Ometasando street

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The Harajuku-Omotesando area is the birthplace of culture and fashion, and a showcase of trendy and state-of-the-art architecture.

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We took a metro ride to Harajuku station and started our tour there. Immediately after leaving the metro station you are immersed in a center of a Japan pop culture and manga style on a street named Takeshita-dori. Lightings of all colors and sizes, Japanese lovers of manga’s, teenagers, tourists, all dressed up giggling and talking in a busy road. You feel like you are a part of a video game. Few blocks later you find yourself at the Ometasando avenue.  Omotesando Avenue is often compared to the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. I would agree that it is a somewhat fair comparison but it isn't nearly on the grand scale of the Champs-Élysées in its urban scale. But the buildings that you can see are beyond amazing. The avenue is so alive with all the static movements of those different architecture styles. Nevertheless, at the end of the street, stands like a crown, the Nezu museum, by the design of Kengo Kuma. It is absolutely amazing the emotion and the change of feeling you get while entering. It is like entering a small temple on the busiest road. The entry promenade enclosed by small bamboos forest invites you to the oasis of piece, a beautiful garden and a very nice small art collection.