Concierge.com's insider take:

On weekends, this district of street fashion is crowded with wildly dressed kids who congregate near the entrance to the beautiful Meiji Shrine. Expect goths, cybergeishas, and "Lolitas" in mini-crinis. Rockers—top-to-toe in black and sporting serious hairdos—gather at the entrance to Yoyogi Park and dance for hours on end, even in the searing summer heat. The main drag is Takeshita Dori, a road that slopes down from the park and is lined with a carnival of teeny bopper boutiques. The backstreets—a.k.a. Urahara—are where the sneaker, T-shirt, and street-fashion stores are found, as well as the trippy Design Fiesta, an artist collective with a great Bohemian café. Cool off there with a beer after experiencing the Harajuku bedlam. (3-20-18 Jingumae; 81-3-3479-1442; www.designfesta.com/index_en.html).