Do you recognize this tunnel? This tunnel is located near MIYASHITA PARK in Shibuya, where there is a bicycle parking lot, but it has been given a different look with artwork all over it.
This is part of the "Shibuya Arrow Project," a project launched by Shibuya Ward in 2017 to inform visitors to the area of temporary evacuation sites and evacuation routes in the event of a disaster. The purpose of the project is to disseminate information through art to raise awareness of disaster prevention and disaster preparedness in normal times.
In 2024, the branding was renewed and a mural by Barry McGee, a world-renowned artist from San Francisco, U.S.A., and a photographic work by Daido Moriyama, an internationally acclaimed photographer, were unveiled as public art. Now, for the third installment, HITOTSUKI, one of Japan's leading mural artists, has completed a mural in the tunnel.
HITOTZUKI is a unit consisting of two artists, KAMI and SASU.
The motif of KAMI's clouds and curves and the SASU flying along the path to the temporary evacuation site, was intended to encourage people and guide them to the temporary evacuation site.
The tunnel connecting the "MIYASHITA PARK" side and the "Shibuya Seibu" side has been transformed into something wrapped in art, created with the aim of creating a special space where visitors can feel the breath of the extraordinary in this tunnel, as if they were surrendering themselves to the clouds.
Incidentally, the nearest temporary disaster evacuation site from HITOTZUKI's works is the Meiji Jingu Shrine and Yoyogi Park area. For more informationthis way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)It looks like the map is posted on the website, so check it out in case of an emergency.
