On Friday night, illustrious RocketNews24 reporters Mr. Sato and P.K. Sanjun ventured out into the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo’s hub of youth culture. Both dressed as Marge Simpson, they were there to check out this year’s collection of crazy costumes. While Halloween as a holiday is still only catching on in Japan, they were thrilled by the number of like-minded, costumed revelers they found.
Join us for a photographic tour of some of the costumed people they ran into on the streets of Shibuya!
Despite being the night before Halloween, Mr. Sato and P.K. managed to find an impressive number of people who were already dressing up. The getups ranged from simple bloody face make-up and cat ears to all-out costume labors of love. But no matter how complex the outfits were, the atmosphere was one of people wholeheartedly embracing the fun spirit of Halloween.
Some of the most impressive displays were groups who dressed up around common themes. Such groups created a definite visual impact, as seen in the following two squads:
▼ These cuties positively begged to take a picture with our hunky reporters, so who were they to refuse?
▼ Perhaps the cleverest group were these girls dressed up as the titular character from the popular Where’s Wally/Waldo? series of children’s books. Too bad our reporters didn’t get anything for finding them!
But before all that, Mr. Sato and P.K. had to get to Shibuya, which was a whole adventure in itself. They certainly drew more than a few stares on the train with their yellow body paint and (dare we say–ingenious) use of bubble wrap to create Marge Simpson’s signature ‘do:
▼ P.K., maybe you could’ve touched up the paint on your neck a bit so it doesn’t look so much like a wild animal mauled you…
▼ Exiting the gates in epic fashion
▼ No, they don’t stand out or anything…
▼ Finally reaching their destination!
After reaching Shibuya Station, they headed directly to Center Gai, a narrow street full of shops right past the famous scramble intersection which is considered to be the heart of Shibuya. Thankfully, they had no trouble finding fellow Halloween revelers right away in this area.
Enjoy the following photos they took with some of Shibuya’s finest costumed merrymakers!
Not to rush things, but we’re already looking forward to seeing what impressive getups Mr. Sato and P.K. find next year on Halloween!
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