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Max Unko Halloween flyer

(Image courtesy of Unko Museum)

Halloween is a little poopy at the Tokyo and Nagoya Unko (Poo) Museums this year.

The Unko Museum dedicated to all things No. 2, including poo emoji-themed exhibits and funny photo spots with toilets, is skid marking into the season with “Max Unko Halloween 2025” through Nov. 3.

Try your hand at “Hop Step Jampoo” and “poo shout” games and check out dozens of poo paintings by celebrities, too.

In the center of the museum, a colorful giant poo volcano, decorated as a

jack-o’-lantern with hundreds of pumpkins and candies, sits in the middle of a pit filled with rubber poo. When the volcano shakes and changes from cold blue to angry red, it erupts and spews lots of tiny foam poos and candies from its top.

Various Halloween-themed souvenirs, such as poo monsters, poo stickers and poo keyholders, are also available during the period.

Don’t shy away from celebrating a s”poo”ky, happy Halloween!

a giant unko statue

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

Unko ornaments

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

author’s wife holding a miniature unko and unko tea, cake set on the table

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

author’s wife holding a miniature unko

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

toilets

(Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi/Stripes Japan)

Halloween themed characters’ illustrations in unko form

(Image courtesy of Unko Museum)

Unko keyholders

(Image courtesy of Unko Museum)

THINGS TO KNOW

  • Date: Through Nov. 3

  • Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on most days. Check the website for variations in the schedule.

  • Locations: Unko Museum Tokyo (Diver City Tokyo Plaza [2F] 1-1-10 Aome, Koto-ku, Tokyo) and Nagoya (Lalaport Nagoya Minato Aquls [3F] 2-3-2 Komei, Minato-ku Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture)

  • Tickets: Adults 2,000 – 2,400 yen, middle and high school students 1,500 -1, 600 yen, ages 4 – elementary school students 1,100 – 1,200 yen (varies depending on the day of the week)

  • Website: https://unkomuseum.com/

Takahiro Takiguchi is a writer based in Yokosuka, Japan. Takiguchi covers travel, food and culture stories for Stars and Stripes Japan. Follow along as Takiguchi takes readers to less crowded destinations around the mainland, you might also catch him out and about recording Speakin’ Japanese lesson videos for Instagram.

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