Harajuku 原宿

Stations: Harajuku on the JR Yamanote Line; also, Omotesando on the Metro Chiyoda Line

Omotesando 表参道 – the tree-lined boulevard leading from Aoyama-dori to the main entrance of the Meiji Jingu (Meiji Shrine) next to Harajuku station; Omotesando was laid out as a ceremonial approach to the Shrine and is now one of Tokyo’s most fashionable shopping districts.

Takeshita-dori – a small winding street a block north of Omotesando, lined with boutiques for teenagers, specializing in trendy clothes, music, DVDs, and imported British and American kitsch.

Meiji Jingu

Yoyogi Park

Tokyo Olympics

The Japan Fashion Association’s website, Tokyo Street Style, provides weekly photographs (and archives since 2003) of fashionable young people, divided among five trendy areas of Tokyo: Harajuku, Ginza, Omotesando, Shibuya, and Daikanyama.

Photo gallery of Harajuku street style: July 2004, January 2005

On the Street @ Harajuku – street scenes from 1995 to 2002, taken at the street dances and performances in Yoyogi Park near Harajuku Station