New Year’s Eve celebrations around Shibuya Crossing started back in 2016. In 2018, a whopping total of 120,000 people were ...

maybe there’s hope that after a year of positive results a countdown event really will be held once again in the Scramble in ...

Shibuya Ward in Tokyo announced the cancellation of its traditional New Year’s countdown event, which typically attracts hordes of revelers to the famed scramble crossing near the station ...

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.

Local complaints of drinking-related problems and trash led Shibuya in 2019 to ban street drinking in the Halloween period, as well as the year-end and New Year holidays. However, faced with ...

TOKYO -- The Shinjuku Ward government in Japan's capital has asked people not to come to the area for Halloween celebrations, ...

Every year during Halloween, people flock to the streets of Shibuya to show off their costumes and party the night away. This year however, the mayor of Shibuya ward, Ken Hasebe, is urging the ...

In Shibuya, it’s become a tradition for massive crowds to descend upon the neighborhood on Halloween and New Years, forcing ...