31 October 2019
Busy but not as busy
Braving the madness of Shibuya on Halloween
Tonight I went to Shibuya for the second year in a row on Halloween. It was not as busy as last year.
It was still madness, but I made it across the scramble straight away, last year I was in a crush for at least an hour before I could get across.
The most common outfit was slutty police girl, followed by the clown horror movie thing, followed by minions. Much like last year.
Actually the costumes are not as elaborate as you might expect.
Also there were a huge amount of foreigners there, and a ridiculous number of police, they took it seriously this year with elevated platforms and loudspeakers everywhere. Anytime someone stopped to take a photo they would pounce and tell you to keep moving.
Not all the streets are closed to cars, this was probably the most dangerous situation I encountered, a few guys were keen to Tokyo drift into the crowd.
My photos are not great, most people were not keen on posing for me at all! Racist!
I estimate there were no less than 50 police buses like these ones surrounding the area.
Crowd.
More crowd. I did not attempt a photo while actually crossing the scramble this year.
Can head and a foreign woman.
The people filling the windows and stair cases were making me anxious. Many shops actually close early to stop this from occurring. The Starbucks with a view was closed.
I suspect this is The Joker from the new movie, The Joker. There were lots of, The Joker.
Here is the clown from one of the 23 clown movies released in the last 3 weeks.
Asians love transformers.
MOVE ALONG! The loudspeakers had announcements blaring in English.
Wishful thinking.
I dont think this is a politician or a Japo-nazi. I think he is protesting something about the closure of clothing brand Forever 21. They went broke a couple of weeks ago. They probably owed him money. He was on an all day and all night marathon rant out the front of their now abandoned huge shop. I love a good rant.
Bat-bunny-girls? I dont know.
Easily the best costumers of the evening. I dropped my pants and joined in.
I plotted my escape to the far side of the tracks.
This lead me to some traditional alleys with very few people, just metres from the crowd.
Eventually I made my way away from it all and found a nice overpass to get my bearings.
From the overpass I spotted my dinner, Okonomiyaki. After which it was time to get the subway back across town and go immediately to bed! Have to get up early tomorrow!