kawasaki 2007 haloween parade part 2 --
below, you can see some squid coming wearing Kimonos.
even from behind, they got the tentacles busting out of the kimono.
this guy had an oversized pumpkin head with two "invisible" assistants to work his arms:
below, Furry rabbit doctor with tiny rabbit patient and giant novelty toothbrush:
shredded recycled newspaper costumes:
below, one of my favorites: middle-aged woman with afro and a superman costume that says SUPERHERO on it.
another genius idea: traditional demon - meets - flavor flav.
below: more Furries.
making the traditional "peace sign". .. . maybe a Japanese furry?
I could tell the hot chicks below were actually dudes even from behind. . .
Drag queens are partial to a certain colorful excess is why.
another theme this year was Malpractice Suit:
I asked the lovely nurses above where their hospital was and they said, "Hell." I said, what kind of therapy do you do? "It's a secret!"
the SWAT team / pop-idol group below was a great idea, but they got trumped by Patrick Bateman on the right:
the most technically proficient / awesome costumes were all in one group, and all themed around Japanese traidional monsters (YOUKAI)
This Kabuki Demon. . .he was into lunging at spectators. The 6 year old girl next to me was crying for five minutes. even after she stopped screaming she was still making this face like ,"Just let it end. Just let it end!"
The lady on the left is a KAPPA, another traditional monster. the attention to detail on her costume was rad:
more traditional monsters: not leatherface there, but next to him, a KUMO ONNA (spider woman)
zombie samurai!
The legendary Rokurokubi
and her child, NOPPERABOU -- easily one of the scariest things here.
Sadako from the Ring. what made this scary is, she was 8.
Below, this guy is a traditional scarecrow. the thing suspended between his, um, vegetable prongs, is a giant eyeball. I don't know why but his costume was enormously popular.
but the scariest thing of all:
The guy on the right looking on in horror. or is it something more like admiration?
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