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How Disney Brought Halloween To Japan



Before Tokyo Disneyland would hold its first Halloween event in 1997 Halloween was barely known or acknowledged in Japan.

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22 Comments

  2. Steven Tuscano

    Disney's Halloween in Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea has much more better than other Halloween Events in Disney Parks! 🎃

  5. Rollercoaster Rider

    If you go to Tokyo Disney in September/October, It can be tough to find out who's a Cast Member and who's a guest.

    I got a Picture of Jessica Rabbit, and saw Jack Sparrow and Ursula.

  6. Koto H

    Hi Review Tyme, thanks for another amazing video!
    I’m Japanese and I wonder why Tokyo Disney doesn’t allow guests to wear Spider-Man costume. We also don’t have any announce about Avengers campus yet, no marvel merchandise😢
    Is it because Universal Studio in Osaka has Spider-Man ride? But that’s another Peter Parker.Does anyone know what’s going on with Disney and Spider-Man?

  7. Ronald Oakes

    I can empathize with the feeling of getting off work and having one's train taken over by loud drunkards – even if in my case it was LA Dodgers baseball fans returning from a day game in San Diego riding the Coaster commuter railroad that I was at the time taking from the northern end of San Diego to Oceanside.

  9. Aj Dz

    I went to Universal Studios Japan this week and I was surprised that the Halloween Horror Nights events were included in the park ticket and run all day. Can vouch for the Japanese getting into the Halloween spirit, many guests change into costume at the park

  10. Anynom

    I recall that they had to put Haunted Mansion in Fantasyland in Tokyo as ghost stories are more like fairy tales in that culture so it's fascinating seeing how they brought this tradition here.

  11. Angus MacDonald

    The image of the Yakuza handing out toys and candies alone is worth the price of admission to this video 😉

  12. E S

    Wouldn’t post this on the same day of the introduction of Halloween to South Korea, which just took over 150 lives. Please have more respect, not everything is about views and likes.

  14. Atsuko Richards

    I used to teach in the middle schools in Japan. Before Halloween, I had a class about it – the origins, trick-or-treating and costumes. With some Halloween film scenes. Ended with a little giving candies away.

  15. Judah Mantell

    Noticed a strange costume in the video: At around 5:02 you see women with pink hair wearing a the symbol of a Star of David with a swastika in the middle. This seemingly contradictory symbol is that of Raelism, a Scientology-like alien-focused religion known to be a bit dangerous and crazy. The gold figure to the right of the women is some sort of alien, too.

  16. Beastly Drohan

    It sorta reminds me of how films like "Coco" have brought awareness to Día de Muertos to a world wide audience, despite it not being the first film to do so (The Book of Life and The Halloween Tree also paid nods to the holiday). It made the celebration that more prevalent rather than it being "MEXICAN HALLOWEEN", and while in some instances it may dive into the cultural appropriation , I've seen audience from all the world embrace the celebration that its message has become inspiration for the world. In Japan in particular the film really struck a chord despite having a vastly different cultural understanding of life and death. It's just amazing how cultures are no longer behind a wall and now can be seen and appreciated.

  18. Rigo Leo

    You have to do a full history of Japan Disney Halloween. That’s a lot of history

  21. KCJ films

    I live in Japan. Its got more popular in last 10 years so fun to see young Japanese be happy and joyful. I went to USJ as Kylo Ren last week;

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