Shibuya/Harajuku/Omotesando

Shibuya Crossing is the busiest pedestrian crossing outside Shibuya station. It's known as one of the best photo spots for foreign tourists. Access: outside Hachiko exit of Shibuya station

Shibuya 109 is a department store famous for its youth culture and latest fashion trends.

Address

2-29-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Access

6min. walk from Shibuya station

Opening hours

10am ~ 9pm

Opened in 1978 and has become the long-standing symbol of the Harajuku style.

Address

1-11-6 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001

Access

5min walk from the Omotesando exit of Harajuku Station on the JR Yamanote Line or a 1min walk from Exit 5 of Meiji Jngumae 'Harajuku' Station on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin and Chiyoda Lines

Opening hours

11.00~21.00

Opened in 2006 and designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando, this stylish complex with six stories above ground and six below offers approximately 100 shops, restaurants and a residential area.

Address

4-12-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, 150-0001

Access

2min from A2 Exit at Omotesando station on Ginza, Chiyoda and Hanzomon Line

Opening hours

11.00~21.00 (Sundays closed at 20.00) Restaurants 11~23.30 (Sundays until 22:30)

Meiji Jingu is a Shinto Shrine dedicated to the divine souls of Emperor Meiji and his consort Empress Shoken. In 1920, people from all over Japan donated 100,000 trees and voluntary workers created a forest around the shrine. This is the most popular shrine for Hatsumode (the first shrine visit of the New Year).

Access

1min walk from JR Harajuku station

Opening hours

Sunrise to Sunset (opening Hours change every month)

Admission

Free of charge