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i was going to leave the first paragraph as it is but i noticed it's copied verbatim from that other site so decided to rewrite, besides it was just written badly :( not that i'm much better, but at least i know the diff between its and it's
Shibuya District of the major Japanese city of Tokyo seems to be a business related district. Major corporate offices are stationed at Shibuya including a branch of Tachibana Laboratories. The level of heavy commercialism is balanced by the consumer commercialization and the residential districts around Shibuya. Shibuya's residents are in the hilly area of the city while the commercial areas reside on the more level terrain. Popular places in Shibuya are the square which hosts most of it's shops and stores including a night club named [[Cyberia]]. The school district is also inside the commercial area and is connected to the residential area via cable car. The student who do not live in the high rise apartments of Shibuya take the cable car to school. Shibuya boasts beautiful greenery surrounding and infiltrating the district as well as access to the river which runs along side downtown.
'''Shibuya Ward''' is a prominent setting in Serial Experiments Lain. [[Lain]] and her friends, [[Arisu]], [[Juri]], and [[Reika]], often go there to hang out and shop, and sometimes to visit [[Cyberia]]. [[Mika]] also visits Shibuya to spend time with her boyfriend.
[[Lain's house]] is in Setagaya, a ward adjacent and to the east of Shibuya. Minato Ward, where the [[boss|employer]] of the [[men in black]] keeps his [[Tachibana Labs|office]], is adjacent and to the west of Shibuya. Suginami, the ward in which [[Triangle Staff]] was located, also shares a small piece of border with Shibuya.
== List of real-life Shibuya sites in Lain ==
The following is a list of places seen or referred to in ''Lain'' that can also be seen in real-life Shibuya.
*'''Hachiko Square Scramble Crossing'''
[[Layer 05]] begins with a monologue by the voice of [[Masami Eiri]] accompanied by a montage of several images. Almost all of these images are recognizable as views from the famous scramble crossing by Shibuya Station, though many of the businesses' names are slightly altered. The views include landmarks such as the Center Gai entrance, the statue of Hachiko, 109, Men's 109, and the entrance to Shibuya Station. Later in the episode, Lain's face is displayed on the large screen mounted on the front of the Men's 109 building.
*'''Center Gai'''
A narrow shopping street, one of the streets that radiates out from the scramble crossing's intersection. According to [[Chiaki Konaka|Konaka]]'s [[Scenario Experiments Lain|script]] of [[Layer 01]], the building [[Chisa]] jumped off of was on this street.
*'''Shibuya Police Station'''
[[Layer 03]] begins with a blurred photograph of Shibuya Police Station, where Lain is taken for statements after the shooting at the end of [[Layer 02]]. The station is located to the east of the train station, in a 15-storey building. In Google maps, the portion of the building in the photograph is obscured by a flight of stairs leading to pedestrian overpasses.
*'''Yamanote Line'''
This train line runs through Shibuya, making a stop at Shibuya Station. According to information provided in [[Layer 09]], Masami Eiri killed himself somewhere on this line.
==External Links==
*[http://lainwire.tripod.com/iwakura.htm This fansite] has a page on Shibuya.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya,_Tokyo#Shibuya_Crossing Shibuya Scramble Crossing]
*[[Wikipedia:Center Gai]]
*[[Wikipedia:Yamanote Line]]
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