The Japanese has adopted many Western customs (Christmas, Valentine's Day etc.). Since Halloween was not widely known when I was little, I didn't have any Halloween experiences in my childhood. I liked wearing fancy dresses, just like many other girls, and I would have enjoyed the opportunities to dress up as a princess very much. Halloween is becoming more popular nowadays, probably more for commercial reasons. You see many Halloween candies and chocolates sold at stores. Halloween special events are promoted at Tokyo Disneyland and Universal Studios Japan (in Osaka). Unfortunately, I don't think many people have a chance to make Jack-O-Lanterns (kabocha-chouchin), because the big orange pumpkins in North America are not commonly grown in Japan.
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although halloween is not known at all in india but i have seen in many movies and i am looking forard to be a part of it… most likely my next chance will be in Japan then anywhere else…..welll, thanks for the info.
The same is happening in Italy, 20 years ago Halloween was only on tv, now it is everywhere! The commercial-reason explanation is the most suited, i think.
I love watching J-horror movies! My favorite is Audition. Have you seen it?
“Japan has adopted” or “The Japanese have adopted”, what you have written “The Japanese has adopted” is not correct.
Thank You very much for your Japanese lessons. I learn Japanese 4th year and I very like it. I have 2 books, but these texts are great as exercises. You really help me, I want to study Japanese at the university
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sorry I know it’s not the topic here but I just would like to know how to find a Japanese cooking school in Japan that can offer course either in English or French, a full course not just to learn a couple of dishes,
thanks for your help
I live in Guatemala and halloween is becoming popular. Now parents leaves their children to go out and ask for candies. I don’t like the idea.
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