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MarySpace~ Japanese Postcard  Every Sunday, young people dressed in a variety of styles including gothic lolita, visual kei, and decora, as well as cosplayers  spend the day in Harajuku socializing. The fashion styles of these youths rarely conform to one particular style and are usually a mesh of many. Most young people gather on Jingu Bridge, which is a pedestrian bridge that connects Harajuku to the neighboring Meiji Shrine area. Harajuku is also a fashion capital of the world renowned for unique street fashion. Harajuku street style is promoted in Japanese and international publications such as //Kera//, //Tune//, //Gothic & Lolita Bible// and //Fruits.// Many prominent designers and fashion ideas have sprung from Harajuku and incorporated themselves into other fashions throughout the world. Harajuku is also a large shopping district that includes luxury western designers, Harajuku native designers, and affordable shops catering to youths. Every Sunday, young people dressed in a variety of styles including gothic lolita, visual kei, and decora, as well as cosplayers  spend the day in Harajuku socializing. The fashion styles of these youths rarely conform to one particular style and are usually a mesh of many. Most young people gather on Jingu Bridge, which is a pedestrian bridge that connects Harajuku to the neighboring Meiji Shrine area. Harajuku is also a fashion capital of the world renowned for unique street fashion. Harajuku street style is promoted in Japanese and international publications such as //Kera//, //Tune//, //Gothic & Lolita Bible// and //Fruits.// Many prominent designers and fashion ideas have sprung from Harajuku and incorporated themselves into other fashions throughout the world. Harajuku is also a large shopping district that includes luxury western designers, Harajuku native designers, and affordable shops catering to youths.

 For the young and fashionable teenager, spending time in Harajuku ( 原宿 ) on the weekends is practically a necessity. Even others folks will want to visit the area to see  [|Meiji Jingu shrine], [|Yoyogi Park] or go shopping in [|Omotesando] or [|Takeshita-dori]. Harajuku is within the special ward of [|Shibuya].  [|Harajuku Map] - Highlights the key points of interest within Harajuku. Alternatively you can see Harajuku within the context of [|Tokyo] on our [|Tokyo Map].

If it's Harajuku's youth culture you want to see, don't even bother unless it's the weekend and preferably a Sunday. The bridge across the train tracks from [|Harajuku station] to [|Yoyogi Park] is full of [|Gothic Lolita or GothLoli]. The costumes are very outstanding and you can't miss them. It is funny to see the surprise of the western tourists heading to [|Yoyogi Park] and [|Meiji Jingu] who clearly had not read their guide books fully on Harajuku. You can hear their comments that make it very clear they just don't understand what is going on. Essentially the youth who have dressed up are just hanging out with friends, many of them come with the hope of being snapped by one of the many magazine photographers who mingle in the crowd. Failing that there are lots of western tourist happy to take their pictures.

Average Maximum Temperature~ Harajuku
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 * °C || 8.9 || 9.2 || 12.3 || 17.8 || 21.9 || 24.9 || 28.7 || 30.4 || 26.4 || 20.9 || 16.1 || 11.4 || 19.1 ||  ||
 * °F || 48.0 || 48.6 || 54.1 || 64.0 || 71.4 || 76.8 || 83.7 || 86.7 || 79.5 || 69.6 || 61.0 || 52.5 || 66.4 ||

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