Harajuku

Salons

salons
Marble
1-19-13 Jingumae

A beauty south style salon with friendly staff, good techniques, and reasonable prices.

salons
VIRGO
2-32-3 Jingumae
near the BEAMS Harajuku branch

Actresses and models sometimes use this salon.

salons
 

Harajuku and Omotesando are home to many upscale beauty salons, with prices to match.

bicycling
Yoyogi Park
代々木神園町2-1

Has a bike path and bicycle rentals are available.

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 竹下口 of JR Harajuku station, walk straight away from the station down Takeshita-dori 竹下通り, where you will almost certainly run into the mingling pedestrian crowds. When you reach the first major crossroad, Meiji-dori 明治通り, turn right.

When you reach the tree-lined Omote-sandō, turn left. There are no obvious Omote-sandō 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-sandō 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-sandō meets Aoyama-Dori 青山通り. There is very little of interest beyond this point, so one option is to walk back down Omote-sandō 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.