This month is the month when there is a great celebration called ハロウィン ( haro-in ). In Japan, Every November they hold a November party called Kawasaki Halloween Parade ( 川崎ハロウィンパレード / Kawasaki harou-inparēdo ). This parade has at least been held More than two decades and visited by travelers from all over the world. It is one of the biggest celebrations besides Hanabi( The day welcomes summer ), New year, Christmas, Setsubun( The day of welcoming spring ), Hinamatsuri( Day of prayer for the happiness of daughter ) , Valentine, White Day( Reverse Valentine ), School graduation, Hanami ( seeing Sakura Flowers ) , Golden Week, Koromogae( The day of changing clothes ), Sichigosan( day of prayer for child In order to be given happiness ), etc. The parade is held in the Kawasaki ( 川崎 ), One of the cities in Kanagawa Prefecture.
At this time, Farhan was already 18 years old. Now, he is in the 12th grade or the last grade of high school. Soon, Farhan and his friends will celebrate graduation in March. Since this was the last Halloween event when they were together, Farhan and his friends went to Kawasaki city together. Farhan, Rossy, Rina, Salma, Afif and Dziky attend the same school in one of the most famous schools in Japan, namely Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High School ( 東京都立国際高等学校 / Tōkyō toritsu kokusai kōtō-gakkō ). They contracted in one of the apartments in Tokyo City for them to live in. They have lived in Tokyo City since they graduated from junior high school. Farhan is not afraid to leave his mother because his mother (Zahra) has married Afif's father (Fatah). They got married when they were in 5th grade.
The distance from Tokyo to Kawasaki is quite Near, so they will take the train to get there. The time they went there was around 8 p.m. while the clock now shows 4 p.m.
Farhan is currently with Afif and Dziky who are going to a clothing store to renting the halloween costume they want to rent. While the girls, such as Salma, Rina and Rossy are going to the supermarket to buy candy and some food for them to eat later in the evening. For costume clothes, they entrust it to farhan and as for sweets/candy, boys leave it to girls.
For costumes, Farhan wanting to rent vampire clothes, he really likes vampires and wants to cosplay like vampires. As for Afif, he chose the Zombie suit. Zombie is his favorite characters in scary movie since he was a child. For Dziky, he chose Christian clothes, he wanna cosplaying as a pastor.
For girls they are so compact as unity, they cosplaying like Annabelle's character. Annabelle character is one of their favorite characters in the movie Annabelle.
After shopping for Halloween necessities, they gathered in the boys' room. They handed out entrusted rental clothes and sweets as well. After finishing wearing the cosplaying clothes, they immediately went to Tokyo Station to go to Kawasaki. They set off at half past six in the afternoon so that they would not get stuck in traffic. Because it will be around eight o'clock in the evening, the atmosphere there is very dense. They will be there at seven o'clock in the evening. Before leaving, they put some candy in front of their door room so that those who want to take it, especially for children, can be take it.
While on the train, they saw a lot of cosplaying people, such as Criminals with blood in their costumes, Exorcists, Pumpkin heads, Costume gourds, Ghost dolls, Psycho and many others. Farhan is so excited about that. He can't wait anymore to celebrate halloween. He was really happy because he hadn't celebrated Halloween for a long time. Last year he was sick, so he couldn't participate. Whereas 3 years ago he could not participate because there was a problem with his grades, so he was not allowed to take a vacation (given additional learning). So, the last time he celebrated Halloween was when he was in 8th grade in junior high school.
After a while, they arrived at Kawasaki station. There, they took pictures together first to reminisce memories of adolescence. After taking photos in front of the station, they walked to the Temple that was used as the venue for the Halloween parade, the temple was named Kanayama Temple. The temple is very crowded, not even a big day still feels crowded. Even when they want to enter the entrance stairs, they must be crowded because there are so many humans visiting. The stairs up to the temple number 8000 steps, quite high because the temple is indeed located on a hill. After those stuffy and annoying steps, they finally came to the end of the stairs. The six of them got there at exactly eight o'clock in the evening. The opening of the event was carried out by setting off fireworks. After they were at the temple, they prayed that one day they would be able to meet again here when they had graduated. They prayed to the Buddha for good luck and happiness and togetherness that would not be lost on the six of them.
" HAPPPY HALLOWEEEN MY FRIENDOO " Farhan Screaming quite loudly with bad english
Hearing the shout from Farhan, Afif and others smirk and held back laughter. They also said this to Farhan together....
"Happy Halloween too, Farhan-kun" said Afif, Salma, Rina, Rossy, and Dziky.
" thank you, ma friendo " Farhan said to his friends
When in front of the temple bell, they hugged each other because soon their time together was coming to an end. They will spend less time together. They hugged each other for quite a while and were even reprimanded by temple officials for completing it( the hugs ) because everyone is on queue.
After praying and the dramas, they pull the temple bell, hoping that their prayer will be answered by the buddha. Then, they took a piece of fate paper containing their luck/misfortune. Farhan, Afif, Salma, Rina, Rossy, and Dziky took the fate paper. They then left the temple because they had to change. While in the temple grounds, they asked someone to take a picture of the six of them with the fate paper. After being photographed, they also asked for help to video the opening of the fate paper. When opened, Farhan had bad luck. While Salma, Afif, and Dziky got lucky. Rina and Rossy got double luck. They laugh at Farhan for getting bad luck. After that beautiful moment, they descended from the temple towards the great road. Because at this time, the Halloween Parade is being held on the Kawasaki highway.
The clock shows 8:30 pm. They had already dismounted and were walking to the Kawasaki highway. After arriving, they entered the parade. The parade was held from 8:45 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. After entering the parade, they entered the parade with fun especially Farhan who hadn't seen this parade for a long time. Farhan showed his costume to people with a funny expression, making Afif and his friends laugh out loud. Even those who watched also laughed when they saw Farhan's funny face. What a beautiful and amazing night. After touring Kawasaki city for 2 hours, they finally arrived at the starting point, the highway in front of Kanayama Temple. They very much take photos for their memories. Because they had gone around, they were given sacred sweets by the Kanayama temple management. It was a candy that was only given during Halloween celebrations and no one sold it, really Rare Candy. This candy is nicknamed by the name of 甘味キャンディー(Kanmi kyandī/ Sweetener Candy). So named like that because the sweetness of the candy does not damage teeth even though it's pretty sweet like sweets or candy in general. Absolutely amazing candy.
After being given candy, they went home. They went home because it was late at night. They boarded the train at 11:30 p.m. It was the last schedule of the day. After 30 minutes, they finally arrived in the city of Tokyo. After that, they went to their apartment because they were already very tired. When they got there, they went into their rooms and slept because they couldn't stand the sleepiness.