Happy Jimi Halloween to everyone who celebrates. It’s that wonderful time of year when our favorite Japanese festival, Jimi Halloween, is on full display. Mundane Halloween, as we coined it back in 2018, is when people dress up in costumes so mundane they have to be explained.
The tradition was started in 2014 by a group of adults at Daily Portal Z who kind of wanted to participate in the festivities of Halloween, but were too embarrassed to go all out in witch or zombie costumes. So instead of the flashy and flamboyant costumes they had been seeing gain popularity in Japan, they decided to dress up in mundane, everyday costumes.
You can comb through social media using the hashtag #地味ハロウィン but below we present to you some of our favorites from this year’s festivities. We’ve been covering this event since 2018 so you can also take a look at some past years too!
Person listening to the song they’re about to sing next at karaoke | @YSSkywalker
That one spot in Ueno Station with a low ceiling | @dailyportalz
Cast member at some kind of theme park | @betsuyaku
This year even some pets got in on the action: Yamazaki “double soft” loaf of bread | @syokupancorgi24
Person on train who refuses to hold on to anything | @dailyportalz
parents when they were young | @dailyportalz
Person at cosmetics counter who can’t make up their mind | @mp1003512
Person who smiles at dogs as they pass by | @YSSkywalker
Left: person who just got out of the bath | Right: person who had to wait for a long kanpai and now their beer has lost its head | @dailyportalz
People who came to a cafe to study but ended up reading manga | @dailyportalz
That person who brings you weird gummies as a souvenir from their vacation | @dailyportalz
October 31, 2024 at 4:50 pm
I was specifically 80 for Halloween.
November 3, 2024 at 10:57 pm
I was 69,I turn 70 in November.