The crossing in front of Shibuya Station is a landmark of the area. On weekends, 3000 people cross it at once.
Shibuya Crossing is famous. Everyone visiting Japan has seen Shibuya Crossing somewhere. On television, in the movies, in a documentary, during an advertising commercial. Even if you haven't seen Shibuya Crossing, I guarantee that you have; somewhere deep in your subconscious. That said, when I arrived in Japan I couldn't get my head around the popularity of a crossing. But, after visiting Shibuya again and again, the very fact that people are photographing a piece of road, or filming people crossing a street, has somehow won me over. I still keep my camera in my pocket though.