429
is really Shibuya 109, Tokyo
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
The silver cylinder of the fashion mall 429 rises behind the Scramble Crossing in Ghostwire: Tokyo. GAME Watch and Inside both identify it as the game's version of Shibuya 109, and the in-game database even says fans call it simply "29".
The real place
Shibuya 109 opened in 1979 at the fork where Dōgenzaka and Bunkamura-dōri split, and its name is a pun on its owner Tokyu: 10 is read "tō" and 9 "kyū" in Japanese. Its fashion shops are aimed mostly at young women, and the round tower is still one of the area's best-known sights.
Visiting
The mall is open daily from 10:00 to 21:00, the same numbers again. The best view of the tower is from the Hachikō side of the crossing, as in the game; Dōgenzaka, to its left, leads up into the bars and restaurants of Shibuya's hill.
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