A few years ago when I was in Tokyo, I spent part of a day at the Asakusa shrine, which is both Shinto shrine and the Buddhist temple of Sensō-ji. The broad pathway leading up to the temple is known as Nakamise. Ever since the Edo era , it has been a pleasure quarter and shopping street. You can often find things in Nakamise that you'll never find anywhere else, including hairpins for geisha wigs, hand-made rice crackers, and many small good luck charms.
They don't celebrate Halloween in Japan, so these masks I saw for sale on Nakamise were not intended for any particular season. Ditto with the rubber samurai and Geisha wigs. Do you think they'd pull together your Halloween/Samhain costume?
When I was pulling photos for Matthew's birthday blog entry, I came across this photo of my two oldest kids, David and Kristin, I would guess this was taken in about 1975. What do you think of Kristin's costume? Maybe it runs in the family . . . .
Japan Japanese Tokyo Temple Shrine Halloween costume family mask