Is this near harajuku, tokyo?

Question:

i am moving to Tokyo, Japan and i found a great apartment but I have my mind set on living in Harajuku or somewhere very near or another major fashion district(because my career depends on it) and the apartment description notes that it is located in Honmachi shibuya so, i would like to know if it is near by?

Answer:

http://maps.loco.yahoo.co.jp/maps?lat=35…
The link above is of the map of the area you mentioned and on there are a blueish balloon like mark at 10o'clock position from the center of the map: This is where your apartment is located.
And at about 12 O'clock position is Shinjuku（新宿） and at 4 O'clock is Harajuku(原宿）and at 5 O'clock Shibuya(渋谷）.
From your apartment to Shijuku station, it seems you have to walk some 2km taking about 20 to 30 minutes and some ten minutes train ride from Shinjuku to Harajuku.
Shibuya is the nest station from Harajuku.
Sorry! The kind of map I intended to show you turned out to fail in showing the balloon. But you can try to find out somehow by scaling down the map and locating the words 新宿、原宿、渋谷.




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