With Halloween around the corner, Tokyo administrators are exploring ways to curtail the rise in public drinking, noise and other nuisances in popular neighborhoods that evening. While some ...
Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward plans to extend its ban on drinking on the streets to cover the entire year, while Shinjuku Ward is taking its first measures to deal with crowds of Halloween revelers.
New Year’s Eve celebrations around Shibuya Crossing started back in 2016. In 2018, a whopping total of 120,000 people were ...
The mayors of Tokyo's Shibuya and Shinjuku wards said Monday they will work together to curb street drinking and rowdiness over this year's Halloween period amid a rise in overseas tourists.
TOKYO -- The Shinjuku Ward government in Japan's capital has asked people not to come to the area for Halloween celebrations, ...
Neighboring Shinjuku Ward is taking similar steps on Thursday in cooperation with Shibuya Ward. At 5 p.m. ward officials in Shinjuku started patrolling the Kabukicho entertainment district to ...
Tokyo police on Friday said there were no major issues reported over Halloween the previous day amid strict measures by authorities in the capital's Shibuya and Shinjuku districts to keep crowds ...
31, 2024. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Whistles shrilled and LED batons motioned pedestrians to keep moving in Tokyo's buzzing Shibuya and Shinjuku districts Thursday amid a crackdown by local ...
Many foreign nationals in costumes also partied in neighboring Shinjuku. The Shibuya Ward office was concerned that large crowds could lead to stampedes and trouble involving alcohol. For the ...