Harajuku

thumb|Omotesando Hills, Jingumae thumb|Cat Street, Tokyo|Cat Street, [[Ura-Harajuku]] is a district in Shibuya, Tokyo. Harajuku is the common name given to a geographic area spreading from Harajuku Station to Omotesando, corresponding on official maps of Shibuya ward as Jingūmae 1 chōme to 4 chōme. In popular reference, Harajuku also encompasses many smaller backstreets such as Takeshita Street and Cat Street spreading from Sendagaya in the north to Shibuya in the south.

Key facts

District.name: Harajuku
District.official_name: Jingūmae 1 chōme to 4 chōme
District.image_skyline: JRE-Harajuku-Station-07.jpg
District.image_caption: Harajuku Station (left), with Meiji Shrine forest as background
District.native_name: 原宿
District.settlement_type: Urban area
District.pushpin_map: Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo#Japan
District.native_name_lang: ja
District.map_caption: Location of Harajuku in Tokyo
District.subdivision_type: Country
District.subdivision_type1: City
District.subdivision_type2: Ward

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections

Contents

History
Pre-Edo period
Meiji Restoration to the end of the Second World War (1868–1945)
1945 to 1970
1970s and 1980s
1990s to present
2019 New Year's Day terrorist attack
Sightseeing and local landmarks
Former landmark buildings
Transport
Rail
Road
See also
References
External links

Harajuku is known internationally as a center of Japanese youth culture and fashion. Shopping and dining options include many small, youth-oriented, independent boutiques and cafés, but the neighborhood also attracts many larger international chain stores with high-end luxury merchandisers extensively represented along Omotesando.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harajuku” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.