I quite liked Harajuku O_o Possibly because there are a lot of fairly cheap clothing stores around there, and I was interested in taking photos of the cosplayers. If you go in thinking its some kind of wonderland where everyone is a cosplayer you'll be disappointed, but if you're realistic about it and have some idea of what it actually is, it can be fun :) It's interesting seeing all the people in alternative fashion - sort of the flipside to the older and more traditional aspects of Japanese culture. I think the guys in our group were far less interested though - Harajuku is more fun if you're a teenager/twenties girl who can fit into the Japanese clothes, otherwise I can imagine it would be a bit boring.

Yoyogi Park and Meiji shrine were really beautiful and peaceful though, interesting contrast to all the hustle and bustle just outside it.

i would go just to see cosplayers and differant fashion style + if you are visiting a country try to see as much as u can right?

I didn't know the Meiji shrine was in Harajuku...I thought it was someplace else. lol I feel ignorant now of that. ><;

The shrine is very close to JR Harajuku and Subway Meiji-Jingūmae Station.

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Young people hang around in Aoyama, Shibuya, Daikanyama, Shimokitazawa, and other places...

It's closer to Heaven is how I feel everytime I go there! The mysterious forest right in the middle of Tokyo!