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Street Snap #56 Shibuya Station Construction, June 2026 | GR IV

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I recorded Shibuya, which I regularly observe from fixed points. In this city, where large-scale redevelopment keeps the landscape in constant flux, the scenery is updated little by little each time I visit. That is why I feel compelled to come back and record it more often than any other place.

This time, I began walking from the National Yoyogi Stadium, designed by Kenzo Tange. Along the way, I photographed a wall with a large print of a Daido Moriyama image that had long caught my attention, then headed toward Shibuya Station. Around the station, I recorded the flow of people passing by, construction vehicles, and the outline of the new city visible beyond the temporary barriers, and I finished at the construction site on the former Tokyu Department Store site in Dogenzaka.

Using my familiar GR IV, I photographed on a clear, hot day in June in Hard Monotone. I wanted to capture the strength of the light and shadow as they were.

定期的に定点観察している渋谷を撮影した。大規模再開発によって常に変化し続けるこの街では、訪れるたびに風景が少しずつ更新されていく。そのため、どの街よりも頻繁に足を運んで記録しなければという気持ちになる。

今回は、丹下健三設計の国立代々木競技場から歩き始めた。途中、以前から気になっていた森山大道の写真が大きくプリントされた壁を撮影し、渋谷駅へ向かった。駅周辺では、行き交う人の流れと工事車両、仮囲いの向こうに見える新しい街の輪郭を記録し、最後は道玄坂の東急百貨店跡地の工事現場で撮影を終えた。

すでに手に馴染んだ、いつものGR IVを手に、6月の晴れた暑い日にハードモノトーンで撮影した。光と影の強さを、そのまま写し取りたかった。(→noteで詳細を読む

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Location: Shibuya, Tokyo

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All photos in this article were taken with a RICOH GR IV and edited in Lightroom.

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