Early Halloween Party in Hiroshima!

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Halloween has become incredibly popular among the younger generations in Japan, as well as among the English-speaking foreign community.

Last weekend an American couple who live in a detatched house in the western outskirts of Hiroshima hosted an early Halloween party which attracted a wide range of foreign residents and Japanese, most of whom dressed up for the event.

Half way through the party a bunch of us assembled in the kitchen for the group photo. I'm the "gangster from hell" in the skull mask, wearing sunglasses and a black hat and holding a cap-firing plastic revolver that I picked up in Daiso (the 100 yen store) for less than a dollar at the current exchange rate!

However, first prize for the costume has to go to Tony, who turned himself into a Suntory drink can - oh, I should say "Suntony" - a limited season drink that is only available in October!

It was one of the best house-parties I've been to for a long time. Mind you, house parties are not so common in Japan.

Happy Halloween, everbody!

Cheers!

David Hurley
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Amazing costumes! I haven't tried attending a Halloween party ever. LOL! Interesting that it's now celebrated in Japan now too. Thank you for sharing your fun adventures. Happy weekend!


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Thank you for curating my post, @iamraincrystal ✌︎︎

Halloween is an interesting example of how something foreign is imported and then transformed by the Japanese. In the late 20th century Tokyo Disneyland started doing Halloween parades which focused on costume parades that went beyond traditional ghostly themes. That prompted other theme parks to follow suit. Then, in this century social media played a big role in spreading the idea of Halloween and especially of Halloween as "cosplay" with young people dressing up as Disney or anime characters and gathering in public places. The centre of Hiroshima will be packed with young people dressed up in all sorts of different costumes next weekend, I expect.
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Japan makes me think of anime. I imagine lots of cosplay for timeless anime characters !LOL locally, I believe this costume wearing tradition is limited to more exclusive areas. Local tradition still makes families get together and gather in cemeteries a few days before the day of the dead. We usually just pay respect to our dearly departed. Happy Sunday to you!

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