So yep, I was in Japan last week on an Ainsley Harriott #SoupSearch. There’s a lot of content about it here on the blog. This post is just a little supplement to that soupy series and is about something else I noticed in Japan that wasn’t so foodie but was still extremely awesome: Halloween everything! I had no idea.
Japan appears to have fully embraced the concept of Halloween, in its own uniquely Japanese way of course. I’ve never seen so many Jack o’ lanterns in my life! Seriously. And I was only there for a few days (and grew up in a very trick-or-treaty part of the good ole US of A).
Halloween seems to correspond nicely enough with Japanese harvest festival traditions and offers a fun way to mark the change in season. It’s also a great excuse to play dress up … which the Japanese do especially well.
At first, I thought Halloween in Japan was only about doing up your shop or whatever with some pumpkins and such. Then Kemey and I got invited off the street to a real deal, fancy dress Halloween party at a fashion retail store in Kyoto on Saturday night. Too much fun. More about that wacky night in a future post.
Until then, enjoy these “Halloween in Japan” shots I took during my trip.
Happy Halloween!
