In Japan, There Is A Tradition Where People Dress Up As Something "Extremely Mundane" For Halloween, And Here Are 27 Of My Favorites From This Year

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According to Slate, a website called Daily Portal Z started a tradition called "Jimi Halloween" where people dress up as extremely mundane situations.

It's been happening since 2014 and has become something I truly look forward to every year. So, here's a roundup of some of my favorite costumes from this year:

1.A person dressed as someone looking for the AirPod they lost in bed:

2.A person dressed as someone who just dropped their ice cream cone:

3.A person dressed as someone who has to take out the trash in winter:

4.These people dressed as people completing an Uber Eats transaction:

5.A person dressed as someone who is doing their makeup in the office before going out with coworkers:

6.A person dressed as someone trying to find something in their bag:

7.A person dressed as someone proud of their child for riding a bike without training wheels for the first time:

8.A person dressed as someone who is an acceptable body temperature for entering a building:

9.A person dressed as someone who hurried home to watch a TV show:

10.A person dressed as someone who forgot they were wearing a mask while drinking a beverage:

11.A person dressed as someone who mistook a plastic bag for a cat:

12.A person dressed as a cashier waiting for someone to put their PIN number in:

13.A person dressed as someone who accidentally took off their mask while trying to take their glasses off:

14.A person dressed as a parent who found an overdue letter in their child's backpack:

15.A person dressed as someone who doesn't stretch their mask out:

16.A person dressed as someone asking a cashier to cut the tags off the products they just bought so they can wear them out of the store:

17.A person dressed as someone on an airplane who missed trash pickup:

18.Another person dressed as someone who forgot they had a mask on while drinking coffee:

19.A person dressed as someone who didn't have a napkin:

20.A person dressed as someone who got a drink for their friend but forgot which one was theirs:

21.A person dressed as a teacher who realized the class was shortened:

22.A person dressed as someone who isn't very good at washing their face:

23.A person dressed as someone being interrupted during their Zoom meeting:

24.A person dressed as someone waiting for their ice to melt in their water so they can take another drink:

25.A person dressed as someone who doesn't really know how to use a smartphone:

26.A person who reserved a conference room for 3 p.m. but someone is still using it, so they have to check and see if they reserved it correctly:

27.And last but not least, a person dressed as someone making a turn in Mario Kart: