Shibuya Restaurants - Fujimama’s Tokyo
One of the best places for breakfast and brunch, as well as special meals like the Thanksgiving traditional plate, Fujimama’s is a Tokyo tradition. Though Fujimama’s is actually a bit far from Shibuya station, it is still within the boundaries of the Shibuya Ward and a mere 6-8 minutes by train. If you’re craving western style breakfast food at a reasonable price, with western size portions, look no further than Fujimama’s. Fujimama’s is located just a short walk from the station as the map on their website here shows: http://www.fujimamas.com/contact-map.html
The main draw on the weekends is their famous Brunch starting at 11:00 AM and lasting until 4:00 PM on Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays it is always packed, with good reason. Specifically, a menu item known as “The Big Plate” which is not an exaggeration, it goes for about 1600 yen and includes: Two large buttermilk pancakes, biscuits and gravy, two apple infused sausage patties, homefries with peppers, and two strips of perfectly prepared bacon. They also have a variety of teas, smoothies and other specialty drinks to go with it. There are a limited variety of vegetarian options as well.
http://www.fujimamas.com/brunch-menu.html
I regret that I have not tried the lunch or dinner menu, but by sampling the Brunch menu it was enough for me to give Fujimama’s a shining recommendation.
It has been a while since I’ve been to Fujimama’s, but I am going again soon and will hopefully have some pictures up if photography is allowed!
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Shibuya Sightseeing- Getting to Shibuya
What good is a Sightseeing website without information on how to get to them!? Anyway, it is quite simple to get to where the action is in Shibuya, here’s how:
Shibuya Station serves three different inbound Tokyo Metro subway lines and two inbound JR lines. The Tokyo Metro lines are as follows: Fukutoshin, Ginza, and Hanzomon.
The JR Lines are the Saikyo/Shonan-Shinjuku, and Yamanote Lines.
Of particular importance to foreigners/tourists is the Yamanote (Light Green) Line as it goes to virtually every Tokyo sightseeing spot or major station, and is laid out in a circular fashion so it is impossible to get lost. The whole trip takes about an hour.
Other Important Stations in Shibuya Ward: Shinjuku, Harajuku, Omotesando, Shinjuku San-Chome. A lot of sites don’t tend to mention that these places are all a part of Shibuya Ward, I like to go one step further. Some places are quite far from Shibuya Station such as the Meiji Shrine, which can actually be found near Harajuku if one gets off at Meiji-Jingumae Station.
Of course Harajuku and Shinjuku are cities in themselves, but they are all part of Shibuya, so they will be covered in detail as well!
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Shibuya Shopping - Shibuya 109
Shibuya Shopping - Shibuya 109
Shibuya 109 is one of the major stores that kicked off the young women’s Ganguro Fashion among other things. It is a common place to shop for “Gyarus” and young women in Shibuya. It is located across the street from Shibuya station and is quite large so it is easily seen.
Included in Shibuya 109 are 10 floors of shopping, more akin to a mall. 2 Basements and 8 above ground floors house well over 30 specialty shops for men and women. Interestingly enough there is another 109 called 109-2 that sells similar merchandise on the right of QFRONT.
Originally designed as a store for 30+ women in the 1970’s, 109 (ichi maru kyuu) became the major shopping center for young women. Stereotypically the shoppers fall into the Gyaru subculture with bright tans, blonde dyed hair and very girl-ish fashion.
It’s worth a look because the cutting edge of Shibuya’s fashion is decided at this Tokyu affiliated de-paato.
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Shibuya Shopping - QFRONT
One of the first buildings you’ll see after leaving the Hachiko exit is the gigantic QFRONT building. You’ll know it because it’s the one with the huge jumbotron tv. If you’re wondering why the QFRONT building’s large screen is always showing something entertainment related the reason is that this is a large 8 floor shopping center mostly comprised of the media shop Tsutaya.
The first shop you’re likely to see in QFRONT is one of the world’s busiest Starbucks, if you really want to see a barista work her way through college this is one of the places to do so! The line never reaches out of the cafe, yet it is always full. Maybe it’s that they have the famous Japanese spirit and customer service, or that they have a small army of employees. Either way, it runs like clockwork.
Next to that is the aformentioned 8 floors of Tsutaya:
B2: Used Game, DVD, CD
B1: New Games
F1: DVD
F2: DVD
F3: CD/DVD Rentals
F4: DVD Rental (Anime, Hentai, Adult Video or AV in Japan)
F5: DVD Rental (Western Movies)
F6: Tsutaya Book Store, Wired Internet Cafe, QFRONT store
The two remaining floors are comprised of
F7: Shibuya Cinema - Western movies
F8: Shibuya Dining
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