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walking tour: harajuku to shibuya
An interesting and recommended walk will let you experience Harajuku and Shibuya, and all of the trendy places in between.
Starting from the Takeshita exit 竹ä¸å£ of JR Harajuku station, walk straight away from the station down Takeshita-dori 竹ä¸éã, where you will almost certainly run into the mingling pedestrian crowds. When you reach the first major crossroad, Meiji-dori ææ²»éã, turn right.
When you reach the tree-lined Omote-sandÅ, turn left. There are no obvious Omote-sandÅ street signs, but you will note a 2d story office with that name above the pink "Condomania" store on one of the corners. And no, that business does not sell all sizes of condominium units.
Omote-sandÅ is home to the highest of high-fashion stores, including Ralph Lauren, Coach, and Yves St. Laurent.
The approximate half-way point is where Omote-sandÅ meets Aoyama-Dori éå±±éã. There is very little of interest beyond this point, so one option is to walk back down Omote-sandÅ and return to Harajuku. If you elect to go forward then turn right on Aoyama-Dori and you will eventually pass United Nations University on your right, and Aoyama Gakuin University on your left, before continuing down and finishing up at Shibuya's world-famous pedestrian crossing.
Allow yourself approximately two hours for this walk.