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The Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum

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Meiji shrine, one of the most popular shrines, is right next to Harajuku station. It was established in 1920 as a dedication to the souls of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shoken. The entire complex is enormous, covering 175 acres that has a forest that blocks off the noisy Harajuku. Let’s try Omikuji. While Omikuji is a fortune paper that can be found at all shrines throughout Japan, many of them don’t have a fortune paper written by English. The shrine has the English fortune papers. Shake the box that is full of numbered sticks and wish for the best. The box is designed so that only one stick will pop out at a time. Show the number on the end of the stick and you will be given a fortune paper. If you get a good fortune, never leave …show more content…

The Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum occupies the space that he used as a studio and residence. On the first floor is his carefully preserved studio and a reconstructed living room complete with a life-size model of the artist himself. There 's also a gift shop and a little cafe and cake shop called Piece of Cake, and a front garden where you can view around a dozen large-scale sculptures. Upstairs on the second floor is a small gallery space displaying four or five large-scale paintings, and a screening room showing a documentary video of Okamoto 's …show more content…

http://www.taro-okamoto.or.jp/en/ Nezu Art Museum (Omotesando) https://youtu.be/leBvQcuPUSc The Nezu museum has a private collection of Japanese and Asian art by Nezu Kaichiro, an avid art collector. The building itself is totally modern, however blends so well with the classical garden. The hilly garden has two ponds that are connected by small streams. Upon every turn of the numerous winding paths, you can see a new garden lantern, memorial stone, Buddha or Kan 'non statue. The garden also has some well-preserved tea houses and a modern cafe. The wide window front on three sides let 's us enjoy the garden while having a light lunch or coffee and cake. SHIBUYA 109 (Shibuya) SHIBUYA109 is a unique fashion building, offering a wide selection of the hottest brands and trends for youngsters. Shibuya 106 has become the domain of the fashion-obsessed teenage girls who follow trends. Also attracts many foreign visitors who want to find reasonably priced fashion items and who take a stroll around to see them in action and indulge in some amateur anthropology. Yoyougi Park

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