This is Halloween...

Happy Halloween!

Our school went all out for Halloween. For the last month, my class has teamed up with the 1st grade class to learn a dance routine to Ghostbusters. The 10 students then performed on Halloween day for some very excited parents during our joint class party. 

I had the students help with the decorations of the room (Mindcraft creepers, Halloween themed paper chain and a few other bits and pieces). All students were allowed to come in costume for the day and I had: a Ghostbuster, Vampire, Olaf (the snowman) and 2 Elsas (from Frozen). 

My floor team (Adam- Kindergarten teacher, Seiko- Kindergarten teacher, and Jo- 1st grade teacher) all teamed up to be the main characters from the Wizard of Oz. 

As it turned out, the Wizard of Oz is not known AT ALL in Japan, so that night when I decided to go out to Tokyo for Halloween night with my apartment friends, I decided to change my costume. Being very last minute- I had to pull something out of my closet in about 20 minutes. My solution was an 80s girl- and I had all the pieces! Leg warmers, star-spandex, thick belt, off the shoulder shirt, finger-less gloves, side pony-tail, big earrings, purple eyeshadow...I thought I pulled it off. Turns out it was too "normal" by Japanese standards and I was even asked at the club if I was dressed up!! Haha! 

Japanese interpret Halloween as an opportunity to be as gory and scary as possible! So when we headed into Tokyo there were a ton of bloody brides, and very intricate face paint of wounds and blood! Check out this news about Shibuya on Halloween. 

So that night, about 15 of my Eda apartment-mates headed into Tokyo- Shibuya to be exact and were met by millions of costume-clad revelers! 

I attempted to take some photos of the night. But this video montage has a much better display of what happened that night!

My German friend, Ken (tallest guy) with new Waldo friends!

 Where's Waldo was a HUGE hit! (what a simple costume, right?) But Ken made friends with other Waldos wherever we went, and took many photos with them!

Still crowded at 5am the next morning!