Harajuku the common name for the area around Harajuku Station. It is a wild and crazy place best seen on a Sunday or any other holiday for that matter. It is located just 1 station north of Shibuya and some consider it to be the extion of Shibuya.

You may be suprised to find teens dressing up in cosplay, anime, or other gothic type costumes right out side the station or street performers acting out for a little extra money.

Places to Visit

Takeshita Dori Street - Once exiting the Harajuku station. Parallel and across the street you can find the Takeshita Dori Street. Filled with shops for Youth including Gothic supplies, Band Shirts, miscellaneous character items and idol goods popular among teens.

Shops along Takeshita Dori tend to be open daily from 11:00 to 20:00.

Omotesando - Omotesando is the Champs-Elysee of Tokyo. It has opened the largest Louis Vuitton shop in Japan in 2003, and queues are frequent. It is one of the rare avenue of the Japanese capital to be planted with trees all its length. "Omotesando" means "front approach" Shops along Omotesando tend to be open daily from 11:00 to 20:00.

Meiji-jingu Shrine - Tokyo's largest shrine, and one of Japan's three "Jingu" (Imperial shrine). It was built in 1920 in memory of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken.

Always open. Admission free.

Yoyogi Park - The largest Open park in Tokyo. The park is more like a forest at times with a variety of landscape and places to sit and enjoy your time. A popular place for "Lovers" to go.

Always open. Admission free.

Nation Yoyogi Statdium - Built for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics by renown architect Tange Kenzo, the stadium hosted the olympic swimming competitions. It is now also being used for ice skating and volleyball competitions, concerts and various other events..

How To Get There

JR Harajuku Station on the Yamanote Line is the obvious way to get to Harajuku. The station is very conveniently located next to both the entrance to Meiji Jingu and the beginning of Omote-Sando.