{"id":15955,"date":"2015-01-06T15:13:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T23:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=15955"},"modified":"2015-01-08T00:55:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T08:55:40","slug":"the-sights-and-sounds-of-harajuku-in-tokyo-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2015\/01\/06\/the-sights-and-sounds-of-harajuku-in-tokyo-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sights and Sounds of Harajuku in Tokyo Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Harajuku district of Tokyo is another youthful neighborhood in Japan that embraces Japanese culture and fashion. My visit to the Harajuku neighborhood was very brief and I only had time to visit the famous Takeshita Street which is a pedestrian-only street.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Westin Taipei Hotel Review Part 1<\/a>
\nThe Westin Taipei Hotel Review Part 2<\/a>
\nW Taipei Hotel Review Part 1<\/a>
\nW Taipei Hotel Review Part 2<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Ximending in Taipei<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Taipei Main Station<\/a>
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\nLe Meridien Cyberport Hong Kong Hotel Review<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Kowloon Hong Kong<\/a>
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\nHong Kong Airport Cathay Pacific The Bridge Lounge<\/a>
\nHong Kong Airport Cathay Pacific The Cabin Lounge<\/a>
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\nHilton Narita Airport Hotel Review<\/a>
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\nThe Various Eats in Tokyo Japan<\/a>
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\nJapan Airlines NRT-LAX 777-300ER First Class<\/a><\/p>\n

Instead of taking the Tokyo metro subway from Shibuya Station<\/a> to Harajuku Station, I opted to walk since it was so close. It was an 18 minute walk from Shibuya<\/a> to Harajuku Station, but it only takes 2 minutes on the Yamanote Line by subway.<\/p>\n

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Right opposite of the Harajuku Station was the infamous Takeshita Street. It was early in the morning therefore not many shops were open yet. Japanese locals were mainly using Takeshita Street to get to work.<\/p>\n

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You can find shops such as Daiso and small trinket stores in the side streets.<\/p>\n

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Plenty of fast food restaurants and cafes are located on Takeshita St. such as McDonalds, Lotteria, and Italian Tomato Caf\u00e9 Jr.<\/p>\n

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If you love crepes, you can also find Marion Crepes (Patissirie from Harajuku since 1976) and opposite is the rival Creperie Santa Monica Crepes. I really wanted a crepe so bad, but they were both closed at 9am.<\/p>\n

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