Harajuku Gyoza Lou
Harajuku, Tokyo
- Daily
- 11:30 to 22:00
Last order 21:30. Open every day of the year.
Source: harajukugyozaro.com, checked 9 Oct 2026.
Harajuku Gyoza Lou is a no-frills gyoza joint near Cat Street that has fed Harajuku for more than two decades with fried or steamed gyoza at 395 yen for six, plus a shiso version. The open kitchen and rock-bottom prices keep the queue going.
Insider tip
Order both fried and steamed, with garlic and chives, plus a beer. Go off-peak to dodge the line.
What the guides say about Harajuku Gyoza Lou
Leave the shrine and you're in Harajuku straight away. Takeshita Street is 400 metres of crepe stands, pastel shopfronts and teenagers dressed with more commitment than most adults manage, and it takes one pass, no more. Cut through Cat Street, the back lane of small labels and coffee windows that runs between Harajuku and Shibuya, and detour to Omotesando for the flagship architecture, one glass facade after another by the country's best-known architects. Lunch is Harajuku Gyoza Lou, pan-fried dumplings, a beer and a bill that barely reaches four figures.
Morning. Meiji Shrine opens at sunrise, and the forest walk in from the Harajuku gate is the reason you're getting up early. The trees were planted a century ago and now feel older than the city around them. Leave through the same gate and Harajuku begins across the bridge. Do Takeshita Street in a single loud pass, then Cat Street and Omotesando's avenue of glass flagships for the calmer version of the same neighbourhood. Harajuku Gyoza Lou does a plate of six dumplings for a few hundred yen.
What's on near Harajuku Gyoza Lou
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Harajuku Gyoza Lou, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Omotesando Illumination
表参道イルミネーション
Time Sunset to 22:00
Champagne-gold LED lights on the zelkova trees of Omotesando, put up by the Harajuku Omotesando Keyaki-kai shopping street association, planned for 1 December 2026 to 5 January 2027. In 2025 the trees were lit to 28 December and the low shrubs to 5 January.
Katsushika Oui: Yoshiwara Lattice Before, Genealogy of Night Scenes
葛飾応為 吉原格子先之図 夜景の系譜
Time 10:30 to 17:30, last entry 17:00
Ukiyo-e prints from the museum's collection centred on Katsushika Oui, with a lineup change partway through. The first phase runs to November 3 and the second starts November 7.
Shig ISO, CC BY 2.0 Unknown Ukiyo-e Artists You've Never Heard Of
あなたの知らない浮世絵師たち
Time 10:30 to 17:30, last entry 17:00
A show of woodblock prints from the museum's collection by lesser-known ukiyo-e artists. No advance time-slot reservation is needed.
Shig ISO, CC BY 2.0 An Art History of the Pleasure Quarters
遊廓の美術史
Time Works change between parts (26 Jan to 23 Feb, 27 Feb to 28 Mar) Station Meiji-jingumae (Chiyoda Line), 3 min walk; Harajuku (JR), 5 min walk
Ukiyo-e of the Yoshiwara and other pleasure quarters, looking at how prints glamorised them and what they left out of the courtesans' lives.
Shig ISO, CC BY 2.0 Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi
原宿表参道元氣祭 スーパーよさこい
Station Harajuku (JR Yamanote Line) or Meiji-jingumae (Chiyoda, Fukutoshin Lines), 1 min walk
Around a hundred yosakoi dance teams from across Japan perform in bright costumes with naruko clappers on stages and street courses around Meiji Jingu, Omotesando and Yoyogi Park. It runs over a weekend in late August (August 29 and 30 in 2026). Free to watch along the street routes.
Smaller local events nearby
Cho Tamagotchi Festival (Tamagotchi 30th anniversary exhibition) Exhibition
7 Nov to 6 Dec · Tokyu Plaza Harajuku HARAKADO, Jingumae
A special Tamagotchi exhibition at Harakado for the toy's 30th anniversary, with a stamp rally and collaboration shops across Shibuya and Harajuku.
11:00 to 20:00 · Map · Source: Tamagotchi official site (たまごっち公式サイト) · 超たまごっち祭
Nearby
Around Harajuku
Teen fashion theatre next door to Tokyo's grandest shrine
The jump cut is the whole point of Harajuku. Takeshita Street is loud and rammed with teenagers, and one block away Meiji Shrine sits inside a forest so quiet you'll hear the gravel under your feet. Do the shrine early in the morning, then watch the street wake up.
Harajuku has 8 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 2 shops, 2 museums, 1 shrine or temple, 1 park or garden, 1 restaurant and 1 bathhouse. Read the Harajuku guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Harajuku Gyoza Lou?
- Okajima Building 1F, 6-2-4 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 東京都渋谷区神宮前6-2-4 岡島ビル1F).
- What are the opening hours of Harajuku Gyoza Lou?
- Daily 11:30 to 22:00. Last order 21:30. Open every day of the year.
- How do I get to Harajuku Gyoza Lou?
- The nearest station is Meiji-jingumae (Chiyoda Line). Harajuku Gyoza Lou is in Harajuku, Tokyo.
- How much does Harajuku Gyoza Lou cost?
- Harajuku Gyoza Lou is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Harajuku Gyoza Lou?
- Plan for 30 min.
- When is the best time to visit Harajuku Gyoza Lou?
- Mid-afternoon.
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