Shibuya Ward starts ‘anti-graffiti’ task force
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 13, 2021
TOKYO (TR) – With the state of emergency resulting in fewer pedestrians in the capital’s shopping districts, there has been an increase in incidents of graffiti.
The trendy Harajuku area of Shibuya Ward is no exception. A stroll through Takeshita-dori reveals big, bulbous lettering of a variety of colors, painted on the shutters of one shop after another.
Yasuhiro Tsuchida, of the Harajuku Takeshita Street Shop Association, wants the vandalism to stop. “The longer the shutters are down, the more noticeable the graffiti becomes,” he said. “Some [vandals] return to spray again.”