Tokyo · Essentials
From Hachikō to the sacred forest: Shibuya, Harajuku and Meiji Jingū
On this route you go from Tokyo at its most electric to Tokyo at its most silent in little more than three kilometres. You start beside Japan's most faithful dog, cross the most famous pedestrian crossing on the planet, walk up the avenue of zelkova trees and the street of kawaii, and finish in a sacred forest that was planted a century ago with the next century in mind.
- 6 stops
- 3 km
- 1 h 45 min
- Free
The route
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What you’ll discover
From Hachikō to the sacred forest: Shibuya, Harajuku and Meiji Jingū
Tokyo's icons
Hachikō, the Shibuya Crossing, Takeshita-dōri and Meiji Jingū, all in a single walk.
From neon to forest
A contrast that sums up the city: giant screens and, ten minutes away, cedars, gravel and silence.
The stories behind the photo
The true story of the dog, the mural lost in Mexico and the barrels of Burgundy wine.
