One of the many awesome things about Halloween in Japan is the annual "Mundane Halloween" costume contest sponsored by website デイリーポータルZ The goal is to dress up like some mundane, everyday situation. Here is a thread of my favorites from this year!

Japanese halloween is great for many reasons, but one of the greatest is the annual "mundane halloween" contest hosted by website デイリーポータルZ, where people dress up like mundane, everyday things. Here is a thread of some of my favorites from 2020...

Japan has given us so many great things. One of the greatest is the annual "Mundane Halloween" contest run by website デイリーポータルZ, as well as people who submit their own on twitter. The point is to dress up as something super ordinary. Here are some of my favorites this year!

BUT IT ISN’T MY FAULT, I WAS GIVEN THOSE BEANS! YOU PERSUADED ME TO TRADE AWAY MY COW FOR BEANS! AND WITHOUT THOSE BEANS THERE’D HAVE BEEN NO STALK TO GET UP TO THE GIANT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

This was the little bit of cute I needed today! A war-torn city and zookeepers are still trying to protect animals in their care and give them lil jackets and hugs and bike rides. 😭😭😭😭😭

In tribute to the wonderful Angela Lansbury, I thought I'd share this thread again. x.com/Pandamoanimum/…

Admiring this set of doors at the Casa Comalat, a private house in the Eixample neighborhood of Barcelona, designed in 1911 by the young modernist architect Salvador Valeri i Pupurull

Jack's Mother in Into the Woods:

Mundane Halloween is back! Japan does Halloween better than anyone, but best of all is the annual "mundane Halloween" contest sponsored by website デイリーポータルZ. The point is to dress up as something super ordinary. Here are some of my favorites from this year...

It's time! Behold the Christmas hedgehog! (Verdun, Bibl.mun., ms 0107, f. 008)

Trader Joe’s needs a checkout lane just for introverts

Help! Have you seen anything like this before and if so, can you tell me more? These birds are made of silk threads pasted down onto fabric and then cut out and put onto paper. They are from the 1850s at the latest but our hunch is much earlier. Thank you!

Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.

Please someone tell me that Tom Stoppard is writing a play about this whole Kate Middleton thing. Lie if you have to.