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My first Halloween in Tokyo kind of low key but still enjoyable for me. I did not get so crazy but it was fun all the same. read more »
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Asahi is reporting on signs at all Yamanote Line stations discouraging Halloween parties on the platforms or trains. read more »
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Seems once again there's alot of myth coming from those not in the know about the Halloween Train. We were told on JapanProbe that few attended this past Saturday's event and it was very low key. Some commentators on other sites even said it was shut down.

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For the past few days I have been living under the radar. This does not mean I have not been planning. Several items of interest are in the near future. read more »
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The Yamanote Halloween Train rode once again in 2007 and this time there were two of them. One got shut down - ours was not! While cops and creepy 2chan otaku crowded the Shinjuku originated train, the Ikebukuro Halloween Train had none. No destruction of property occurred, no vomitting, no harrass read more »
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Hardly anyone showed up for last night's Yamanote Halloween Train. read more »
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Here is a deeper look into the Yamanote Halloween Train event tracing its murky origins and its even murkier organizing. I talk with participants past and present about the event's origins, how they heard about it, and what they think about it. You'll note that a number of those I speak with are read more »
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The traditional semi-urban-mythical Yamanote Halloween Train rides into a hotbed of net controversy as xenophobic otaku from 2chan.net learn of the event on JapanProbe beforehand and launch angry threats. Some threaten to bring knives (this before the Akihabara tragedy) and one threatens to blow aw read more »
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Roaf at Gaijin Tonic has the most exhaustive what-to-do-on-Halloween-in-Tokyo-this-year list done up at his blog. Check it out. read more »
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For over 20 years or so near Halloween the Yamanote Train becomes the unofficial host of the notorious Halloween Train where foriegners and Japanese in costume party as the train loops through the city.

This is a brief montage of the event from 2006. read more »
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