Etymology

Harajuku

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Today it means: A district of Shibuya ward, Tokyo, Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 原宿
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from原宿
  2. English todayHarajuku

Borrowed from Japanese 原宿 (Harajuku, literally “lodging in the prairie”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.