Halloween

For Halloween, my friend and I decided we wanted to dress up in "kigurumis." I chose to wear the rirakuman, a Japanese cartoon bear character, kigumrumi and my friend chose the penguin pokemon kigurumi. My other friends also dressed up and we all gathered together to head out. We were going to the Temple University Halloween student party near Roppongi. Once we got to the club, there were so many people dressed up in various creative costumes. I was surprised to see so many Japanese students there as well because I didn't think that the Japanese celebrated Halloween at all.

After leaving the party, my friends and I walked back to the station. It was hilarious to see everyone we passed staring, taking pictures, or telling us, "Happy Halloween." We also got quite a few people stopping to talk to us and take pictures with us. I noticed that while in the kigurumis, my friend and I were asked for our IDs for the first time since entering Japan. Halloween is definitely a western celebration that came over to Japan and it is further spread through commercialization.

In various ways, Halloween can be considered an American festival that is held nation wide.


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