Scenic Places in Black and White - Tokyo, Shibuya Station

wraiths - jdx (flickr)

One of the most frequented train stations on earth is Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan. Most known is the big crossroads on top of the station where every two minutes thousands of people cross the roads from five directions.

Funny are days like the ones shown in the two pictures. When it's raining Japanese are all carrying white umbrellas which gives a very special look to that scenery. Especially when captured in black and white.

The composition of white zebra crossing with white umbrellas and black clothing of people gives interesting texture and strong graphical elements.

Tokyo - Shibuya Crossing - Tanya Nagar (flickr)

last night in tokyo, shibuya at night - (mar cusp) (flickr)

Shibuya is a very colourful place. All the constantly moving billboards.
At night this is a bouquet of electronic fireworks.

Captured in black and white this slows down and adds an atmosphere of calm.

Shibuya, Tokyo - Urban Photography

One of the most impressive locations of my recent Tokyo trip was the large crossing at Shibuya station.

The traffic lights at Shibuya crossing change every 2 minutes and thousands of people from five directions are crossing. There is approximately a number of 100'000 persons passing through this crossing per hour. This makes the Shibuya crossing the busiest crossing in the world.

 My search on 500px.com for "Shibuya crossing" yielded a number of very exceptional images of that place.