page_title: Harajuku
section_title: Former landmark buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Harajuku / Former landmark buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: Aoyama Dojunkai Apartment building 日本語: 青山同潤会アパート
context_page_description: Harajuku is a district in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Harajuku is the common name given to a geographic area spreading from Harajuku Station to Omotesando, corresponding on official maps of Shibuya ward as Jingūmae 1 chōme to 4 chōme. In popular reference, Harajuku also encompasses many smaller backstreets such as Takeshita Street and Cat Street spreading from Sendagaya in the north to Shibuya in the south.
  Harajuku is known internationally as a center of Japanese youth culture and fashion. Shopping and dining options include many small, youth-oriented, independent boutiques and cafés, but the neighborhood also attracts many larger international chain stores with high-end luxury merchandisers extensively represented along Omotesando.
  Harajuku Station on the JR East Yamanote Line and Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Station served by the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line also act as gateways to local attractions such as the Meiji Shrine, Yoyogi Park and Yoyogi National Gymnasium, making Harajuku and its environs one of the most popular destinations in Tokyo for both domestic and international tourists.
context_section_description: Dojunkai Apartments, a 1927 building replaced in 2005 by Tadao Ando designed Omotesando Hills
  Drive-in Route 5 (Now LaforetHarajuku)
  Octagonal Pavilion (the only Korean BBQ restaurant in Harajuku district in the 1960s; presently the Octagonal Building)
  Palais France
  Harajuku Central Apartments (demolished)
  Hanae Mori Building (demolished)
  Omotesando Vivre
  Mother and Child Department Store Harajuku Carillon (Now Forever 21)
  WC Harajuku Wego store by Chinatsu Wakatsuki
  P.G.C.D. Head Office
  Menard BilecHarajukuLuseine Store
  N's game Omotesando branch
  Resona Bank Harajuku Branch (Now I.T.'S. International)
  Kokudo Head Office
  Bureau of Transportation Hospital (Now the Bureau of Transportation, Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
  Kawaii Monster Cafe is designed by designer Sebastian Masuda and presents a variety of unique menus.
caption: Dojunkai Apartments on Omotesando
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