Ken Hasebe

National | FOCUS Oct 28, 2018

Halloween in Tokyo's Shibuya: Where did all the wicked wackiness get started?

by Yuka Nakao

Japan's rowdy, cosplay-themed Halloween celebrations have become famous around the world, with young people congregating in city hot spots and theme parks where they snap selfies in outrageous outfits and ghoulish get-ups. In recent years, thousands of revelers — dressed up in supergraphic costumes to ...

National Jun 12, 2015

Shibuya might close streets to cars on weekends again

by Tomohiro Osaki

Tokyo's Shibuya Ward said Friday it may resume its old custom of closing two main streets to cars on weekends in hopes of invigorating the area in the lead-up to the Summer Olympics in 2020. "Bringing back pedestrian-only streets would greatly help Shibuya's goal of ...