Ahead of this year’s Halloween weekend, Tokyo’s busy shopping, business and entertainment district of Shibuya is trying hard to shoo away visitors. Banners across town say no drinking and no Halloween events on the street, and town officials are cordoning off their landmark statue of faithful dog Hachi behind protective walls.
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 this year’s Halloween weekend, Tokyo’s busy shopping, business and entertainment district of Shibuya is trying hard to shoo away visitors. Banners across town say no drinking and no Halloween events on the street, and town officials are cordoning off the landmark statue of Hachi with protective walls.
Hasebe, a native of Shibuya, says his 91-year-old town — founded by people from around Japan — prides itself as an inclusive, innovative and diverse place open to visitors, but there should be a fine balance between freedom to enjoy the public space and the residents’ right to live peacefully.
Halloween in Shibuya started out as a peaceful, happy event in the 2010s when revelers gathered in costumes and took photos. The city provided toilets and changing booths for the visitors, and a team of volunteers cleaned up everything on the morning of Nov. 1. That sent a wrong message to foreign tourists, Hasebe says. With the number of tourists rapidly growing this year, some back streets near the Shibuya station area “look like pubs,” he said.
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