Takeshita, Omotesando, Urahara
After Harajuku Station, residents and first-timers do not walk the same street.
Last checked 8 November 2026. Written for people who live in Jingumae. Shop lists sit on the street pages.
Takeshita, Omotesando, and Cat Street already have listings. This page exists because they are siblings. One street page cannot hold “the neighbour is used like this.” People in Jingumae 2 and 3-chome skip Takeshita on Saturday.
Inbound
Takeshita
350 m. Pedestrian hours 11:00 to 18:00. Crepes and photos. Not a local errand.
After work
Omotesando
Jingumae crossing toward Aoyama. Zelkova after 18:00. December lights sunset to 22:00.
Local shops
Urahara
East of Meiji-dori, old Shibuya River. Vintage and street brands. Not “adult Takeshita.”
Photo: Go Harajuku, Omotesando.
The split is at the gates
JR Harajuku Takeshita-guchi turns left for 350 m. The Omotesando gates face the shrine forest and the zelkova. Meiji-jingumae exit 5 is Laforet and Ota Memorial. Exit 2 is the shrine. Same station name, different job.
Togo Shrine sits one block off Takeshita, Jingumae 1-5-3. The shrine tells visitors to take the blue line. Do not cross Saturday Takeshita. Open 6:30 November to March, close 17:00 all year.
Nobody lives on Takeshita
Jingumae’s households sit in 2-chome and 3-chome. 4-chome and 6-chome are shops and shrines. Takeshita itself has no residents on it. Saturday afternoon is inbound and school trips. Locals use Togo, the back streets, and Yoyogi Park.
Photo: Go Harajuku, Takeshita Street. Official Takeshita Street.
Omotesando is the night avenue
After 18:00 the walk from Jingumae crossing to Omotesando crossing is the local one. Hills and Laforet keep their own clocks. The tree lights belong to the Harajuku Omotesando Keyaki-kai. 2026 is a Dior year. Trees 1 to 27 December, shrubs through 5 January 2027. Sunset to 22:00. Free. No ticket.
Map: Harajuku Omotesando Keyaki-kai, official illumination page.
Urahara is the walk home
Cat Street follows the old Shibuya River from Jingumae toward Miyashita. Guidebooks call it the next Takeshita. Residents use it for vintage after work. Onden Shrine is Jingumae 5-26-6, closed Thursday. Goshuin 11:00 to 16:00, lunch 13:00 to 14:00.
Photo: Go Harajuku, Urahara.
Winter lights are three different jobs
Omotesando is the free avenue. Forest of Lights on the Yoyogi cycling course is timed, Lawson and TBS, from 17:30. Takeshita Street’s official news, as of 8 November 2026, does not list a civic Christmas lighting. Last winter was a SUPER BEAVER street jack. That is not a neighbourhood Christmas.
The split in full: Jingumae winter lights. Event page: Omotesando Dior illumination.
Closed days across the three
Ota closes Monday and changeover days. Onden Thursday. Laforet has no weekly close, 17:00 on 4 December only. Hills is irregular. One trap page: Omohara hours. Shrine gates: Meiji Jingu hours.
Japanese 竹下、表参道、裏原.