I’m not sure what would possess anyone to dress like a chicken on Halloween, but this is apparently such a popular idea in Japan that there’s more than one take on this dubious costume. To deepen the mystery…those red and white striped socks. • If you enjoy exploring back streets and thinking about stuff thatContinueContinue reading “More Halloween costumes I would regret”
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Japan’s funniest Mundane Halloween costumes 2021!
https://twitter.com/knskk817/status/1454197638010601473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1454197638010601473%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsoranews24.com%2F2021%2F10%2F31%2Fcostumes-from-everyday-life-on-parade-once-more-in-jimi-halloween-2021%2F In Japan, “Jimi Halloween” costumes celebrate everything that nobody wants to be for Halloween because they are just too mundane and boring, like this guy from @dailyportalz Twitter feed, who’s dressed up as “a guy tagged on social media” This year, pandemic-emergency bar, restaurant and movie theater lock-downs and working from home all cameContinueContinue reading “Japan’s funniest Mundane Halloween costumes 2021!”
Perfect 2020 Halloween costumes from Japan
If you’re desperate to get out after months of quarantining and can’t resist that invite to a good old-fashioned Halloween party, the ace variety store Don Kihote suggests some costumes that will enforce that social distancing with a vengeance! Hard to get any clearer than this! If you’re worried your fellow revelers might have troubleContinueContinue reading “Perfect 2020 Halloween costumes from Japan”
The Most Only-In-Japan Halloween Costumes Ever
Tired of being the same old sexy skunk or slightly NSFW goose in a tutu for Halloween? Keep your fellow costume partiers guessing with these only-in-Japan puzzlers! However much mini-skirted shrine maidens might figure in cosplay fantasies, you can be sure this will be the first time everyone actually sees one IRL And if you’reContinueContinue reading “The Most Only-In-Japan Halloween Costumes Ever”
This Year’s Burning October Question: What’s The Peeing Statue Wearing For Halloween?
I had to go check to make sure that the best-dressed nude statue in Tokyo made it through the typhoon safely. And he did! Not only that, he already knows what he’s going to be for Halloween. But…huh? Retro-70s disco witch? As you can see, “witch” costumes in Japan are subject to the same considerable creativeContinueContinue reading “This Year’s Burning October Question: What’s The Peeing Statue Wearing For Halloween?”
What NOT To Wear For Halloween
As you can imagine, in the land where Sexy Santa and Sexy Skunk are a Thing (why, Japan, why?), Halloween is the premiere season for Costume Don’ts. AIEEEE NOOOO! Can’t unsee! Who wants to think about Sexy Totoro? NOT ME Sexy Stormtrooper ai yi yi what next? Sexy 3PO? DO NOT TAKE THAT AS A SUGGESTION AContinueContinue reading “What NOT To Wear For Halloween”
Level Up, Halloweenies!
Because in Japan, dressing up is no joke! Real cosplayers scoff at Halloween as Amateur Night, but for most people, the Big H is a chance to flaunt their secret zombie in public, and even ordinary citizens put serious effort into Doing It Right. Here’s what the rather elaborate makeup “suggestions” look like up close! Here, if you want to beContinueContinue reading “Level Up, Halloweenies!”
Jolly Despot Costumes I Would Regret
Is it my imagination, or is this costume designed to resemble everyone’s favorite dictator-for-life? Recently I discovered this primo autocrat disguise, so you can give fellow revelers a choice: laugh at your jokes…or quake in fear as missiles are pointed in your general direction. Saw these at Don Kihote store in Shibuya. •
Halloween Costumes I Would Regret
Just because it’s Halloween doesn’t mean you get a free pass in the career-killing costume department. Photos of you wearing any of these are pretty sure to digitally haunt you for the rest of your life. Because all Men Pirates wear plunging v-neck purple vests. And eyeliner. The Scary Doctor, complete with DIY blood. The Splatter Nurse.ContinueContinue reading “Halloween Costumes I Would Regret”
You’re A Sexy WHAT?
What’s a girl to do if she needs a fetching Halloween costume for the company drinkathon, but doesn’t want to show up in the same maid costume all the OLs are wearing or be the only female AKB48 impersonator? Bunnychan Club costume design to the rescue! The only problem is, it’s so hard to decideContinueContinue reading “You’re A Sexy WHAT?”
For All Your Crossdressing Costume Needs
Now a guy no longer has to waste hours in front of the mirror, practicing lying to the cashier at Tokyu Hands that he’s buying that sparkly pink Power Ranger dress for his girlfriend! This product is clearly labeled BOY RANGER (with the helpful subtitle “BOYS” beneath, written in phonetic katakana for the kanji-challenged customer).ContinueContinue reading “For All Your Crossdressing Costume Needs”
Costumes I Would Regret Even Thinking Of Wearing
What IS this? A rare species of face-eating nudibranch? A faded map of the 18th hole at Pebble Beach? No! It’s a fake five o’clock shadow! This is an especially spectacular career-inhibitor if the costume-wearing prankster is a woman! Long, long after you reach what would have been retirement age if you’d ever been ableContinueContinue reading “Costumes I Would Regret Even Thinking Of Wearing”
Costumes I Would Regret, Part Deux
Nothing says Career Killer like a shot of your grinning face leering at the camera from inside a beer mask, two-fisting some brewskies! Tokyu Hands once again comes through with a costume that makes you think, “Snap! I don’t even have to dress up!” but ends up producing dozens of eminently uploadable candids for everyone’s internet-viewingContinueContinue reading “Costumes I Would Regret, Part Deux”
Costumes I Would Regret
I must be doing something right, since I don’t have any Japanese friends who throw parties attended by anyone wearing THIS. Although not quite as permanent as a tattoo, pictures of oneself wearing this attractive item would certainly circulate endlessly on the interwebs, thwarting one’s job advancement for millennia to come. •
Only In Japan 