Harajuku

Harajuku (原宿,  listen ) 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 between 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.

Harajuku (disambiguation)

Harajuku (原宿) usually refers to the Harajuku district in Tokyo, Japan. It may also refer to:

Harajuku (dance project)

Harajuku is a eurodance project founded in 1992 by German producer Ulrich Moorlampen (Tony O'Melley). Together with his partner Thorsten Schotten, the first single was a world wide success, a Techno-dance version of the musical hit "The Phantom of the Opera". Thus, the title could position itself in the USA for weeks on the official Billboard Maxisales charts, the highest placing was at 21. Further the title was represented in numerous international dance charts. In the other course not only musical subjects, but also soundtracks were used among other things for Walt Disney animated films. In 1995, the album "Just One Look" was released.

History

The project is named after a region Harajuku of the Japanese capital of Tokyo, which is known for shrill fashion, special outfits and an upscale life style. The identity of the singer was kept secret, until it became known that it concerned the successful German pop singer Kristina Bach. With the other productions, they helped themselves to various singers till 1995, then unknown German singer Stephanie O'Hara (a.k.a. Stefanie Obst) signed onto the project. The majority of the songs in the album "Just One Look" were sung by Stefanie O'Hara. At this time Stephanie O'Hara was also the singer for appearance frames from numerous dancers. The appearance attracted big attention in the London scene disco "The Fridge," which was placed in the top 10 for British dance charts.