Ura Harajuku 裏原宿

  • Published on : 12/03/2019
  • by : O.F.
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The hidden streets of Harajuku

Ura-Harajuku is a collection of small, mostly pedestrianized shopping streets that have developed alongside the grand Ometesando and the bustling Takeshita-dori. These alleys contrast with their neighbors especially by their small independent shops and their restaurants.

And it was in Harajuku that designers and artists then decided to settle. Harajuku then gradually became, in many minds, the fashion center of Tokyo.

Harajuku's true fashion culture today is best found in the alleyways known as Ura-Harajuku, or Urahara for short. More than in the very popular neighboring streets Takeshita-dori and Omotesando, the "Japanese Fifth Avenue, New York", it is there that Japanese fashion reinvents itself every day.

 

Takeshita dori

Takeshita dori

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Harajuku

Harajuku

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Harajuku

Harajuku

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Omotesando, Harajuku

Omotesando, Harajuku

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These streets are accessible from Harajuku station with the JR Yamanote line or Meiji-Jingumae station with the Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines.

 

 

If you're in the area, you can't miss the Meiji-jingu. Indeed, Harajuku Station backs onto Tokyo's most famous shrine. Go take a breath of fresh air in its green park and regain your strength then go to Shibuya, the neighboring district!

The clash of cultures in Tokyo has rarely been better represented than in the Harajuku district.

Gare d'Harajuku

Harajuku Station

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    These streets are accessible from Harajuku station with the JR Yamanote line or from Meiji-Jingumae station with the Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines.

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