The New Year’s Eve countdown event at Shibuya’s scramble crossing ... However, it was halted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has not resumed since. With a significant increase ...

Shibuya is a valley and the station was built at the bottom of it in 1920. At first, this was not a problem as the only lines passing through were the JR Yamanote line and a local streetcar service.