After walking through Yoyogi Park and seeing Meiji Shrine, we continued to Takeshita Street in Harajuku for shopping.
Takeshita Dori
The symbol of Harajuku and birthplace of many of Japan’s fashion trends, Takeshita Dori (Takeshita Street) is a narrow, roughly 400 meter long street lined by shops, boutiques, cafes and fast food outlets targeting Tokyo’s teenagers. – japan-guide
Wasn’t too crowded around 2-3 PM, but it gets crowded around 5-6 (and always crowded on weekends^^).
Takeshita street is definitely the best part of Harajuku, if you like shopping that is. There are lots of awesome stores and everything is really cheap.
Daiso! This is the 100 yen shop in Harajuku, basically 4 floors of lots of crap. It has a lot of stuff the convenience stores have, but cheaper. Magnus and I bought a lot of instant noodles here :P
Magnus and Lisa after visiting Daiso.
Lots of pink stuff everywhere!
And also a few stores for the fan girls. We didn’t go in but I’m guessing it’s a lot like the Hello! Project stores but for girls, or for anyone liking Japanese boy bands I guess.
Many stores with cosplay costumes too. I thought that mannequin in the middle was a real person first xD
I’ve walked by LAFORET Grand Bazar twice now and it’s been super crowded every time, hard to make it through when you’re going home^^
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We have a Daiso here. I love it! You can get all kinds of cheap useless things.
Nice! Wish we had something like it in Sweden!
原宿はすばらしいね！I must say that you look like you’re having an absolute ball. It’s so great to see so many familiar places through your pictures; I really cannot wait until I am there in Feb!
wow so nice to see these places again. I miss Tokyo …da neeee!!
Ha! Daiso! They have that here in Singapore as well. My wife loves to go there and poke around. She could browse the store for an hour and not get bored. Thankfully I have an iPhone now to keep me occupied.