how common is it in japan to celebrate halloween?
how likely is it to be accepted/not accepted, and for which reasons.

"soft" halloween: pumpkins, trick or treat, spiders, lanterns, spooky costumes.

"hard" halloween: fancy graveyard, haunted props, skeletons etc.

guess it may puzzle neighbours in case there is no previous experience with a fancy graveyard.

for this reason, i would rather refrain from it than to scare the neighbours too much.

however, i have no idea how common/uncommon halloween is in japan.

Halloween in Japan is not like how it is in the states.

There are those who do dress up and do the pumpkin stuff however majority of people don't care. It's just like another day.
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ahochaude wrote:

Halloween in Japan is not like how it is in the states. There are those who do dress up and do the pumpkin stuff however majority of people don't care. It's just like another day.

that's true but there are some awesome halloween parties that are thrown in Roppongi if you're in Tokyo....lots of clubs throw Halloween parties and you can rock out to the wee hours of the morning...

Tu_triky wrote:

that's true but there are some awesome halloween parties that are thrown in Roppongi if you're in Tokyo....lots of clubs throw Halloween parties and you can rock out to the wee hours of the morning...

Oh yeah!
You can't forget the parties!
I think that's the only thing that's similar to the states, if anything.
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ahochaude wrote:

Oh yeah! You can't forget the parties! I think that's the only thing that's similar to the states, if anything.

agreed....parties galore....some start in the day and end the next day.....

Tu_triky wrote:

agreed....parties galore....some start in the day and end the next day.....

Oh man, how I wish I were there.
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ahochaude wrote:

Oh man, how I wish I were there.

dood just send me there with a credit card and i'll wreck my life.....

Tu_triky wrote:

dood just send me there with a credit card and i'll wreck my life.....

Better make that 2 credit cards! God knows that 1 just isn't enough if the party is a 24hr party.
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Yeah, halloween party is cool especially if it is a costume party I can imagine that there are many people who wear anime costumes in Japan
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Saito_Hajime wrote:

Yeah, halloween party is cool especially if it is a costume party I can imagine that there are many people who wear anime costumes in Japan

Yeah, however I think the otakki's would probably do it more than others.
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would be pretty cool to see ppl dress up from horror animes ... maybe having someone as Helsing for example. Hmm that would really be fun

ahochaude wrote:

Yeah, however I think the otakki's would probably do it more than others.

So....it's Halloween every day of the year for them, huh?

ahochaude wrote:

Better make that 2 credit cards! God knows that 1 just isn't enough if the party is a 24hr party.

seriously...one for the AM hours and the other for the PM hours.

Like everyone said Halloween is not that big of deal in Japan but recently some mall in Japan have started celebrating and some children dress up and go to them and trick or treat. p.s. you don't want to say "boo" to anyone in Japan because that translates to "fat" in Japan and they will be very upset at you if you go up to them and yell boo at them. Bah! might work a little better.

i thought halloween was every sunday in harajuku!

MonsterZero-65 wrote:

Like everyone said Halloween is not that big of deal in Japan but recently some mall in Japan have started celebrating and some children dress up and go to them and trick or treat. p.s. you don't want to say "boo" to anyone in Japan because that translates to "fat" in Japan and they will be very upset at you if you go up to them and yell boo at them. Bah! might work a little better.

just say "debu" ...that's better.... or "dekei na".....

kenjilina wrote:

i thought halloween was every sunday in harajuku!

that is kinda true.
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niko2x wrote:

that is kinda true.

agreed...or just go to yoyogi park on certain days and you'll find yourself similarly entertained....

Okay folks, what are your plans for Halloween 2005?

Costumes?

Parties?



Boo!
-PCM

No idea about the costume. Definately not going to a Halloween party.
Might go get me some candies from my friendly neighbors
but......so far it seems like I'll be at home at my desk studying Japanese and doing HW
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