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Shibuya Japan scramble cross

Reporting from Tokyo — Everyone waited, the pressure building, potential energy set to become kinetic. Suddenly, the light changed and vehicles vanished from the vast intersection in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. For one eye-blink, the crossing was a no man’s land. Then, on cue, the pedestrian masses on the four corners surged forward. Seen from above, they were great armies entering battle, each moving with determination toward their point of contact. But there was no clash. In the middle, they came together in fluid movement, like cards shuffled in the hands of a Vegas dealer, each sliding seamlessly past the other. For nearly a full minute, the intersection was a sea of humanity. Slowly, the crush trickled out and the asphalt was again almost empty, only a few stragglers rushing to beat the light. Then it reverted to the throb of vehicle traffic, another cycle of Shibuya synchronicity complete.

Japan: Japan’s orderly Scramble intersection - Los Angeles Times