Invader Astro Boy Street Art Removed from Shibuya
by 
Matt Schley
June 27, 2022
Matt Schley
June 27, 2022 
Shibuya, Tokyo is full of visual delights, and one of my favorites is the Astro Boy/Tetsuwan Atom piece by the famous street artist Invader.
Is? I mean was. That’s because the city removed the piece from its location over a tunnel on June 17.
The street art mural (which, yes, was technically put up without permission, but c’mon) had been a fixture of Shibuya’s urban landscape since 2014. It’s been estimated at a worth of over a million dollars.
The removal seems to be part of a broader effort to clean up the streets of Shibuya. I would suggest a piece of awesome art was maybe not the first priority for such an effort, but what do I know.
Source: Otakomu
