“Yokai Halloween Festival 2025” will be held from Saturday, September 13th to Sunday, November 9th, 2025

“Yokai Halloween Festival 2025” held from Saturday, September 13th to Sunday, November 9th, 2025 ​ Image
URL: Shodoshima Healthy Land Co., Ltd. Press Release: August 29, 2025 “Yokai Halloween Festival 2025” will be held from Saturday, September 13th to Sunday, November 9th, 2025. ~ “The 3rd Shodoshima Yokai Costume Competition Kaboso Cup” Saturday, October 25, 2025~ The Yokai Art Museum (Shodoshima Healthy Land Co., Ltd.), located in the “Maze Town” (Tonosho Honmachi) of Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, will be holding the “Yokai Halloween Festival 2025” from Saturday, September 13, 2025 to Sunday, November 9, 2025. This festival will include a “Costume Discount” that allows visitors to dress up in costume and enjoy the museum, as well as Halloween events such as free drinks. In addition, on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at “Yokai Halloween in Maze Town ~Yokai are Coming to Shodoshima!~ (tentative title)” (details to be announced at a later date), we will be holding a costume contest, the “3rd Shodoshima Yokai Costume Grand Prize Kaboso Cup.” This contest is named after “Kaboso,” an otter yokai endemic to Shodoshima that disguises itself as a human and plays pranks. We welcome not only traditional yokai like tengu and kappa, but also original yokai.
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■Background to the Yokai Art Museum’s Halloween Event Halloween is an event in the West that celebrates the autumn harvest and welcomes the spirits of ancestors. The familiar custom of dressing up is said to have originated from people pretending to be ghosts to protect themselves from evil spirits that would come along with the spirits of their ancestors. Speaking of costumes, it’s a specialty of yokai, who love to transform into different creatures. At the Yokai Art Museum, we have prepared a variety of events so you can enjoy Halloween by dressing up as a yokai. 【Overview】Yokai Halloween Festival 2025 Period: September 13, 2025 (Sat) – November 9, 2025 (Sun) Location: Yokai Museum (398 Ko, Tonosho-cho, Shozu-gun, Kagawa Prefecture) Contents: Yokai Art Museum: “Costume Discount” – Discount admission for those dressed as a yokai; Yokai Bar: Halloween-exclusive “Black Lemon Squash” on sale; Museum Shop: Halloween-exclusive “Michishirubee Reflector Keychain (Pink)” on sale [Event] 3rd Shodoshima Yokai Costume Contest Kaboso Cup Date and Time: Saturday, October 25, 2025 Location: To be announced Participation Fee: Free (Participation prizes available upon entry) *Changing room available ■[Yokai Art Museum] “Costume Discount” – Get a discount on admission During the period, if you enter the museum dressed as a yokai, you will receive a “Costume Discount.” 400 yen discount for adults, 200 yen discount for junior and senior high school students. (Cannot be used in conjunction with other discounts)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5189/231/5189-231-96809e475e372e376dcfdfb3f30cd8c5-3900×3900.jpg ■[Yokai Bar] Halloween Limited Edition “Black Lemon Squash” The “Yokai Bar” attached to the Yokai Art Museum will be selling “Black Lemon Squash” in celebration of Halloween.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5189/231/5189-231-f47c7aaa324644814d93dc7afec1a65b-3900×3900.jpg “Black Lemon Squash” 500 yen (tax included) ■[Museum Shop] Halloween Limited Edition Goods “Michishirubee Reflector Keychain (Pink)” 980 yen (tax included) A new color variation of the popular “Michishirubee Reflector Keychain” is now available! It reflects light and glows. Michishirubee is a yokai who guides you through the maze-like town. With this keychain, you won’t get lost in the dark…!?
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/5189/231/5189-231-af1144d9795dbf2d48be53bcee5df6be-1909×2700.jpg [What is Yokai Museum] This art museum, located in the maze-like town of Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, exhibits over 800 yokai sculptures. Use a smartphone guide app to tour four traditional houses scattered throughout the town. Over 900 works, ranging from the origins of yokai to modern-day yokai, were submitted to the “Yokai Sculpture Grand Prize” and are on display and in storage. “Bringing yokai to the world.” We want to make yokai (=yokai) a global word, similar to the Japanese word “mottainai” (wastefulness). The museum’s director is Tadahira Yagyu, a yokai painter born on Shodoshima. Yokai Art Museum 398 Ko, Tonosho-cho, Shozu-gun, Kagawa Prefecture 0879-62-0221 mail@meipam.net 【About Shodoshima Healthy Land Co., Ltd.】 MeiPAM is a joint operator of the Shodoshima Labyrinth Town Art Project, which engages in olive cultivation and research, cosmetics and food development and manufacturing, and mail-order sales on Shodoshima Island in the Setouchi region. We also plan, promote, and manage regional revitalization projects. Company name: Shodoshima Healthy Land Co., Ltd. Address: 2721-1 Ko, Tonosho-cho, Shozu-gun, Kagawa Prefecture Representative Director and President: Toshihiro Yagyu Established: 1985 HP: https://shl-olive.co.jp/