Japan’s hilarious Halloween trend where people dress up as mundanely as possible Jordan King Published October 31, 2022 5:00pm Updated October 31, 2022 5:00pm ...

So yōkai can be an ordinary household item that comes to life when it’s older than 100 years or it can be spirits, ghosts, shape-shifting monsters and anthropomorphic animals. Advertisement ...

While Shibuya's pre-pandemic Halloween crowds peaked at about 40,000 in 2019, authorities have been bracing for as many as 60,000 people to show up this month, Hasebe said. As much as 70% of the ...

This year, Starbucks Japan’s drink and dessert holiday specials evoke a spooky, fiery Halloween. Under a theme of Magical Fire Halloween, Starbucks introduced a Frappuccino that looks like a ...

Halloween is popular with younger people in Japan. Rather than going trick-or-treating or visiting haunted houses, it’s seen as an opportunity to party and drink.

Japan celebrates numerous festivals and holidays derived from foreign cultures, but none are as undefinable as Halloween. That is probably because this particular celebration has undergone many ...