Part 12
Takeshita Dori or Takeshita Street is a walking distance from Meiji Temple. They are both in Harajuku.
From Wikipedia:
Takeshita Street (Takeshita-dōri) is a pedestrian-only street lined with fashion boutiques, cafes and restaurants in Harajuku inTokyo, Japan. Stores on Takeshita Street include major chains such as The Body Shop, McDonald’s and 7-Eleven, but most of the businesses are small independent shops that carry an array of styles. The shops on this street are often a bellwether for broader fads, and some are known as “antenna shops,” which manufacturers seed with prototypes for test-marketing.
Takeshita Street was a reliable place to go and purchase fake Japanese and American street brand goods from the early 1990s to 2004. Since 2004, a stronger metropolitan government stance on counterfeit merchandise has led to a decrease of such items being available to the public.
Located directly across from the exit of JR East’s Harajuku Station, Takeshita Street is very popular with young teenagers, particularly those visiting Tokyo on school trips, or local young people shopping for small “cute” goods at weekends.
This is the entrance at Takeshita Street. We were there on a Saturday and it was packed!
True to it’s description, you can find a lot of stores in this street. Mahaba-haba ang kalyeng ito and there are stores left and right.
There are also different kinds of clothes mostly para sa mga bagets. Pati ang mga sizes pang bagets. Lol.
You can also find Japan’s longest running crepe shop, Marion Crepes at Takeshita Dori. I wish we were able to try their crepes however the queue was so long!
There are many food and candy stalls there.
When Anika’s older, I’m sure she will love it here.
They also have a lot of various foot wear and they sell it bangketa style too.
The layout of some of the stores at Takeshita Dori reminds me a lot of Greenhills and the tiangge-an at the basement of Glorietta 2 before they renovated.
It was a little difficult to shop because very bagets nga ang fashion dun.
Here’s my #WithMommyFleur photo for that place.
When we got to the end of the street, I got hungry so I tried out the crepe stall. This was a stolen shot taken by Wowa.
The crepes all looked so good but I have already decided what to get.
When in Tokyo, try a lot of Matcha flavored food!
My crepe was delicious except when I finished the Matcha ice cream and brownies. Punong puno ng creme the whole crepe cone inside! Calories galore. Kakilabot!
Would I recommend you going to Takeshita Dori street? Well, yes for experience. You can see the Japanese youth in their cute and unique outfits and get ups. But if you do not like being in a place where madami ang tao, siksikan and mainit, don’t go anymore. Good luck also if you will be able to buy clothes for yourself. Mahirap eh. They seldom have sizes and they assume lahat ng tao ay extra small. Hehehe. Pero Daiso’s there so your trip won’t be sayang naman if ever you pass by.
If you will try to shop here, take note where the clothes are from ha? They sell a lot of clothes from Korea. Wag niyo na bilhin yun. Eh di sana sa Korea na lang kayo nagpunta. Try to buy clothes made in Japan. They’re a little more expensive but you can see that they have better quality =)