Japanese adults celebrate mundane Halloween with ordinary everyday costumes

Every October, many adults in Japan dress up in a very different way for Halloween. Instead of wearing scary or fantasy costumes, they dress as ordinary people doing everyday tasks. This tradition is called "Jimi Halloween," because "jimi" means mundane, or plain and simple, in Japanese.

The event has been running since at least 2014. Participants choose very specific everyday situations for their costumes. Someone might dress as a person who has just missed their train, or a worker eating lunch alone. The costumes celebrate normal daily life rather than horror or magic.

Japan has developed its own unique approach to Halloween over the years. Jimi Halloween shows how a holiday can change when it moves to a new culture, taking on completely different values and meanings.