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artists and small boutiques, and many felt that something of the district's bohemian
spirit had been lost when they were destroyed to make way for Omotesandō Hills.
Cat Street
The hip, independent Harajuku style is very much in evidence south of Omotesandō
on
Cat Street
, a curvy pathway lined with cafés, small restaurants and eclectic emporia.
Shadowing the course of the old Shibuya river (now built over), it provides a far more
pleasant walking route to Shibuya than the busy main roads.
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Ōta Memorial Museum of Art
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, Ōta Kinen Bijutsukan • 1-10-10 Jingū-mae, Shibuya-ku • Tues-Sun 10.30am-5pm • Fee varies with exhibition •
T
03 3403 0880,
W
ukiyoe-ota-muse.jp • Harajuku or Meiji-Jingū-mae stations
Behind
Laforet
, another trendy boutique complex, is the excellent
Ōta Memorial
Museum of Art
. Put on slippers to wander the small galleries on two levels, which
feature
ukiyo-e
paintings and prints from the private collection of the late Ōta Seizō,
an insurance tycoon. The art displayed comes from a collection of twelve thousand
pieces, including masterpieces by Utamaro, Hokusai and Hiroshige.
Design Festa Gallery
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• 3-20-18 Jingū-mae, Shibuya-ku • Daily 11am-8pm • Free •
T
03 3479 1442,
W
designfesta.com •
Harajuku or Meiji-Jingū-mae stations
An anything-goes arts space sprouting out of Harajuku's backstreets, the
Design Festa
Gallery
is an offshoot of the Design Festa, Japan's biggest art and design event (see p.26).
OMOTESANDŌ
CAFÉS AND TEAHOUSES
Andersen
Bunbōgu
Hideaway
The Sweet Dynasty
Toraya Café
SHOPPING
±0 Aoyama
Amadana
Bedrock
Billionaire Boys Club
Chicago
Comme des Garçons
Cube Space Club
Aoyama
Gallery Kawano
Ginza Natsuno
Inhabitant
Issey Miyake
J-Period
Kiddyland
Kura Chika Yoshida
Laforet
Oriental Bazaar
Rin
Tsumori Chisato
United Arrows
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4
2
7
6
13
3
8
2
5
18
15
10
11
14
17
7
6
12
4
9
16
19
1
RESTAURANTS
Hiroba
Las Chicas
Maisen
Piazza Eco-Farm
Sakuratei
8
10
5
3
1
Harajuku
Station
HARAJUKU
Design Festa
Gallery
Ōta Memorial
Museum of Art
BARS, CLUBS AND LIVE VENUES
Crocodile
Harajuku Taproom
Hasegawa-Saketen
Le Baron
Montoak
5
1
4
3
2
Ō-torii
JINGŪMAE
Meiji-jingūmae
Laforet
Meiji-jingūmae
N
Omotesandō
Hills
Omotesandō
Omotesandō
0
100
metres
