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Foreign visitors in Tokyo

Foreign visitors are pictured in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district on April 16, 2025.

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Foreign visitors in Tokyo

Foreign visitors are pictured in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district on April 16, 2025.

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Japan: Dodgers’ Kike Hernández Enjoys Tokyo Visit Before MLB Opening Games 3

Days ahead of the MLB opening game against the Chicago Cubs, part of the Tokyo Series on Tuesday, March 18, Los Angeles Dodgers star player Enrique Hernández, was seen around Harajuku, a popular area in Tokyo, and enjoyed exploring the city.

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Japan: Dodgers’ Kike Hernández Enjoys Tokyo Visit Before MLB Opening Games 2

Days ahead of the MLB opening game against the Chicago Cubs, part of the Tokyo Series on Tuesday, March 18, Los Angeles Dodgers star player Enrique Hernández, was seen around Harajuku, a popular area in Tokyo, and enjoyed exploring the city.

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Japan: Dodgers’ Kike Hernández Enjoys Tokyo Visit Before MLB Opening Games

Days ahead of the MLB opening game against the Chicago Cubs, part of the Tokyo Series on Tuesday, March 18, Los Angeles Dodgers star player Enrique Hernández, was seen around Harajuku, a popular area in Tokyo, and enjoyed exploring the city.

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Rally in Tokyo's Shibuya against Israel's assault on Gaza

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Hundreds of people, including Palestinian living in Japan, join a rally in front of Tokyo's Shibuya Station on Nov. 10, 2023, against Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip. (Kyodo)

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Giant electric fans powered by bikes

Women pedal bicycles to power electric fans set up at a Uniqlo store in Tokyo's Harajuku area on July 6, 2023.

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Fender to open flagship store in Tokyo

Photo taken on June 29, 2023, shows U.S. guitar maker Fender's flagship store in Tokyo's Harajuku area a day ahead of its scheduled opening.

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Fender to open flagship store in Tokyo

U.S. guitar maker Fender CEO Andy Mooney speaks to the media on June 29, 2023, a day before its flagship store was set to open in Tokyo's Harajuku area.

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Fender to open flagship store in Tokyo

Photo taken on June 29, 2023, shows U.S. guitar maker Fender's flagship store in Tokyo's Harajuku area a day ahead of its scheduled opening.

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Tokyo rally for Ukraine

Ukrainian refugees sing their national anthem on a street in Harajuku, Tokyo, calling for peace in the war-torn country on Feb. 24, 2023, on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of its neighbor.

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McDonald's president

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Co. (Japan) President Sarah Casanova, wearing the hamburger chain's uniform, points to an updated menu at one of its restaurant in the Harajuku area of Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013.

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Chocolate cherry blossom

TOKYO, Japan - A cherry blossom artwork made of chocolate is unveiled to the media in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012. Students from the University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of the Arts as well as an artist took part in the project to make the work, about 1.20 meters in diameter and weighing around 85 kilograms, using KitKat, a chocolate product made by Nestle Japan Ltd., to encourage students preparing for entrance examinations. The work will be exhibited at Cafe Nescafe Harajuku in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward from Dec. 20 through Jan. 8.

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Lady Gaga perfume shop opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Customers look at Lady Gaga Fame perfume at Lady Gaga Haus Laboratories in Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Aug. 1, 2012. The shop selling the fragrance concocted by American pop singer Lady Gaga opened the same day in the department store, with sales set to continue through Aug. 31, after which the perfume will hit shelves at other department stores across Japan.

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Fundoshi comes back as cool underwear

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken June 15, 2012, shows colorful new-wave fundoshi, traditional Japanese underwear previously worn only by men, sold at the "hands be" sundry goods store in the Harajuku commercial area of Tokyo. According to the +charming! fundoshi marketer, 40 percent of those who buy its Sharefun line of fundoshi are women.

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'Cool Japan' promotion event in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Models pose at an event to promote the ''Cool Japan'' culture drive in Singapore on Oct. 6, 2011. Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry unveiled the first round of public-private joint projects in Singapore in which products from 15 Japanese fashion brands are sold at stores collectively called Harajuku Street Style for three months from October.

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'Cool Japan' promotion event in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Photo shows a ''Harajuku Street Style'' Japanese casual fashion shop in a department store in Singapore on Oct. 4, 2011. Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry unveiled on Oct. 6, 2011, the first round of public-private joint projects to promote ''Cool Japan'' culture drive in Singapore. Products from 15 Japanese fashion brands are sold at stores collectively called Harajuku Street Style for three months from October.

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Dressing up in Harajuku style

TOKYO, Japan - Two young women dress in Harajuku styles at a paid changing booth at the Uratake Girl's Style shop in the fashionable Tokyo area on Aug. 19, 2010.

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Shono in election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Mayo Shono (L), a candidate from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, sings along with a strumming supporter near Tokyo's Harajuku Station on June 24, 2010. Official campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election kicked off the same day.

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Forever 21 to open Asia's 1st flagship store in Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - An outlet of Forever 21 Inc., a fast fashion brand from Los Angeles, at Matsuzakaya department store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district is opened to the media on April 28, 2010. The outlet, the second in Japan following one opened last year in the Harajuku district and the first flagship in Asia, will open on April 29 to sell new brands for children aged 6 through 14 as well as older customers.

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FIFA World Cup trophy in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The FIFA World Cup trophy goes on display to the public at Laforet Museum in Tokyo's Harajuku district on April 25, 2010. The trophy arrived in Japan from South Korea on April 23 as part of its world tour covering 80 countries and areas.

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3 teenage girls taken to hospital after stampede in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers try to regulate pedestrian traffic along Takeshita Street in Harajuku, a popular Tokyo shopping district, after a street stampede on March 26, 2010. The stampede, apparently triggered by rumors that some celebrities were in the area, caused three teenage girls to be taken to the hospital.

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3 teenage girls taken to hospital after stampede in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police steer pedestrian traffic on a jam-packed Takeshita Street in Tokyo's popular Harajuku shopping district, after a street stampede on March 26, 2010. The stampede, apparently triggered by rumors that some celebrities were in the area, caused three teenage girls to be taken to the hospital.

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3 teenage girls taken to hospital after stampede in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police steer pedestrian traffic on a jam-packed Takeshita Street in Tokyo's popular Harajuku shopping district, after a street stampede on March 26, 2010. The stampede, apparently triggered by rumors that some celebrities were in the area, caused three teenage girls to be taken to the hospital.

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3 teenage girls taken to hospital after stampede in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Emergency services personnel carry a person on a stretcher on Takeshita Street in Harajuku, a popular Tokyo shopping district, on March 26, 2010. Three teenage girls suffering from nausea and chest pains were taken to the hospital after a stampede apparently triggered by rumors that some celebrities were in the area.

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Record-breaking Bolt shoes put on sale in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Running shoes identical to those worn by Usain Bolt were put on sale at Puma's retail store in Tokyo's Harajuku district on Aug. 21 for the first time anywhere in the world.

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'Fast fashion' boom heating up Tokyo's Harajuku area

TOKYO, Japan - Two women smile after shopping at an outlet of Forever 21, a U.S. clothing chain, in Tokyo's Harajuku district on June 6.

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Skull-themed fashion attracting Tokyo youngsters

TOKYO, Japan - A saleswoman shows off some pairs of socks with the ''S-Leg'' brand bearing skull images at the shop SBY Happy Room in Tokyo's Harajuku district in late April.

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Pop star Kusanagi freed day after arrest for indecency

TOKYO, Japan - A van carrying pop star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who was arrested on April 23 for allegedly stripping naked at a central Tokyo park, leaves Harajuku Police Station in Tokyo on April 24 after the member of popular music group SMAP was released. Earlier in the day, Kusanagi was sent to the Tokyo local public prosecutors office.

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Pop star Kusanagi freed day after arrest for indecency

TOKYO, Japan - Pop star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (R), who was arrested on April 23 for allegedly stripping naked at a central Tokyo park, leaves Harajuku Police Station in Tokyo on April 24 after being released. Earlier in the day, the member of popular music group SMAP was sent to the Tokyo local public prosecutors office.

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Pop star Kusanagi freed day after arrest for indecency

TOKYO, Japan - A van carrying pop star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who was arrested on April 23 for allegedly stripping naked at a central Tokyo park, leaves Harajuku Police Station in Tokyo on April 24 after the member of popular music group SMAP was released. Earlier in the day, Kusanagi was sent to the Tokyo local public prosecutors office.

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Police send arrested pop star Kusanagi to prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A police car carrying pop star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who was arrested after stripping naked while under the influence of alcohol April 23, heads for the public prosecutors office after leaving Harajuku Police Station in Tokyo on April 24.

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Police send arrested pop star Kusanagi to prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A police car carrying pop star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who was arrested after stripping naked while under the influence of alcohol April 23, leaves Harajuku Police Station in Tokyo on April 24 to send him to prosecutors.

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Police send arrested pop star Kusanagi to prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A police car carrying pop star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who was arrested after stripping naked while under the influence of alcohol April 23, leaves Harajuku Police Station in Tokyo on April 24 to send him to prosecutors.

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Japan's average land prices post 1st upturn in 16 years

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Omotesando avenue in Tokyo's posh Harajuku district, where land prices doubled in the last three years. Japan's average land prices for both residential and commercial areas rose in the year to Jan. 1 for the first time in 16 years since peaking in the midst of the economic bubble.

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Gays, lesbians parade in Tokyo after three-year hiatus

TOKYO, Japan - Gays, lesbians and their friends stage a ''gay pride parade'' in Tokyo's Harajuku district after a three-year hiatus on Aug. 13. The parade had been held a few times since 1994, but a ''heavy logistical burden'' forced the organizers to suspend the event after 2002.

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(8)Runners relay Olympic torch in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Under-23 striker Tatsuya Tanaka runs in Tokyo's Harajuku in the 53-kilometer torch relay through the Japanese capital on June 6.

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Swimsuit show held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Models show off this summer's swimsuit fashions at a show held by Teijin Ltd. in Tokyo's Harajuku district on Jan. 8.

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300 march in Tokyo demanding Japan stick to Kyoto pact

TOKYO, Japan - About 300 people march through crowded streets of Shibuya and Harajuku in downtown Tokyo on June 9 in a demonstration urging the Japanese government to stick to the floundering 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming. The Stop Global Warming! Family Parade organized by 13 mostly environmental groups, called on the Diet and the government to ratify and implement the Kyoto pact even without U.S. participation.

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Travelers back in Japan

Tokyo's Harajuku area is crowded with foreign tourists on Oct. 15, 2022, the start of the first weekend after the Oct. 11 significant easing of COVID-19 border controls aimed at buoying the stagnant inbound tourism industry.

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Travelers back in Japan

Tokyo's Harajuku area is crowded with foreign tourists on Oct. 15, 2022, the start of the first weekend after the Oct. 11 significant easing of COVID-19 border controls aimed at buoying the stagnant inbound tourism industry.

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Scene of Tokyo amid COVID-19 pandemic

People walk on a shopping street in Tokyo's Harajuku area on July 30, 2022, wearing face masks amid the continued spread of coronavirus infections.

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Scene of Tokyo amid COVID-19 pandemic

People walk on a shopping street in Tokyo's Harajuku area on July 30, 2022, wearing face masks amid the continued spread of coronavirus infections.

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Japan-themed area in Bangkok suburbs

Photo taken on April 27, 2022, shows a street lined with Japanese restaurants and souvenir shops in the suburbs of Bangkok. Based on Japan's Edo period, Harajuku Thailand opened at the end of March for locals who are interested in traveling to Japan, the third most popular travel destination in Thailand.

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Japan-themed area in Bangkok suburbs

Photo taken on April 27, 2022, shows a street lined with Japanese restaurants and souvenir shops in the suburbs of Bangkok. Based on Japan's Edo period, Harajuku Thailand opened at the end of March for locals who are interested in traveling to Japan, the third most popular travel destination in Thailand.

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Japan-themed area in Bangkok suburbs

Photo taken on April 27, 2022, shows a street lined with Japanese restaurants and souvenir shops in the suburbs of Bangkok. Based on Japan's Edo period, Harajuku Thailand opened at the end of March for locals who are interested in traveling to Japan, the third most popular travel destination in Thailand.

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)