A wider and brighter Shibuya Station opened for Tokyo Metro Co.’s Ginza subway line on Jan. 3 at one of the busiest rail complexes in Japan. The old subway station was located on the third floor ...

Deep beneath Tokyo’s Shibuya Station, a massive flood control facility capable of holding 4,000 tons of rainwater is ready to defend the capital the next time it’s hit with torrential rain.

The Ginza subway line passes over Shibuya Station, 1955. In 1938, Shibuya was added to the Ginza subway line. Since the route passed through the rest of Tokyo at a shallow depth, the tracks came ...