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03-12-2008, 02:03 AM

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.


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03-12-2008, 02:09 AM

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?



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03-12-2008, 03:07 AM

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The real reason to go to Harajuku would be to see Meiji Shrine which is an incredibly peaceful and beautiful garden and shrine quietly surrounded by the noise of Tokyo.
I didn't know the Meiji shrine was in Harajuku...I thought it was someplace else. lol I feel ignorant now of that. ><;
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03-12-2008, 08:56 AM

Harajuku is BORING! All I saw was some cosplayers or jrock wannabes
or something, but there werent even that many. Well then again it was
raining then... who knows. Anyway don't believe the HYPE! harajuku is
pretty SMALL too... not much to see. The hype is in Shinjuku!



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03-12-2008, 02:37 PM

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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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03-12-2008, 02:54 PM

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The shrine is very close to JR Harajuku and Subway Meiji-Jingūmae Station.
It's closer to Heaven is how I feel everytime I go there! The mysterious forest right in the middle of Tokyo!
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