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“We’re totally fine if you don’t bother to come” says Tokyo politician on Halloween drinking ban
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Casey Baseel
Sep 12, 2024 - Tweet
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • drinking ban • halloween • public drinking • shinjuku • Shinjuku Ward • society • Tokyo Halloween)
Tokyo’s Shibuya proposing year-round public drinking ban, would be first in Japan’s capital
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Casey Baseel
Jun 7, 2024
Shibuya looks to expand its Halloween drinking ban while another neighborhood wants to add one of its own.
- Japan
- (alcohol • crime • halloween • public drinking • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • shinjuku • society)
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