Spooked by Halloween mayhem, Tokyo’s famous Shibuya district tells revelers, “please do not come”

Tokyo – While improving tourist is normally component of the task summary for a regional political leader, the mayor of one Tokyo district is taking a various tack: He’s bring up the welcome floor covering.

“This year we’re making it clear to the world that Shibuya is not a venue for Halloween events,” Ken Hasebe, the mayor of among the city’s most widely known and dynamic wards, informed press reporters this month at the Foreign Correspondents Club ofJapan “Please do not come to the Shibuya station area for Halloween.”

Shibuya ward is mosting likely to extraordinary sizes to discourage site visitors in the days leading up to October 31. In enhancement to the “Don’t visit” project, public alcohol consumption in the location will certainly be outlawed beginning days prior to Halloween, and the district’s 35 neighborhood shops will certainly be prompted to quit marketing alcohol. Some 300 personal security personnel have actually been employed and 150 city authorities will certainly assist patrol and implement …