Yoyogi Park is a modern 54 hectare public park located adjacent to Meiji Shrine, Harajuku and Omotesando. It features expansive lawns, ponds and fountains in its greener area and a stage and event area across a pedestrian bridge on the other side of the road. The event area also holds weekend festivals and events most weekends.
While it’s not the most beautiful of Tokyo’s parks, its charm lies in the people who utilise it on a daily basis. It’s a great place for people watching. On any given day, you’ll find the park filled with people picnicking, exercising and walking dogs alongside groups of drummers, teenagers practising dance moves, maybe even a lone musician playing a saxophone in the middle of the trees after dark.
Perhaps its most famous regular visitors are a troupe of rockabilly dancers who gather near the Omotesando gate every Sunday to show off their moves.
The park also hosts the Oedo Antique Market once a month, with uniquely Japanese goods on offer.
Address: 2-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya City, Tokyo
Getting there: 5 minute walk from Harajuku Station (JR Yamanote Line) or Meiji-jingumae Station (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda and Fukutoshin Lines)
Nearby: Cat Street, Eggs’n Things, Kiddyland, Meiji Shrine, Takeshita Street
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