Places
Browse 01532 places across Tokyo, including malls, attractions, areas, streets, and markets.
Forest shrine of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken next to Harajuku Station. Grounds follow sunrise and sunset (December closes 16:00). Inner Garden ¥500. Goshuin from 09:00 at 長殿. Hatsumode is Japan’s busiest. Not a mall.
Metropolitan park of 54 ha next to Meiji Jingu. Always open, free. Picnic lawns, cycling course, dog run (web registration, 12 Tokyo parks). Weekend festivals on Event Plaza and Keyaki Namiki. Service centre 03-3469-6081.
Neighbourhood shrine one block off Takeshita. Enshrines Admiral Togo. Grounds 06:00–17:00 (winter open 06:30). Reitaisai 28 May, Mitama lanterns in July. The Harajuku shuttle bus is stopped.
Ukiyo-e museum behind Laforet. No standing collection on the walls; shows rotate. 10:30–17:30, last entry 17:00. Monday closed plus changeover days. Cash only. Hello Dial 050-5541-8600.
Ujigami of old Onden on the west side of Cat Street, Jingumae 5-26-6. Beauty and enmusubi. Goshuin 11:00–16:00, lunch 13:00–14:00, closed Thursday. Reitaisai 9 September. Official: onden.jp.
Cat Street
Promenade on the old Shibuya River from Jingumae toward Miyashita. Official name: 旧渋谷川遊歩道路. Vintage and street brands. Locals shop here after work. Tourists treat it as the adult Takeshita.
Takeshita Street
About 350 m from JR Harajuku Takeshita Exit. Rising bollards make it pedestrian-only 11:00–18:00. Crepes, kawaii fashion, souvenirs. Official shop map: takeshita-street.com. A street, not a mall.
Zelkova avenue that was Meiji Jingu’s front approach, Jingubashi to Aoyama-dori. 原宿表参道欅会 is the shotengai. Evening walk, December lights. Omotesando Hills is a mall on this street, not the street itself.
Station neighbourhood between a shrine forest and a fashion street. Weekend use is Meiji Jingu, Yoyogi Park, Togo Shrine, Cat Street vintage, and the Omotesando zelkova walk. Malls sit on Omotesando. They do not define the place.
Jingumae 3–4 east of Meiji-dori. Vintage and street-brand alleys around Cat Street. Locals shop here. An area, not a mall and not a second Takeshita.