#2012??

Hachiko is going into hiding until Friday! It’s one of many efforts to discourage Halloween celebrations in Shibuya, which have become extremely overcrowded (not to mention rowdy), stoking fears of crowd crush or stampedes.

Actually, while we’re on the subject, here is a video on protecting yourself in a crowd crush situation, which apparently escalates so suddenly that before you’re aware it’s happened, it’s too late to escape.

Now, the point of this post was supposed to be “Doggie is cute,” but also I would be remiss not to add this: Don’t go to Shibuya on Halloween! (Or—if you can help it—ever, but that’s less about safety, more about sanity. Also, I recognize that not everyone hates Shibuya as much as me.)

I think I’ve jokingly called it old school too actually. it’s weird because I was also just discussing something like this with my friend a couple weeks back. (not the Paramore part, but when something is considered retro. he’s waiting for the day Minecraft is considered a retro game.)