Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan has always been the first choice for people to celebrate Halloween, and the most famous Shibuya street intersection is often crowded with people. (Reuters)
After three years of raging COVID-19, the world will usher in the first Halloween when international exchanges resume at the end of the month. In view of last year’s tragic stampede in Itaewon, South Korea, in which 159 people died, this year, in the face of foreign tourists, Tokyo’s Shibuya District Mayor I’m nervous. It just opened in October. Today (5th), it has issued a second appeal to people not to go to Shibuya to celebrate the festival. It also specially shouted to international tourists: “Shibuya is not a place to celebrate Halloween.”
In previous years, whenever Halloween comes, many domestic and foreign tourists will visit the area around Shibuya Station. Kengo Hasebe, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, Japan (5th) specially held a press conference through the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (FCCJ), We publicly appealed to international tourists, hoping that everyone would reconsider this year, and the purpose of the press conference was to clearly convey to the international community that Shibuya is not a venue for Halloween celebrations.
In fact, Hasebe had already held a press conference at the district office in September. At that time, he mainly appealed to the Japanese people and also proposed relevant countermeasures, including banning people from visiting Shibuya from October 27 to November 1. Drinking in public places such as roads and parks around the station. As for October 28th and Halloween, which are estimated to be the most crowded days, that is, October 31st, the Shibuya City Office requires supermarkets and stores on specific road sections not to sell alcohol, etc. , and at the same time deployed hundreds of manpower to guide people around Shibuya Station.
Worried about a repeat of the stampede in Itaewon, South Korea, Japan’s Shibuya District Mayor Geum publicly appealed for the second time not to go to Tokyo’s Shibuya for Halloween. (Reproduced from the live press conference of the Japan Association of Foreign Correspondents)
Hasebe Kenjin also mentioned the stampede accident in Itaewon, South Korea, and admitted that the district has been worried about the recurrence of the accident. Because of the strong sense of crisis, Hasebe made arrangements in advance and made a public appeal for the second time. The Itaewon area in Seoul is similar in style to Shibuya in Tokyo. It is the first choice for young people to gather for Halloween. On October 29, 2022, Itaewon ushered in the first Halloween after the domestic epidemic was lifted. At that time, more than 100,000 people flocked to the scene. , pushing and stampeding broke out in a narrow alley near the Hamilton Hotel in the evening, and a total of 159 people died.
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