Tokyo Shibuya riot police are vigilant at the New Year's New Year countdown December 31, 19:26

On the 31st of Reiwa's first Omisokana, the area around Shibuya Station in Tokyo is expected to be crowded with a large number of people due to the year-end countdown. From 9:00 pm to the dawn of the first day of the year, it will become a “pedestrian paradise” mainly around the station, and the Metropolitan Police Department will be on alert with a scale of several hundred people.

Every year around Tokyo's Shibuya Station, a year-end countdown event is held, attracting a large number of young people and was crowded last year with about 120,000 visitors.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department plans to regulate traffic from 9 pm to 2 am the day around the scramble intersection in front of Shibuya Station in order to prevent accidents in crowded areas, creating a “pedestrian paradise”.

In addition to placing large police vehicles on the road around Shibuya Station to prevent vehicles such as trucks from entering the restricted area, a public relations team of a riot police called "DJ Police" guides pedestrians. We are on guard with hundreds of members.

On the other hand, in Shibuya Ward, drinking alcohol on the street is prohibited in areas around Shibuya Station. The Metropolitan Police Department and Shibuya Ward have called for "I want you to follow the rules and manners and have a new year."