Tokyo Japan Vacation Food - Harajuku

Harajuku is well known for latest, greatest, innovating and some weird fashion, still there are many famous and delicious foods around the places. It is really help a lot especially after you work for like couple of hours and would like to find a place to sit down relax and enjoy your lunch or afternoon tea, here is the handy guide for you. So this is a must add favorite page for your Tokyo Japan vacation, shopping and foods itinerary in Harajuku.

Food and Travel in Harajuku

1. COROchan's COROKKE

Famous of its deep fry Hokkaido Potato with 100% vegetable oil that so tasty and crispy. It started the business in 1996, since then it has getting a lot of interviews, publications from radio stations, magazines, TV station. In 2006 it has grown to 500 outlets around Japan and manage to extend the business to oversea like Australia and Singapore. Really value for money despite the high quality and healthy food.

Reference price of Corokke: Mince Meat flavor, Hokkaido Milk flavor, seafood flavor - each only 50 yen.

Access Info: 5 minutes walk from Harajuku station Takeshita Dori exit, just opposite Rock 'N' Roll Museum.

2. Bakudan Yaki Honpo

Since the first business day in December 2000, it attracts tones of Japanese medias flock here for interviewing the special foods that Bakudan Yaki Honpo introduce. It is a very special fried egg that like a big golf ball with 8 cm in diameter and weighted of 200 grams. It stuff about 10 different ingredient into the ball, a very crispy and soft tender feeling when you bite on it. Recommended to try out Kimchi, cheese and original flavor.

Access Info: 2n Floor in Solado building inside Takeshita Dori.

Phone: 03-3746-0086

3. Bio Ojiyan Cafe

It is so famous until you can search it in Yahoo Japan. It has a 3 storey building in Harajuku, with ground floor and 1st floor is the cafe & restaurant, 2nd floor is selling clothing and accessories. The famous dish is "o jiyan" style that mimic what the Japanese village type of cooking recipes dishes.

Access Info: 8 minutes walk from Takeshita Dori, after Beams Street make a left turn and it is at the back of UA Cafe.

Phone: 03-3746-5990

4. Takohana

Japan number 1 Takoyaki, always in a long queue before you can get to buy this special Japan authentic Takoyaki that blend with special source. Just 400 yen for 8 pieces, very reasonable price.

Access Info: 7 minutes walk from Harajuku station Omotesando exit.

Phone: 03-3409-8787

6. Kyusyu Jangara Authentic Ramen

25 years in business, famous of its authentic Kyusyu Ramen that the soup is made up of 7 different ingredients that make the ramen soup so special and delicious. Tokyo alone it has 6 outlets.

Access Info: 2 minutes walk from Harajuku station Omotesando exit.

Phone: 03-3779-3660

7. Peltier - Famous France Desserts Shop

Setup by Philippe Conticini, the shop theme is surrounding Paris latest desserts taste and lifestyle experience. It makes use of fruits imported from France, very delicate and unique decoration and presentation that make some many Japanese ladies so crazy about the desserts. The shop has a very good location where you can sit there enjoy your special desserts and watching the human traffic on the Omotesando street.

Access Info: 5 minutes walk from Harajuku station (JR Yamanote line Omotesando exit), near to Kiddy Land.

Phone: 03-3499-4791

8. MaiSen - Japan most famous Tongkatsu (Pork chop)

It stated the business back in Showa 40 years, it selects the best pork meat especially the black pork (kuro buta), go with in-house secret sources the deep fried pork chop which so crispy at the side and so tender and juicy in inside. Always find long queue at the main entrance during lunch and dinner hours.

Access Info: 10 minutes walk from Omotesando station, walk till the end of Omotesando Hills, check for a sign board with mentioning "Harajuku Ni Chome Shio Hing Machi" (Harajuku 2nd District Products Street) and go straight into the street.

Phone: 03-3470-0071

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