After cancelling Halloween, Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood …
3 days ago · More than 100,000 people used to party in the Shibuya Scramble of New Year’s Eve.. For decades, the Shibuya ward of downtown Tokyo has had an image as a party place. Things are less celebratory these days, though, as after telling people to stay away from the area on Halloween, Shibuya Ward says it’s not going to …
Tokyo's Shibuya on high alert for weekend crowding ahead of …
Oct 26, 2024 · Tokyo's Shibuya Ward is carrying out increased patrols in its busy districts as it expects to draw the largest crowds of this year's Halloween period on Saturday. Ward officials are concerned...
Two seriously hurt in accident near Tokyo's Shibuya crossing
Oct 8, 2023. At least seven men in their 20s were injured Saturday evening — two seriously — after a car plowed into a line of pedestrians near Shibuya Ward’s famed scramble intersection in...
Tokyo's Shibuya district raises alarm against ... - Associated Press News
Oct 27, 2023 · Tokyo’s Shibuya district raises alarm against unruly Halloween, even caging landmark statue. A giant public notice banner from Shibuya distrct, which reads in Japanese “Shibuya is not Halloween event “is seen at the Shibuya pedestrian crossing Friday, Oct. …
Tokyo's Shibuya sees subdued celebrations weekend before …
Oct 26, 2024 · Halloween celebrations by cosplayers are subdued in Tokyo's Shibuya district, the weekend before the annual festivity, after local authorities strengthened measures to prevent overcrowding.
Shibuya and Shinjuku say no to street revelry on Halloween
Oct 8, 2024 · At a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on Oct. 7, Shibuya Ward Mayor Ken Hasebe announced that there will be no Halloween events on the...
SHIBUYA - Tag - The Japan Times
3 days ago · SHIBUYA. JAPAN. Nov 1, 2024. Fewer Halloween revelers seen in Tokyo following street drinking ban. Measures taken that include the street drinking ban to prevent problems are "beginning to...
Spooked by Halloween mayhem, Tokyo's famous Shibuya district ... - CBS News
Oct 17, 2023 · Absent extreme security, they warn, Shibuya is at risk for a crowd-crush disaster like the surge that killed more than 150 Halloween revelers in the South Korean capital last year.
Shibuya Halloween passes without fuss following ‘don’t come’ …
Nov 1, 2023. Following a rare call from the mayor of Shibuya Ward for Halloween revelers to stay away from the area, which is known for raucous behavior around the holiday, Tuesday night passed...
Where, why and when of Shibuya's new rules | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Oct 4, 2024 · Local complaints of drinking-related problems and trash led Shibuya in 2019 to ban street drinking in the Halloween period, as well as the year-end and New Year holidays. However, faced with...