“No drinking on the street.” In both Shibuya and Shinjuku wards, which are home to some of Tokyo’s busiest areas, Halloween is increasingly known for public drinking and related troubles--a ...

Daido Moriyama is a master of street photography and is renowned as one of Japan's greatest-ever photographers. His work is typically a striking, gritty, and dynamic window into his daily life ...

Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward plans to extend ... The ward enforced the ordinance in 2019 after Halloween street parties around JR Shibuya Station became far too large to control. Since September 2023 ...

"The Holy Sanctuary of Street Drinking ... piles of trash left behind by revelers. Notoriously, Shibuya is one of the busiest parts of Tokyo. Famous for its madcap Scramble Crossing in front ...