Thousands of Halloween revelers took to the streets of Tokyo’s trendy Shibuya shopping district on Sunday (October 30).<br /><br /> This year, several blocks were turned into a temporary pedestrian zone for the first time to keep huge crowds from disrupting traffic.<br /><br /> While Marios, zombies, Pikachus and witches flooded the streets, scores of riot policemen were patrolling the streets doing crowd control.<br /><br /> Halloween celebrations are relatively new in Japan and have surged in popularity only over the past decade.<br />No Comment | euronews: watch the international news without commentary | http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/
