Tricks and Treats in Japanese Halloween
There was too much fuss this year over Halloween in Tokyo! Even though Japan has a long history of fairly scary things, the commercial American style Halloween has become more popular over the years. That has its good points and its bad points.
There is of course the Infamous Yamanote Halloween Train, which in previous years has caused delays and trouble on the beloved Yamanote line.
Shortly after the posting at GaijinPot, Japanese critics at 2-channel began to respond, some of them with death threats.
Well, by Halloween night, this was the scene at Shinjuku Sation.
This year, there were more protesters than revelers, and the police seemed to be there more to stop them from hurting anyone than anything else. The Yamanote line ran undisturbed that night. I’m sure anyone who happened to show up in costume at Shinjuku must have been confused and scared.
Elsewhere, peace and joviality reigned.
Tokyo Disneyland held its annual Halloween festivities, complete with parade and Nightmare Before Christmas ride. La Citadella held its annual costume parade and live performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Namja town was even more creepy than usual.
And the morning trains emptied themselves of ghouls and filled back up with salarymen.
Related posts: