It’s not Halloween yet, but the weekend before drew big crowds in Tokyo’s Shibuya. Costume-wearing revelers descended on the neighborhood, and the tricks made a much bigger impact than the treats.
Japan’s national news media has been covering the event, during which the vast majority of people didn’t cause trouble. checkout these posts
渋谷すごいことになってるな。笑 人人人人。 #渋谷 #ハロウィン pic.twitter.com/YyQQybqYvd
— スナフキン先輩 (@Snufkin_senior_) October 26, 2018
凄くゴンさんな人がいて草。
#渋谷ハロウィン pic.twitter.com/dxTdHXHIXM— てんげるまん🌀tengelmam (@fcbliebe1900) October 27, 2018
前前前前夜祭から既にCHAOS
ハロウィン当日どうなっちゃうんだよこれ(笑)
でもコスプレのクオリティ結構高い人多くてテンション上がった📸#渋谷ハロウィン pic.twitter.com/KzsXbOcNtP— Ryota (@sr2t72) October 27, 2018
渋谷ハロウィンで一番笑ったコスプレ pic.twitter.com/TH4wPToX8l
— 紅神記 (@koushinki) October 28, 2018
渋谷ハロウィンで天使と遭遇。 pic.twitter.com/OIuABBbuJq
— こうた【辛口スタミナ】 (@kouta_karasuta) October 27, 2018
SP付けたプーさんが渋谷に現れた#渋谷ハロウィン pic.twitter.com/4qTO8TWEwb
— zaccy pooh🍯 (@ZaccyMan) October 28, 2018
渋谷ハロウィンすごい pic.twitter.com/RKo0YETtZf
— CB (@CBydbbmpg) October 27, 2018
渋谷ハロウィン pic.twitter.com/uyOzeSgxaD
— かじょ (@_nocj) October 27, 2018
ピーク時のセンター街付近#渋谷ハロウィン pic.twitter.com/OytuzYz3hw
— あゆみ (@euro1588) October 27, 2018
Police in Shibuya are stepping up their presence for Halloween for the next three nights after a wild weekend. On Sunday, police said five people had been arrested on charges of groping, camera voyeurism, fighting and destruction of property during Saturday night revelry.
Also, at around 1 a.m. Sunday, a small truck was overturned and two men jumped up on it. The occupants got out uninjured.
Many stores and restaurants complained that people were just hanging around in front of their entrances, making it difficult for customers to enter and leave.
There was less trouble on Sunday night, police said, with fewer numbers of revelers, probably due to Monday being a work day. Most of the action Sunday night night took place away from the scramble crossing.
