Halloween ‘18

Ugh,forgot,Oct 27 is when I take a flight back home,thus,ending my vacation.

Anyone know chances of people dressing a day or 2 before that would appear around areas like Shibuya or some place?
 
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Ugh,forgot,Oct 27 is when I take a flight back home,thus,ending my vacation.

Anyone know chances of people dressing a day or 2 before that would appear around areas like Shibuya or some place?
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Maybe the 26th?
 
Anyone ever hear of ‘gaijin age’ ? similar to the whole ‘loser back home’ idea but probably more accurate.

I see a lot of examples of it, and none more so than haloween at shibuya crossing.

The concept of ‘gaijin age’ is you stay the same age as whatever age you arrived here as. Usually thats your mid or early 20’s.

The clearest illustration of this is halloween. Go to shibuya crossing at halloween, there will be thousands of young people dressed up having a great time, getting drunk, excited to wear their costumes etc. same as we all did whilst at uni or high school. the vast majority will be locals, uni students or similar age. There will also be a few hundred cringe-worthy 30+ year old white dudes skulking around, thinking they are cool.

Im assuming these guys make up the majority of the ‘nampa / pua ‘ thread here.
 
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Durg50 said:
There will also be a few hundred cringe-worthy 30+ year old white dudes skulking around, thinking they are cool.
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AGEISM!

I agree that some of them are ridiculous, but people are entitled to go out and have fun regardless of age.
 
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Viggagadye said:
Is dressing up in costumes as big a thing in Japan as it is in the States?
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I personally think it is.. but I don’t see that many scary costumes in Tokyo. I also noticed that most people who go out with their groups of friends choose matching outfits or wear the exact same outfit as each other.
 
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Durg50 said:
Anyone ever hear of ‘gaijin age’ ? similar to the whole ‘loser back home’ idea but probably more accurate.

I see a lot of examples of it, and none more so than haloween at shibuya crossing.

The concept of ‘gaijin age’ is you stay the same age as whatever age you arrived here as. Usually thats your mid or early 20’s.

The clearest illustration of this is halloween. Go to shibuya crossing at halloween, there will be thousands of young people dressed up having a great time, getting drunk, excited to wear their costumes etc. same as we all did whilst at uni or high school. the vast majority will be locals, uni students or similar age. There will also be a few hundred cringe-worthy 30+ year old white dudes skulking around, thinking they are cool.

Im assuming these guys make up the majority of the ‘nampa / pua ‘ thread here.
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Dunno why but my middle finger started to rise automatically towards your general direction when reading this... :finger:
 
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AGEISM!

I agree that some of them are ridiculous, but people are entitled to go out and have fun regardless of age.
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I actually have way more fun going out now than in my mid-20s and yeah, fuck those ageist pricks ! We’ll see how they are when get themselves to the old age of (gasp) thirty something
 
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If only this was physically and not mentally...
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Talk about the pot calling the kettle black...
all those forever "students" or "models" , not-so-young-anymore-but-refusing-to-face-it escorts... sigh
 
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AGEISM!

I agree that some of them are ridiculous, but people are entitled to go out and have fun regardless of age.
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I agree 100% that anyone should keep on rockin’ regardless of age, there’s just a particular subset of mostly middle aged white guys in japan who like to skulk around like unfixed cats at TheHub/Rigelletos/whatever the latest pick up bars are and leer at drunk young girls. These guys are out in full force at halloween.
 
Acid Burn said:
How about a Tokyo Ghoul mask. You can be Kaneki cosplaying as a scout. Lol
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That's a possibility,thankfully I've at least watched a couple of seasons of it so its a consideration. At first,I was thinking about looking for a Zero Helmet(from Code Geass but then not being a cosplayer,hopefully not expected to do his poses because I'd maybe fail big time at that,lol.
 
Durg50 said:
I agree 100% that anyone should keep on rockin’ regardless of age, there’s just a particular subset of mostly middle aged white guys in japan who like to skulk around like unfixed cats at TheHub/Rigelletos/whatever the latest pick up bars are and leer at drunk young girls. These guys are out in full force at halloween.
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Whereas young guys doing exactly the same thing (or worse) is more acceptable?
 
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Frenchy said:
Whereas young guys doing exactly the same thing (or worse) is more acceptable?
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yes.
college age kids hooking up with each other is quite normal and part of life.
middle age men standing on the periphery of the college age kids hooking up waiting to jump in, isn't cool.
 
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yes.
college age kids hooking up with each other is quite normal and part of life.
middle age men standing on the periphery of the college age kids hooking up waiting to jump in, isn't cool.
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I was thinking more about the Kavanaugh circa 1985 type of behaviour and all the « boys will be boys » acceptance, but ok, if those young guys act properly I get your point.
 
Frenchy said:
I was thinking more about the Kavanaugh circa 1985 type of behaviour and all the « boys will be boys » acceptance, but ok, if those young guys act properly I get your point.
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... and having said that I still get young ladies chatting with me at the parties I go to, but granted its not on Shibuya streets at Halloween ;)
 
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LeonGRAY said:
I've never celebrated halloween.
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same here
not because I didn't want to but it was never a thing in the countries I was in during this period
this year I'll try to go to HP with a costume but it won't be easy
 
e-smile said:
same here
not because I didn't want to but it was never a thing in the countries I was in during this period
this year I'll try to go to HP with a costume but it won't be easy
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Yeah I don't think Halloween is a big deal in most european countries. Besides I don't need an excuse to get drunk.
 
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