Halloween merchandise is on sale at a Daiso store in Tokyo on Saturday. Although Halloween is still nearly two months away, stores have been selling related goods since last week. Theme parks, including Tokyo Disneyland, will kick off their Halloween season next week.
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starpunk
I LOVE autumn and Halloween is fun - even as an adult with the parties and costumes and such. Still, September has just started! You guys in Japan are jumping the gun just like we do in America. What gives?
Rosalind Harris
My local Seria had Halloween goods out straight after Obon vacation finished. ...I know because I bought a bunch of it. /I have to take advantage of the limited time to purchase so many cute ghost, black cat and bat goods.
smartacus
expat
I have never heard Halloween referred to as おせつぶん. Setsubun takes place in early February. Before Japanese started calling Halloween ハロウィン, it was referred to as Kabotchasai (Pumpkin Festival), but I don't know how far back its history in Japan goes.
Serrano
Jimizo - Ain't capitalism great?
JeffLee
I feel like responding by festooning the outside of my home with all those decorations from today, and leave them up for a few months.
Jimizo
I wonder where Japanese businesses got the idea of turning festivals like Halloween into a money spinning festival from.
Serrano
Weasel - Valentines Day stuff will be out shortly after the Christmas stuff which will be out Nov.1.
JonathanJo
Halloween, Christmas, there'll be Easter eggs on the shop shelves any day now.
Seawolf
...and back in Germany, where Halloween is only an excuse to party wild until morning, shops are rolling out the Christmas sweets, nothing new