One of the many awesome things about Halloween in Japan is the annual "Mundane Halloween" costume contest sponsored by website @dailyportalz

The goal is to dress up like some mundane, everyday situation.

Here is a thread of my favorites from this year!
"Person taking the garbage out" (she brought actual garbage from her home) https://twitter.com/oni_red/status/1188370224157839364
"Person who messed up with superglue" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188414675492302850
"Person who's too shy to shout out 'Bingo!'" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188416156392022017
"Person who washed their hands and dried them off on their clothes" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188418944375279616
"Woman who came to the BBQ with no intention of helping out" https://twitter.com/maplegood123/status/1188307375087747072
"Person cleaning the handrail of an escalator" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188291720644943872
"Person waiting to meet up with a rental girlfriend" https://twitter.com/yang_oort/status/1188298522476478464
"Person who accidentally pulled the string out of their hoodie" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188430518187986944
"Person who bought an umbrella and just then the rain stopped" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188429982927732736
"Person who drank something hot" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188404240235937795
"Person who found a cockroach right before bed, but lost sight of it while searching for would-be weapons" https://twitter.com/ALLforTomorrow/status/1188336507934789633
"Online seller who desperately wants to send their package via the (cheaper) letter option" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188358599073882112
"Person who grabbed a basket, but bought fewer items then they thought they would" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188367854640353281
"Person standing at the far edge of an e-sports group photo" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188379857471733760
"Couple who got into an argument at Disneyland, and now it is super awkward" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188349817799331840
"Person whose face-swap app detected the wrong thing" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188293691594559489
"Person who is dead inside because they have to go into work on their day off" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188357797605363712
"Person who won 5th prize at the company bingo party" https://twitter.com/ALLforTomorrow/status/1188342880110166016
"Person taking a photograph of their meal from above" https://twitter.com/ALLforTomorrow/status/1188344655680659456
"Person waiting for their shoe to be repaired" https://twitter.com/ALLforTomorrow/status/1188342146987900929
"Person who invited friends they hadn't contacted in a long time to a cafe so they could try to recruit them into Amway" https://twitter.com/tomozo_826/status/1187984537705312257
"Student who came to see if she passed the test to get into Takarazuka Music School (right), and parent of student who came to see if she passed the test to get into Takarazuka Music School (left)" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188321128894255109
"Person who can't find a seat at the mall food court" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188350627396538368
"Person wearing black clothes who played with a cat" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188368044944322560
"Person about to win a game of Old Maid" https://twitter.com/nodanosei/status/1188314200654770176
"Person mistaken for an employee at an eyeglasses shop" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188418305188433920
"Person who had so many of their numbers called, but never got a bingo" https://twitter.com/ebeko9000/status/1188283235391852544
"Assistant at a children's photo studio" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188419974269816832
"Person who can't find their seat at a baseball game" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188316562169548800
"Person who just finished giving blood" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188318087730216961
"Person who just got woken up by an Amazon delivery" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188370582854758400
"Drug store employee who came to work with a hangover" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188352782916440065
"Person whose pen is leaking" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188273777840275456
"Salaryman who came back from a business trip to Sapporo with a souvenir" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188436792619331584
"Person who stocked up on things they already had" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188421571544637440
"Girl who only cares about soccer once every four years during the World Cup" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188417697396035584
"Person who tried too many makeup testers" https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188415914166779905
And my personal favorite, "Person who is right-handed"

(this man is actually left-handed in real life) https://twitter.com/dailyportalz/status/1188397735872827393
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