(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Shibuya, Tokyo strives to reduce Halloween gatherings

  China News Service, Tokyo, October 22 (Reporter Lu Shaowei) Ken Hasebe, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan held a press conference on the 22nd. He said on the upcoming Halloween celebrations next week that in order to prevent the spread of the new crown epidemic, I hope everyone will try not Come to Shibuya to avoid crowds.

  As a gathering place for young people in Shibuya, Tokyo, on the eve of Halloween every year, tens of thousands of people, mostly young people, will go to Shibuya Station in well-prepared Halloween costumes to participate in the Halloween parade. The surrounding streets are often crowded with crowds. It's blocked.

Therefore, Shibuya has also become one of the main venues for celebrating Halloween in Tokyo.

  Affected by the new crown epidemic this year, reducing the concentration of personnel has become one of the main issues for epidemic prevention in various places.

This time Shibuya District called on the public to spend Halloween at home and planned a number of special Halloween events such as the "Online Music Festival".

  It is reported that this year Shibuya will no longer set up temporary toilets and changing areas during Halloween as in previous years. At the same time, it will also set up banners and publicity boards with the words "Halloween at home" and "Avoid going out" at Shibuya Station and other places. Wait.

In addition, in order to reduce the festive atmosphere, Shibuya also cancelled some offline events last year, such as canceling the distribution of plastic bags with pumpkin lantern patterns to visitors.

  Along with the Halloween carnival, there will be many people drinking while marching, which has also triggered many violent incidents.

This year, Shibuya Ward appealed to more than 40 liquor stores in the district to stop selling alcohol from 6 pm on October 31 to 5 am on November 1.

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