In the past few days, a rare Pokemon has been spotted in Tokyo’s Odaiba. Loads of people have shown up to catch it, and the crowds have become so big that the police were called in to handle the situation.
[Image: maroTTmaro]
Which has looked like this:
お台場ドライブしてたら、車道にめっちゃ人入ってきて何かと思ったらラプラスいた、、1分しないうちに人やばくなって警察出動してた (笑) pic.twitter.com/aB64tUCURa
— ゆきな (@yukxx617) September 18, 2016
お台場がラプラスのせいで道が混雑
警察が止めに入ってるw pic.twitter.com/k67oZkXs0L— としき。 (@Nonan__) September 18, 2016
ラプラスがお台場レインボーブリッジに出現したことでポケモントレーナーが歩道のない道路上へなだれ込み、水上警察まで出動する大騒動に。
— TWISOKUHO (@twisokk) September 20, 2016
お父さんから送られてきたんだがお台場やべー
ラプラスが出たらしい#ポケモンGO pic.twitter.com/FZOOKVu9od— じゃこ (@potatogomesu) September 18, 2016
Damn. Folks have been running to catch Lapras, ignoring traffic lights in the process and causing all sorts of headaches, hazards and potential accidents. Because of the Pokemon’s location, people are overwhelming the roads and spilling out into traffic.
Twitter users have been calling this a “Lapras panic.”
警察も登場!立入禁止区域に登場!見よ、これがお台場名物のラプラス・パニックだ! pic.twitter.com/vkgZlKJ3Vt
— iano (@ianoianoianoo) September 18, 2016
普通にお台場散歩してたら、なんかポケモンgoの多すぎる行列に巻き込まれた、首都高に入り込んじゃった人が100人以上いてパトカーだらけ? pic.twitter.com/HJtjatMmm2
— 木曽川 たくと (@2KEdllRz2LC1hFG) September 18, 2016
【ポケモンGO】お台場でのラプラス騒動、警視庁からナイアンティックに改善要請!!! https://t.co/KFmCLsI1TG pic.twitter.com/OFXdyuc6eT
— ポケモンGOアンテナ (@pocket_go_ant1) September 21, 2016
「レアポケモン」求め、お台場大混乱 ルール無視に警察も出動https://t.co/j1pUWX8yPw
「台場にラプラス出現」情報でトレーナー殺到。そりは大変ですね(白目— 佐藤龍一 (@RyuichiSato) September 19, 2016
ラプラスが車両専用道路に出現して、お台場中のトレーナーが一気に押し寄せて警察出動。
結局ラプラスはとれなかった、、、 pic.twitter.com/p7bIysM4BK— まよ (@maroTTmaro) September 18, 2016
お台場の歩行者進入禁止の車道にラプラス出現。警察出動。カオスwwwwwwwwww pic.twitter.com/VfVQl0bD4X
— Yoshiki.S (@10yotchan9) September 18, 2016
もうやだ今日ラプラス5体でどれもとれなかった pic.twitter.com/Pb79rq1uh8
— ハマち (@magurotti0808) September 18, 2016
According to NHK, the police have contacted the game’s developers, asking them for their cooperation to ensure this Pocket Monster’s location is in a safer place.
As bad as the Lapras panic is, Taiwan perhaps still holds the record for the worst Pokemon GO stampedes.
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2 responses to “Police Dealing With Pokemon GO Chaos In Tokyo ”
Seriously.. common sense and a bit of intelligence people
The spawn points changed for various locations over the weekend. I imagine a Lapras spawn point was added to Odaiba. Another reason why having a pokemon scanning app actually makes it a safer game, since you can see when and where it appears and not be in such a panic to get it.
Most of these media stories are beat-ups. It’s no different to anywhere else in the world.