Shibuya Crosswalk

Hey again everyone, or really anyone who might be looking at this. We are on lock down in the lodge up here in Hokkaido. I have lived and traveled in some places with bad weather, but I have seldom if ever seen it snow like this. Currently, the road from our lodge/onsen is closed and we are hanging out, drinking coffee and waiting for it to break. If yesterday afternoon is any indication, when it does break it will be epic. More on that later.

Anyway, trying to stay chronological here. So, here are some shots of the famous crosswalk in Tokyo's Shibuya neighborhood. You may have seen it in the movies Jackass and Lost in Translation, but it is hilarious live. Just synchronized chaos. When the lights change thousands of people cross the street in every direction. We managed to find a creative direction to cross in ourselves, and it was basically human pichicho.

After this, sort of stunned by the whole thing we stumbled into what is called a "Food Court" over here. But, it is not the American mall food court. It is more like a modern market arranged in stalls with hawkers out front of each pitching the products and really high quality prepared foods. I know it is a stupid cliche, but I don't know how they don't all weigh 400 lbs. More to come.