Often referred to as the world's busiest crosswalk, thousands of pedestrians scramble across Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing daily. In the span of just a few crossings an impromptu limbo line may break ...

TOKYO -- Tokyo's Shibuya district will ban nighttime public drinking of alcohol year-round beginning Oct. 1, looking to quell the disruptive behavior attributed mainly to tourists and hoping to ...

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.

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 ...

Costumed revelers crowded into Tokyo’s most popular downtown areas on Halloween on Oct. 31, much to the consternation of officials, who feared that littering and disruptive behavior would follow.

In ‘Lost in Translation’ (2003), it was Scarlett Johansson herself who felt (and suffered) what it was like to be in the middle of the crosswalk. In Ghostwire Tokyo , the opposite is true.

While yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurants mostly cater to group dining, the multi-branch Yakiniku Like chain offers solo-diner grills – with great success. Today, it has restaurants across Tokyo ...

Shibuya Crossing is ranked #6 out of 19 things to do in Tokyo. ... Behold: a whirlwind of bodies moving somehow in seamlessly concerted motion at Shibuya Crossing – a must-see in Tokyo.

The Shibuya Scramble, the five-way intersection located right outside Shibuya Station, is Tokyo’s busiest crosswalk. But while it’s both a tourist-attracting landmark and a convenient way to get from ...

Shibuya is one of Tokyo’s most popular neighborhoods. Here’s where to shop, eat, and stay when visiting Japan’s fashion capital.

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 -- Swedish furniture giant IKEA reopened its renovated location in Tokyo's Shibuya ward on Tuesday as an experimental store with large digital displays and an emphasis on online shopping, ...