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Spooked by Halloween mayhem, Tokyo's famous Shibuya district tells revelers, "please do not come" (www.cbsnews.com)

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Halloween revelry around Tokyo's iconic Shibuya crossing has grown too scary for its own good, but can "saying 'Don't come here'" keep a lid on it?

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 18 points 11 months ago

That makes sense, considering we're not even a year out from the Seoul stampede. Personally, I don't get the appeal of massive, crowded events anyhow. Particularly these days, it just seems like a bad time.