Before the Edo period, Harajuku is one of the inn (juku) for those who travel through the Main Street route Kamakura. Tokugawa Ieyasu Harajuku presented to the mastery of the province of Iga ninja who help him escape from Sakai Honnōji after the incident.
In the Edo period, the Iga ninja group established headquarters in Harajuku to protect the city of Edo for the strategic location in the southern part of Main Street Koshu. In addition to the ninja, the samurai class Bakushin also choose to reside in Harajuku. Farmers planting rice in the Shibuya River area, and using a water mill to grind grain or to make flour.
In the Meiji era, Harajuku was built as an important area that connects the city of Tokyo to the surrounding area. In 1906, JR Harajuku Station opened as part of the extension Line railway. After that, Omotesando (the main road to the temple) was built in 1919 after the Meiji Shrine was founded.
After the opening of department stores in the 1970s, Harajuku fashion center. This area became famous throughout Japan after the fashion magazines such as coverage and non-Anan no. At that time, groups of girls who called Annon-zoku often found walking the streets of Harajuku area. They imitate the fashions worn by fashion magazine models Anan and non-no.
Around the 1980s, Takeshita Street became crowded because people want to see Takenoko-zoku who dressed weird and dancing in the streets. Once established as a special area of pedestrians, Harajuku became a favorite gathering place for young children. After Harajuku increasingly crowded, boutiques that sell goods of famous brands began to appear in Omotesando around in the 1990s.
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