{"id":31078,"date":"2012-10-25T10:47:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T16:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/25\/on-halloween-and-japan.html"},"modified":"2014-11-07T12:49:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T19:49:48","slug":"on-halloween-and-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/25\/on-halloween-and-japan.html","title":{"rendered":"On Halloween and Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

A look at what's making it popular, and how it's in contrast with the other "spooky" holiday season Japan already had. \u00a0Fun.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy Halloween Became a Thing in Japan<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen I first came to Japan, so many moons ago, Halloween was not a thing. At all. Well, it was if you were foreigner, but Japanese people just didn’t really get it.<\/p>\n

Now, more and more, they do, and are putting their own spin on it. So what happened?
\nThe two things that have really made Halloween in Japan are Tokyo Disneyland and Universal Studios Japan. And they’ve done this in the last decade. Tokyo Disneyland held its first Halloween event in …\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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A look at what's making it popular, and how it's in contrast with the other "spooky" holiday season Japan already had. \u00a0Fun. Reshared post from +Les Jenkins Embedded Link Why Halloween Became a Thing in Japan When I first came to Japan, so many moons ago, Halloween was not a thing. At all. 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