Harajuku Station

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Harajuku station building

Takeshita-dōri exit

Harajuku Station at night

Harajuku Station (原宿駅, harajuku-eki^?) is a station on the JR Yamanote Line located in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, adjacent to Yoyogi Park. The station was opened on October 30, 1906.

The station takes its name from the area on its eastern side, Harajuku.

The station is located at 35.669482° N 139.702535° E.

[edit] Line

Harajuku is served by the Yamanote line. All Yamanote line trains call here.

The Chiyoda Line Meiji Jingumae Station is immediately adjacent Harajuku Station and is marked as an interchange on most route maps, although there is no physical connection between the two stations.

Harajuku is also the station used by the Imperial Train for journeys beginning and ending in Tokyo.

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The station consists of a single island platform. A temporary platform is located on the west side of the station usable by trains traveling towards Shinjuku which is used when major events occur in the area, especially around New Year when many people visit Meiji Shrine.

The bathrooms of Harajuku station also act as mini dressing rooms for the many teenagers and rebellious youths who express themselves through the outrageous fashions for which Harajuku is famous.

The main entrance is at the southern end of the station. A smaller entrance in the centre of the platform is convenient for Takeshita-dōri, another famous area in Harajuku. Takeshita-dōri is a popular shopping street and Takeshita-dōri entrance is often very crowded, creating a bottleneck on weekends when scores of tourists and locals arrive and leave Harajuku generally and the shopping areas in and around Takeshita-dōri specifically.

To the east of the Yamanote line platform there is a separate platform for the Imperial train.

Stations of the JR Yamanote Line

Okachimachi

Ōtsuka

Akihabara