Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department vigilance from weekend 26th before Halloween Shibuya October 25 16:13

Even during the Halloween season, the downtown area of ​​Shibuya, Tokyo is expected to be crowded with disguised young people. We call on you to protect and enjoy.

During the Halloween season, many young people and foreigners dressed up in Tokyo, Shibuya, Roppongi, etc. gathered and became heavily crowded, and last year they were arrested as they surrounded the light truck and rolled over in Shibuya Center Street have become.

In order to prevent accidents and troubles in the crowd, the Metropolitan Police Department will issue a riot police with hundreds of people to the place where many people gather from the 26th.

Especially in the vicinity of Shibuya's scrambled intersection where heavy congestion is expected, a riot police team called “DJ Police” will guide you in Japanese and English depending on the congestion situation.

When pedestrians cross scrambled intersections, police officers take measures such as restricting the direction of crossing the regulation line. We are also considering restricting the passage of vehicles if congestion becomes more severe.

In Shibuya Ward, we banned drinking on the streets and parks around Shibuya Station, established regulations to require businesses to refrain from selling alcohol, and more than 100 guards on the 26th and 31st Deploy and strengthen the security system on your own.

The Metropolitan Police Department and Shibuya Ward are calling on you to enjoy the manners.

Last year, a light truck overturned and arrested

On the weekend just before Halloween last year, young people were arrested for surrounding a light truck and rolling over in the center town of Shibuya, Tokyo.

At dusk on October 28 last year, the weekend just before Halloween, Shibuya Center Street was crowded with young people dressed up, and some of them surrounded a light truck, rolled over, and then boarded on the car body.

At that time the crowd was crowded with young people dressed up and 40,000 people gathered in Shibuya, so the Metropolitan Police Department used the latest technology to capture the video of 250 security cameras and videos of smartphones taken by people around. In the analysis, 4 men in their 20s were arrested, and 10 people including foreigners were sent out.

In response to the investigation by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the man who was arrested stated that "I did it with the momentum and spirits I drank alcohol", "I joined myself when I saw the car lying on its side," One of the foreigners whose documents were sent out explained that "Halloween in Japan is crazy and I thought I wouldn't catch it if I went to Shibuya to drink and make noise".