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 ...

Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing is the busiest intersection in the world, with five crosswalks interlacing through 10 lanes of car and bus traffic. But the local government would like it to be one of ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS. A giant public notice banner from the Shibuya distrct, which reads in Japanese “Shibuya is not Halloween event” is seen at the Shibuya pedestrian crossing, Friday, in Tokyo.

In Shibuya Ward, which enacted Halloween regulations earlier than other municipalities, ... As many as 125 security guards were deployed to the iconic scramble crossing and Shibuya Center Gai, ...

Virtual Shibuya will also be dressed up for Halloween between Friday and Tuesday, ... the ward plans to place about 100 security guards in the scramble crossing area on Saturday and Tuesday.

Shibuya crossing on the night of Halloween. Last year's trouble. Last year, a group of youths flipped a small truck in front of the station the weekend before Halloween.

Ghosts and ghouls have been urged to stay away from Tokyo’s iconic Shibuya Crossing this Halloween. It comes as seven people were injured at the weekend after a car collided with pedestrians ...

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. 27, 2023, in Tokyo. Ahead of ...

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's busy shopping, business and entertainment district of Shibuya is trying hard to keep visitors at bay during this year's Halloween weekend. Banners across town say no ...

Shibuya's famed intersection by its train station, known as “scramble crossing” for the large number of pedestrians attempting to cross, has become a popular destination for residents and ...