Where does “Harajuku” come from?

Harajuku (English) comes from Japanese 原宿, from Japanese 原, from Old Japanese 原, from Italian -para.

Ancestry of “Harajuku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese原宿—
2Japanese原meadow, plain, field; the original thing; the...
3Old Japanese原—
4Italian-para—
Every word from Italian -para →Every word from Old Japanese 原 →Every word from Japanese 原 →