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Yoyogi Park (代々木公園, Yoyogi kōen) is a park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.It is located adjacent to Harajuku Station and Meiji Shrine in Yoyogikamizonochō.The park is a popular Tokyo destination, especially on Sundays when it is used as a gathering place for Japanese rock music fans, jugglers, comedians, martial arts clubs, cosplayers and other subculture and hobby groups. [1]
The Harajuku area is known internationally as a center of Japanese youth culture and fashion. [3] Jingu Bridge has become one of the locality's popular landmarks. Since the 1960s, it has attracted numerous cosplayers, performers, people dressed in visual kei, lolita fashion (sometimes in gothic variations), or similar outfits, and tourists. [4 ...
The town of Shibuya merged with the neighboring towns of Sendagaya (which included the modern Senda, Harajuku and Jingumae areas) and Yoyohata (which included the modern Yoyogi and Hata areas) to form Shibuya-ku suburban ward upon being absorbed into Tokyo City in 1932. Shibuya became an urban special ward under the Local Autonomy Act in 1947.
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 from Sendagaya in the north to Shibuya ...
View overlooking Ebisu from the Roppongi Hills Statue of Ebisu in front of Ebisu Station Yebisu Garden Place as seen from Tokyo Tower. Ebisu (恵比寿) is the southernmost part of Shibuya ward in Tokyo, Japan, and a major district of the ward.
The museum went through several name changes. The original 1872 exhibition was known as the "Museum of the Ministry of Education". [5] The compound in Uchiyamashita-chō was initially known simply as "the Museum" (Hakubutsukan) [6] before becoming the "Sixth Bureau of the Home Ministry", after which it was again known as the Museum and then the "Museum of the Museum Bureau". [6]
Washington Heights, Dependents Housing Area by Satoko Akio. Japanese title: ワシントンハイツ GHQが東京に刻んだ戦後. ISBN 978-4-10-135986-1. Hand, O.A.. "Ex-GIs Returning To Tokyo Won't Find The Same City They Once Knew." Chicago Tribune, February 28, 1988. Washington Heights Housing Complex, photos and personal recollections.
In April 1934, a bronze statue based in his likeness sculpted by Teru Andō [] was erected at Shibuya Station, and Hachikō himself was present at its unveiling.The statue was recycled for the war effort during World War II.