Thread by @makiwi

It is now October 31 in Japan, and people have already started posting their Jimi Halloween (understated/low key/plain Halloween) non-costumes. I’ll be RTing some over the next couple of days or so.

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

The guy who looks like the Wanted poster that’s been up at the police box (koban) for years.

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/nakanishiryouta/status/1319813842587709440?s=21

The guy at a good sized barbecue who is willing to do ALL the barbecue things

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/nakanishiryouta/status/1319465115016519680?s=21

The first screen on Netflix (the one that asks which profile you want to use)

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/umi_babe/status/1319875933507993600?s=21

A worn out shopper at an outlet mall

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/nakanishiryouta/status/1319080053561413633?s=21

You dad in a family photo from the 1970s

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/nakanishiryouta/status/1321272397417181184?s=21

Forgot he was wearing a mask

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/icg10113/status/1321687674164375552?s=21

That last photo on an Amazon product listing

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/yaginome/status/1319280305786662917?s=21

To be continued later

Ooh, one more: a Zoom background error.

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/purin_hayasaka/status/1322169401844531202?s=21

More later

Here we go with another round of #DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

The PE teacher who usually just wears track suits but dresses up in a suit for graduation

https://twitter.com/nakanishiryouta/status/1322385479854030849?s=21

Head wind

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/sunny4050/status/1322391580792123392?s=21

More pics of Head Wind Guy

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/ota_sho_34/status/1322411733328162817?s=21

The Tama, Tokyo regional office worker whose disguise breaks down as soon as she gets back home (ref: Pompoko)

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/banmof/status/1322333371419168769?s=21

The woman who turned down a bag when checking out thinking she could get her purchases in her bag but couldn’t

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/iwanttobejinrui/status/1319270993685213185?s=21

That mysterious guy who is always hanging out at a second hand store and you never know if he’s a store person or just a customer

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/nakanishiryouta/status/1321069187142356992?s=21

That Survey Guy waiting to pounce on you near the Universal Studios entrance

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/nakanishiryouta/status/1321644569096671233?s=21

Made sure to look sharp and business-like for an online meeting... top half only (be sure to click on photo)

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/skrimk0218/status/1322381134949355521?s=21

Was eating after taking a bath, and somehow got teleported to Harajuku

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/matsu_kusarine/status/1322461417761431555?s=21

Your aunt from Tokyo. Has a successful career as an editor, pretty well off, no kids, 2 cats, not married but lives with someone.

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/cafekiitos/status/1319883479371321344?s=21

The interviewer whose choice of pen colors is unusually particular.
(This one probably has the most likes so far. I am not sure I quite get it, but presented here for the record.)
#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/fumi23_3/status/1319205709683200000?s=21

Not using the folds on his mask properly

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/izayoi_0512/status/1322482371346587649?s=21

Rushed into a cafe only to find it has no outlets for charging her phone and is now quietly despairing
#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/1_design/status/1322384961081520129?s=21

The zoo attendant who can’t keep the baby pandas from clinging to her
(This actually has way more likes so far than the red pen guy)
#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/chica_1107/status/1322368574380335104?s=21

Accidentally came from a parallel universe

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/perm_fatal_err/status/1322010627770970114?s=21

The mom who ran a load of laundry and there was a tissue somewhere

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/dosanko_madam/status/1322132487435218944?s=21

Rendering error

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/inuro/status/1321986334454546432?s=21

Back with moar later

So here we go. One more round.
#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

Arare-chan from Dr. Slump, approaching 50.

https://twitter.com/betsuyaku/status/1321711948996571138?s=21

Car

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/andomasanori/status/1320712015329964033?s=21

Another Zoom background error

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/oka6/status/1321978205289394182?s=21

The guy getting a photo taken of him at a stylish Starbucks for his dating app profile

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/dsk0921/status/1322612313497636867?s=21

Opened a cafe unbelievably deep in the mountains

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/tokuyamakeiji/status/1319413914614992896?s=21

The mother (in a movie or TV drama) that’s guaranteed to die

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/kome_pan_men_/status/1322424607140315136?s=21

Isn’t quite sure how to light the incense properly at a funeral, trying to peek at what the person before him is doing.( Tweeted by a funeral parlor.)
#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/nishida_gosougi/status/1322496045817884673?s=21

The appraiser who looks like he’s going to give you a good price for your watch

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/ika_po/status/1322192801430343681?s=21

A guy in a train who shifts his earphones to listen in on an argument going on

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/ysskywalker/status/1322353585212985346?s=21

Tokyo Governor Koike saying “Please avoid the 3 Cs”

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/higuchimidoriko/status/1320682125486481409?s=21

The guy picked for a baseball team just to make up the numbers

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/nakanishiryouta/status/1319254672507506688?s=21

Totally ready to get on the overnight bus

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/nakanishiryouta/status/1322212680338321409?s=21

Trying to open a drawer that’s stuck

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/kj_guile/status/1322505402001485824?s=21

That person you look at and think, “if they are that afraid why don’t they just stay at home?”

#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/badwimpsnoda/status/1322076592802160640?s=21

Left handed person who found a double-sided ladle while working from home and was freed from the stress of living in a right handed world (This is referencing a 2019 costume, linked. As a leftie I approve heartily.)
#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #jimihalloween

https://twitter.com/tosyokanmusume/status/1321827754032066560?s=21

And last but not least, a bartender after the end of his shift on Halloween.

https://twitter.com/yurayurasub/status/1322081962899595264?s=21

There are many many more, just look for these hashtags
#DPZ #地味ハロウィン #地味ハロウィン2020

Postscript: there was a physical Jimi Halloween party, hosted by @dailyportalz, who started it all in 2014. To remind people to social distance they put signs on the chairs like “you can’t sit here, this chair is an illusion” or “this chair is made of straw”. Awesome.

https://twitter.com/fujikawasakura/status/1322506527287119872

One more PS: I have seen jimi 地味 translated as “mundane”, but I don’t think that fits. There is no one word in English that covers all the meanings of jimi, but

it generally means plain, low key, understated. Mundane is more arifureta ありふれた or heibon 平凡.
These are jimi outfit: plain, muted but not necessarily mundane.

A jimi life is understated and low key, but not necessarily mundane or boring.

The opposite of jimi is hade 派手. Colorful, extravagant, show-off-y. Jimi Halloween was born as a reaction to the increasing extravagance of Halloween costumes in Japan.

(Outfits*)