ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, 'Act swiftly awesome pacyderm!'

JCMU students take their picture with one of the 70 children that attended JCMU's Halloween Party.

My roommate and I as Minnie Mouse and Katniss.

Last week JCMU held a Halloween party for Japanese children to come and experience a little bit of American Halloween. Halloween in Japan, up until recently, has been entirely non-existent. Even now it is not the same as in America. There is no door to door trick-or-treating, no season stores that pop up in the month leading up to it, no haunted houses, and no pumpkins being carved. In fact it was quite difficult to find any Halloween costumes, most students made their own. All Halloween really is here is some cutesy decorations at some stores and restaurants and the occasional party.

With so many Americans in one place, JCMU offers a unique experience for Japanese children. After our weekly test on Friday, JCMU students set to decorating the building. We set up games, put up streamers, and transformed the library into haunted library. Around 70 children and their families showed the evening. They got to get their faces painted, play musical chairs, bean bag toss and walk through the haunted library. After all that they got to experience trick-or-treating by going to some rooms in the dormitory. It was a lot of fun for both the children and us students. After the kids party some students from local universities came for food and costume contest.

Taylor King helps with paints a girls face. Face painting was one the more popular activities at the party.