A mix of the new and the old now in Tokyo with this Ghostbusters attraction that uses augmented reality to allow people to recreate the games they played as kids.
Almost anyone now in their late ...
The morning after the night before begins in earnest now, as Tokyo's Halloween craze faces a setback.
Following the events of Saturday, which saw five people arrested and chaotic scenes in ...
The tolerance for Halloween in Tokyo may be on a knife edge after some revellers in Shibuya caused vandalism and overturned a vehicle, resulting in arrests over the weekend.
Halloween has ...
Tokyo Pokémon cafe gets ready for Halloween with new ghoulish menu
September 12, 2018
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Tokyo's first permanent Pokémon cafe opened in March this year in the central district of Nihonbashi.
After welcoming patrons for several months, it's time for the cafe to change its menu to suit ...
After yet another typhoon in a very rainy October spoiled the weekend closest to Halloween, thousands of people in Tokyo seized the chance to celebrate All Hallows' Eve on October 31st itself despite ...
Japanese Halloween is somewhat different to Halloween in other countries. You won't encounter much trick-or-treating going on, but there's plenty of costumes and dressing-up. However, this tends to ...
The growth of Halloween cosplay, especially gatherings in major public areas such as Shibuya, has been one of the most marked trends in Tokyo in recent years.
If you don't fancy dressing up in a ...
Tokyo Halloween Style: Cosplay, train parties, costumed flash mobs
October 13, 2016
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Halloween is almost upon us, and H&M is currently showcasing what it claims are "four Tokyo Halloween styles". In a video, the model Seria Kawachi goes through several quick costume changes to ...
Great Wave off Kanagawa Cat Scratching Post
Hokusai ukiyoe-themed pet furniture
It's not long until Halloween.
Every year Shibuya transforms into a veritable smorgasbord of youngsters in wildly vibrant costumes, invading Scramble Crossing and Center Gai.
But how about a ...
If you passed through Shibuya yesterday evening or night you cannot have failed to notice that it was Halloween. A bustling and manifold place at any time of the year, on October 31st it burst into ...
Halloween is about to be upon us again.
Japan is the land of cosplay so for the locals, dressing up needn't be restricted to just October 31st. That said, these days there are lots of Halloween ...
Kawasaki Halloween 2012 happened yesterday (Sunday, October 28), the annual Halloween-themed cosplay extravaganza in the Kanagawa city just outside Tokyo.
With some 3,500 people appearing in ...