Synopsis

From the soon-to-be U.S. President Trump to figures from Japanese anime, twenty thousand people of all nationalities and ages thronged the Roppongi intersection on Halloween night. Young people, masked and playful, playfully courted those around them. One former pub owner remarked, “I crafted the costume while attending the job center.” Halloween, which organically took root in Roppongi—a district with a large foreign population—more than a decade ago. What realities lie concealed beneath the el