I remember well my first Halloween in Japan, mostly because I was invited to speak about it at a junior high.
Trick or treating? Kids in sheets with peep holes? Jack O' Lanterns? I might have been lecturing about life on Mars.
And now? Now Halloween has carved its own niche in the Japanese holiday pantheon. Maybe it's not the same as back home, but Halloween has nevertheless arrived. Witness all the decoration in stores. These days when it comes to Halloween, Japanese kids could lecture me. Just goes to show you how things have changed.