While Shibuya's pre-pandemic Halloween crowds peaked at about 40,000 in 2019, authorities have been bracing for as many as 60,000 people to show up this month, Hasebe said. As much as 70% of the ...

It is quite the contrast from years past. In 2019, those same posters read "Let’s make Halloween a part of Shibuya to be proud of,” encouraging good manners while having fun.

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 ...

The mayor of Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, which in recent years has become a hub for boisterous Halloween celebrations that see massive crowds pack the area, has a message for any would-be revelers ...

In Japan, this truth is hard to ignore as Halloween has grown bigger in the past decades, but not it seems Shibuya will be off-limits for parties amid the release of Jujutsu Kaisen season two ...

Drinking in the streets around Shibuya will be banned between 6:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. during the five-day period leading up to and including Halloween, and liquor stores in the area have been ...

While Shibuya's pre-pandemic Halloween crowds peaked at about 40,000 in 2019, authorities have been bracing for as many as 60,000 people to show up this month, Hasebe said. As much as 70% of the ...

A district mayor in Japan's biggest city is banning annual Halloween celebrations in the area. Shibuya city Mayor Ken Hasebe held a news conference Thursday, when he discouraged Halloween party ...

Virtual Shibuya will also be dressed up for Halloween between Friday and Tuesday, complete with jack-o’-lanterns, ... Japan, who has served in the U.S. Navy for 10 years.

Last year was the first Halloween since COVID-19 was downgraded to category 5 under Japan's infectious disease control law. Shibuya, which usually attracts many young people in costume, requested ...

Tokyo's Shibuya district raises alarm against unruly Halloween, even caging landmark statue Ahead of this year’s Halloween weekend, Tokyo’s busy shopping, business and entertainment district ...