TOKYO, Dec 04 (News On Japan) –
Tokyo’s Tsukiji Outer Market has taken the bizarre step of asking vacationers to not go to in December as operators transfer to stop crowd-related accidents throughout the busy year-end buying season, with native officers additionally confirming that Shibuya’s New Year’s Eve countdown can be canceled for the sixth consecutive yr.
The Tsukiji Food Town Development Council, which manages neighborhood coordination on the well-known market, stated it’s calling on guests to chorus from coming for sightseeing all through December, when the variety of buyers usually will increase sharply. It is the primary time the market has issued such an enchantment, and the council plans to ask tour guides and journey corporations to keep away from organizing group visits throughout this era. Meanwhile, Shibuya Ward has determined to cancel the annual station-front countdown occasion once more this yr and intends to implement crowd-control measures much like these taken on Halloween, together with sealing off areas across the Hachiko statue on New Year’s Eve.
Source: TBS