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 ...

BUSINESS is booming at Japanese discount chain Don Quijote, which sells everything from nostril-hair wax to compact gadgets ...

The mayor of Tokyo’s Shibuya district asked Halloween partygoers to avoid its streets this year, fearing the post-pandemic return of tourists may lead to chaotic mobs and crowd crushes like the ...

TOKYO >> 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 drinking ...

Tokyo's busy shopping, business and entertainment district of Shibuya is trying hard to shoo away visitors ahead of this year's Halloween weekend.. Banners across town say no drinking and no ...

The Tokyo Toilet Project started in 2020 by The Nippon Foundation non-profit with 17 public toilets in the Shibuya district. REUTERS. The project wasn't intended as a tourist attraction, ...

That is the Shibuya district. I've visited virtually over the course of many adventures. It's a lively, bustling place, though not one that very many JRPGs have incorporated.

Between the hours of 7PM and midnight on Halloween of 2018 in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Suguru Geto and his cohorts are planning to cause a commotion that lures the primary focus of their ...

Teen held in Shibuya stabbing said she hoped to get death penalty THE ASAHI SHIMBUN. August 21 ... was arrested at the crime scene in the Shibuya district on suspicion of attempted murder.

The mayor of Tokyo’s busy Shibuya shopping and entertainment district is asking Halloween celebrants not to visit, fearing that a large number of partygoers following the COVID-19 pandemic could ...

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 ...