalks swells with the patient crowds waiting eagerly to participate in the next chaotic crisscrossing opportunity, and when the lights turn red, they all do it again. This continues until Tokyo metro stops running for the day and when the nearby Shibuya Station closes its operations. Needless to say, it is a perfect place for a self-portrait or a selfie or simply a place to stand and reflect!
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