People in Japan celebrate Halloween on an individual basis. For the most part there is no grand Halloween night festivities or week/month long decorations. Clint's school did one Halloween themed lesson, while mine put on a party. For my school this is one of the bigger celebrations they have all year. We rented out the ballroom at a local hotel and decorated it for the occasion. Students and parents came as well as anyone who was willing to pay the $10 entrance fee.
The previous day(s) we spent hours, quite literally, making these tiny houses and witches out of paper. The witches, apparently, were not cute enough and didn't make the cut.
We had music, a "fashion show", Heather's corner, trick or treating, a haunted house and fingernail painting. T Assorted food items were available, including freshly made churros, Halloween themed pastry's and bentos, even ice cold coke poured from glass bottles. The catch was that all of these were offered at an additional cost.
What Halloween party wouldn't have a live jazz band?
Spooky Bento Box
I dressed up as a Skunk and the kids loved it.
I didn't take very good pictures but you get the idea.
The kids were all dressed up and super cute.
* For security/privacy reasons I will never post pictures of the actual kids at my school. These are images from the web that give you an idea of what I'm talking about. They are eerily similar.
Imiages from: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/10/30/Small-kids-may-need-Halloween-fears-eased/UPI-84341351573616/
After the school party which lasted all of two hours. CLint and I went out with other JET's and celebrated at the International Bar. I wore the same costume and Clint dressed as Magic Mike. He rocked it!!
All that working out really paid off.
We had a great time and really enjoyed seeing the other JET's in costume.
The following Friday the JET's went to a local high school and hosted "English Day". Everyoone dressed up and did Halloween lessons and games. Since Magic Mike was not appropriate for such an event Clint dressed as a raccoon.
A very fuzzy one at that.
These furry onsies are very popular in Japan. Generally they are worn by women at home, kind of like a snuggie you can walk around in. They also make terrific costumes, about half of the people at "English Day" wore them.
Even though I didn't have my tubs of decorations and I didn't get to stuff my face with milky ways, we managed to have a great Halloween in Japan this year.
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