Halloween in Japan #1

As Halloween has its origin in my home country, Ireland, I have observed Halloween in Japan with interest! They don’t celebrate it like at home: there is no trick or treating or halloween night bonfires; but they do mark the event and celebrate it in different ways. 

This year, for the first time since I came in 2000, I went to a Halloween Parade.  There were a number of parades over the weekend past, 25th & 26th October, but we met new friends at the one in Kawasaki.  Kawasaki is a city on the Tokyo side of Kanagawa, a 10 minute train ride from Tokyo JR’s Shinagawa train station.

The parade started at 2.30pm and supposedly had around 3,000 participants.  There were a lot of witches and pumpkin girls, but what’s halloween without them!   If you are looking for a Halloween costume idea for this Friday, you might be inspired by some of the below!:

Movie characters Halloween costumes

Japanese Jack Sparrow look-a-like

Japanese Jack Sparrow

As a fan of Battle Royale, I appreciated this one:

Battle Royale costume

Japanese Harry Potter

Dream girls:

Japanese

Trekkies?:

Clone Troopers from Star Wars

No parade in Japan would be complete without some Disney and Anime characters:

The Genie from Aladdin

Pokemon character? And Snow White one

Snow white two

 

Peter Pan

Scary

Happy Halloween!

Some good ghosts

 

Original

Russian Nesting Dolls

 

 

Pumpkin Themed Halloween Costumes

Baby Pumpkin!

 

Pumpkin Girls

Sexy pumpkin girls

Pumpkins

All photos taken at the Kawasaki Halloween Parade 2008