Sounds like Japan alright.

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And what kind of alternative solution would they have come up with that the majority of the populace would agree on? Horror flicks at home with their costumes on lol? These people and their big brain comments providing solutions that are no better themselves is so ironic. 😂 P.S. And even if the majority by some miracle DOES agree to such restrictions, how many people do you honestly believe will abide by those rules in good faith on a wild event such as this?

Private entities are very free to provide Halloween and cosplay events in their own properties like the ones in Ikebukuro, but governments have no obligation to accommodate such a public event that was never official to begin with. All they can do is regulate it.

mhm. and the time they didnt lead to the alleyway incident where it got so crowded many people died.

aka the itaewon incident in South Korea.

What imaginary place would you suggest? There’s literally not enough surface space FOR that MANY fn people TO congregate in, that’s the entire point, & if they tried, it would quickly fill up & start spilling over, causing a rapidly growing crowd nucleus that’s incredibly dense AND dangerous. You clearly know very little about Sociology & Psychology. Don’t talk about things you know NOTHING about.

Or maybe organize a whole wide location some place slightly outside of the city. And make it a big event with artists and snacks and stuff

I suggest to not suggest anything to japan👍

And considering the strict worklife and the need to conform is in Japan, It is very much needed. Can't blame people for wanting a night to just party and not worry about work or restrictive social rules

@Pooky1991 my exact thoughts. It's the same reason you see teenagers doing stupid shit all the time, when a persons life is completely regimented to a strict schedule with little to no personal freedom, they'll find an excuse to just do something dumb without consideration. But if you give people an outlet to express their freedom they wont need to exercise it in potentially dangerous ways

@@kadenphillipsmusic No. The biggest reason teens do dangerous, stupid things is that they’re being neglected & abused at home, that & by that age mental Illness has usually started to become very apparent due to hormones.

They could try, but there’s literally so many people per square foot & not enough actual surface space per person, it would get out of control quickly, they could try of course, but it will eventually get out of hand.

@codexnoir8824 that's why I was saying multiple events across tokyo, spread people out to different locations. This'll prevent massive crowds in any one location. And having proper events will just get people more excited in general and have them partake in positive non destructive celebration

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like teaching teens about contraception vs just celibacy

I agree that it's difficult to stop things like that. But just like contraception it can be made illegal. Just depends on how much effort the government wants to exert to make it illegal. A police state with tanks and everything would definitely destroy any celebrations. Self harm drugs and things like that would spike but judging from the work ethic in Japan I doubt anyone really give a damn. I mean they made nets to catch suicide jumpers so they can make them go back to work. Japan is not interested in its citizens well being. At all.

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I might be dead wrong, but I think the combination of the 365 days of salary men death march and the uber-stressed conditions bestowed over the civilian population, call it bushido if you like, might be one of the causes for this entire mess. I mean, this people have been constructed into an enviroment that wants to chew away every last bit of humanity they have, including but not limited to the humilliation for those who opose this vividly, then for one night they can let out those frustrations wich in turn overdrives their intents and turn them into a trashing crowd that acts like that creature from The Blob. Thing is that this only seem to happen, on such as scale, on urban areas where people are seen as cogs inside a system, aka, the "asian way of working conditions", where in other places like the US or even South America, this kind of clusterfucks are rare in nature.

I don't blame them

It's not Halloween for Japan back then. But since foreigners used to attend halloween then it became a norm

I actually think it's super weird how Halloween is "celebrated" here in Asia. In the West, Halloween is celebrated by people wearing costumes to ward off ghosts, children go around collecting candy, it's supposed to be a family holiday that's similar to the "Hungry Ghost Festival". But here in Asia people turned it into an adult sexual party event, imagine if the West celebrated Hungry Ghost festivals with sex parties.

Also better not just put it to Tokyo since that place is already packing with too much people, you don't want Halloween to put it into critical level which happened in KR last year

i dont mind kazoos, but when people start destroying innocent stuff just because it is there... i am outta there

@@poro9084 Right! Exactly. Too many people + Alcohol just makes for chaos. I'm sorry they won't let you crowd a populated area for Halloween, but peoples lives and stuff matter more go have a good time somewhere else. Halloween is no excuse to be a jackass towards authority and property.

​@@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl Lol, what an absolute sh*ttake. Going to an event and not expect alcohol and crowds is equivalent to going to a bar and expecting different results. If you don't like it, then simply stay your lame, boring, corny a** at home. I'm sure nobody likes having a buzzkill around for an event that happens only once a year for people to enjoy.

they used to hate it back then and even unfairly blamed foreigners. (Unless the foreigners were causing issues)

@@orenges Well its usually foreigners who were causing issues, I remember in my place the Halloween is always messy. Ofc Japan with its strict laws wouldn't like an unorganize gathering in the streets and potentially causing street issues like traffic

​@@pauloazuela8488 true, it makes sense

It's just because the deadly avalanche that happened in Icheon, Seoul, South Korea the Halloween from last year when hundred of young people died and hundred more were injured. Shibuya's streets are also kind of similar (narrow and with a lots of people) and Japanese authorities wanted to avoid that terrible situation, so they canceled Shibuya's Halloween this year.

I'm also sick, and I got sick 4 times now

闇よりいでて闇より黑く、その汚れを禊ぎ祓え。

May i ask what happened in south korea? Was it a crowd surge?

@@aqvaniiYes it was. 150 people were trapped in the crowd and died. The walls were very narrow in some areas and so people would get pushed against the wall and fall down and get crushed. A lot of alleyways were involved. Tons of people in very small places. If I remember correctly very few policeman were actually there to control the crowd either, despite it being known as a crowded event.

@@AwwesomeVal oh my god, that is horrible! My heart goes out to all of the people who died in there, this is unbelievable. I hope that this thing never happens again

Why has no one talked about this

​@@lobabyxox6061They did last year.

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Exactly

I think one time at the Market Square there was gunfire shot during a fight. But yeah at night it gets crazy. We try going during the daytime and at night time everywhere else is less crowded and we have it to ourselves.

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Yeah even if it turned people to spirits like the Itaewon incident last year in KR , where hundreds of people died and another hundreds injured. This is why I don't like crowds , dumb stuff happens. If only humans were as organized as bees and ants as a crowd....

Not to mention that someone could of gotten hurt and it looked like the guy who crashed into the car felt some distress over it.

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