Happy Halloween! Today, Todd carved a pumpkin and roasted cajun spiced pumpkin seeds. Then we dressed up and went to a Halloween party at the POP English school. Here are all of the spooky/cute guests.
Halloween in Japan is a new celebration. It is more of a commercial holiday with all of the stores decorating, selling candy and costumes. The people don't carve pumpkins or trick-or-treat. It seems to be more popular for the younger generation who is more interested in American/English speaker traditions.
I was たまごにぎり(a piece of tamago nigiri sushi) and Todd was a zombie soccer player. I got alot of laughs for my costume and I was surprised that most of the kids recognized that I was sushi!! I had a post it note that said, watashi wa tamago nigiri desu but didn't need it. I wonder if that would be true if I wore the same costume in the U.S.?
Our jack-o-lantern! Todd asked a Misawa base friend to buy us two real American pumpkins from the air base. We take a Japanese class with several of the military base people. In Japan they don't sell big orange pumpkins, their pumpkins are small and green, called a kabocha. Kabocha makes a delicious soup!
We hope you enjoy your Halloween and fall season!
Have Fun and Be Safe.
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