Three people, including a 2-year-old boy, were injured as a car plowed into the venue of a summer festival in Shizuoka on Friday.
All of the injured people are conscious, according to Shizuoka Prefectural Police.
The local police received an emergency call around 6 p.m. Friday reporting that a car was hitting people within a vehicle-free area in Aoi Ward in the city of Shizuoka.
The police department arrested Kazuki Tokimori, 26, the alleged driver, at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. Tokimori, a resident of Shizuoka, admitted to the allegations against him, according to investigative sources.
The local festival was being held at a road designated as a vehicle-free zone for the event. The car ran into the venue after driving in the wrong direction on the road, which is normally a one-way street, according to the police.
Of the three injured people, a woman in her 40s was sent to hospital. The 2-year-old boy and his father, in his 30s, were not taken to hospital because their injuries, which included abrasions, were minor.
The road is in a shopping district about 700 meters west of Shizuoka Station.