Halloween is rapidly approaching, and we want to remind you that leaving your costume to the last minute, and dressing “as yourself” or “an\u00a0ax murderer, because they look just like you and me,” isn’t as creative as you think it is.\u00a0 Get your costume on in Nagoya!\u00a0 Halloween was not really “a thing” in Japan previously, but more recently, they have been jumping on the ghoulish bandwagon.\u00a0 If you plan to dress up for the season, here are a few places to start looking for your costume.<\/p>\n
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Don Quijote has everything you never knew you always wanted. \u00a0This selection includes costume items, and while the stock at each store is different, the overall company offers\u00a01,400 costumes year-round and likely more during Halloween. \u00a0Besides a good selection of costume items, they have a truly fantastic selection of odds and ends that could be re-purposed for creating your own costume.<\/p>\n
Multiple Locations Multiple Locations www.tokyu-hands.co.jp (en)<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0[spacer height=”20px”]<\/p>\n 3F, GEE! STORE NAGOYA,\u00a03 Chome-11-34 Osu, www.cospa.com\/\u00a0nagoya<\/a> 18-4 Tsubakicho Nakamura Ward, Map Link<\/a> Google Map link<\/a> Google Maps Link<\/a>\u00a0[spacer height=”20px”]<\/p>\n Amazon does not need much of an explanation. \u00a0Check the links below for a quick browse through their selection.<\/p>\n Search for “costume” in Japanese<\/a> Rakuten\u00a0does not need much of an explanation. \u00a0Just in case, though, Rakuten is the Japanese equivalent of Amazon. \u00a0Check the links below for a quick browse through their selection.<\/p>\n Search for “cosplay”<\/a> HJS is a bit on the risque side of things, but depending on what you are looking for, it may just fit the bill. \u00a0They offer cosplay, schoolgirl, and maid outfits for the most part, but the selection is large and well worth a visit to the\u00a0website.<\/p>\n mia.shop-pro.jp<\/a> (JP)<\/p>\n Photo by Danny Choo from Tokyo, Japan (Kawasaki Halloween) [CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>], via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Halloween is rapidly approaching, and we want to remind you that leaving your costume to the last minute, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,103],"tags":[83,236,100,96],"class_list":["post-5841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nagoya-2","category-shopping","tag-aichi-prefecture","tag-halloween","tag-nagoya-city","tag-october"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49734,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5841\/revisions\/49734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nwww.donki.com (en)<\/a>\u00a0[spacer height=”20px”]<\/p>\nLoft (Variety Store)<\/h2>\n
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It is a great store and a fantastic place to kill a couple of hours, in addition to finding costumes and accessories.\u00a0\u00a0 There are many locations around Nagoya\u00a0and Japan; choose one!<\/p>\n
\nwww.loft.co.jp\/shoplist (JP)<\/a>\u00a0[spacer height=”20px”]<\/p>\nTokyu Hands (Variety Store)<\/h2>\n
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I found Tokyu Hands described as “the description-defying Tokyo institution that sells just about everything you could ever need and is loved by everyone who visits,” and I have a hard time arguing that.\u00a0 It is a great store and a fantastic place to kill a couple of hours.\u00a0 It is also a great place to pick up costumes and accessories. There are many locations around Tokyo and Japan; choose one!<\/p>\nGEE! Store\u00a0“Cospa”<\/h2>\n
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COSPA Authentic Shop on the third floor of the GEE! Store is a great place to go if you are looking for “cosplay” style costumes. \u00a0 From the website, “Our shop fully supports cosplayers, from beginners to those who hand-make their costumes! We offer an extensive range of products needed for cosplay, including costumes, knee-high socks, wigs, makeup, accessories, dyeing tools, and materials for hand-making items.”<\/p>\n
\nNaka Ward, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0011
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\nwww.geestore.com\/\u00a0nagoya<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0[spacer height=”20px”]<\/p>\nAnimate Nagoya<\/h2>\n
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The Animate store is small, but it features a good\u00a0collection of books and magazines, character goods, music, and movies. \u00a0You can find some costume items here.<\/p>\n
\nNagoya, Aichi 453-0015<\/p>\n
\nwww.animate.co.jp<\/a>
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\nAnimate Nagoya<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0[spacer height=”20px”]<\/p>\nVillage Vanguard<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Village Vanguard is billed as\u00a0Japan’s “Exciting Book Store,” and it lives up to it. \u00a0If uncomfortable surrounded by an incredibly eclectic collection of goods displayed in what can only be described as organized chaos, this is not the store for you. \u00a0If you are looking for incredibly random stuff, like costume parts and masks(!), this IS the store for you. There are many locations around Tokyo and Japan; choose one!<\/p>\n
\nwww.village-v.co.jp<\/a>\u00a0[spacer height=”20px”]<\/p>\n100 Yen Shops<\/h2>\n
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One hundred yen stores offer a wide variety of goods to solve little problems you never realized you had, and often the items on offer are of a very similar quality to those available in much more expensive grocery or hardware stores. \u00a0When looking for costume items, a 100 yen store can be invaluable. \u00a0There are tons of these around and likely one near you now.<\/p>\n
\nHalloween Costumes\u00a0Online<\/h1>\n
Amazon<\/h2>\n
\nSearch for “Costume”<\/a><\/p>\nRakuten<\/h2>\n
\nSearch for “Costume”<\/a><\/p>\nHJS<\/h2>\n
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