Shibuya Mayor Ken Hasebe has already said the area will be closed for Halloween. The original statue was erected in 1934 in honor of Hachiko, the Akita Inu dog that was said to have waited ...

Also mirroring this year’s Halloween protocols, barricades and pedestrian traffic ... so we ask for everyone’s understanding and cooperation in preventing overcrowding.” The Hachiko covering and other ...

“No Events for Halloween on Shibuya streets.” The ward also hid the statue of the faithful dog Hachiko, one of the most famed meeting spots in Tokyo, with a cloth, as it did last yea ...