There are more Halloween options lately. We went to the Omotesando Halloween event. There is some sort of stamp rally where you go to shops, collect stamps on a sheet of paper then hand it in for some treats.  We were a bit late, so instead we headed straight to Omotendao Hills where there were some short performances like a clown and magician. And you could have your photos taken.  Kawasaki has their yearly parade in La Citadella, but we didn’t get a chance to go there this year. Instead, my in-laws took the kids to a small Halloween event for kids in Harumi Triton Plaza. Can you guess their costumes this year?

Yuki had work so I didn’t plan on doing much that day. It turned out to be a nice afternoon with the kids’ Ojii-san, their auntie and cousins. Sushi lunch and then playing in the park with relatives was a nice last minute outing. The kids may be still a bit too young to understand the meaning of the holiday, but its enough to see their beaming faces as they spot me watching them play from across the playground and wave at me with their delighted “Mommy!”

Here are the colorful eggs and the making of…

Unlike Christmas, Halloween and Valentine’s Day, Easter is not one of the holidays fully celebrated (marketed) here. I’ve only really seen Easter egg chocolates and bunnies at the Sony Plaza stores, which always has cute accessories and treats for any holiday. Many people ask me what exactly is Easter about and why the eggs and bunnies. So I usually explain that it is the day Christ came back to life and that the eggs and the bunnies are symbols of fertility and Spring. Next year I think more kids are looking forward to dying Easter eggs…maybe we’ll even do our own little egg hunt.