Haunted Little Tokyo

Haunted Little Tokyo 2024: Little Tokyo’s annual Haunted Block Party invites ghosts and ghouls to explore the historic downtown neighborhood after dark. All ages are welcome to dress in costume and parade down 2nd Street. The costume party and contest is in secret location restricted to ages 21 and over, featuring DJ music and food and beverages from Little Tokyo’s local businesses.

Dates & Hours:

Haunted Little Tokyo Block Party, October 26, 4pm-midnight.
Ghost Tour: October 20, 6-7pm
Scavenger Haunt: October 26, 1-5pm.

Location: Japanese Village Plaza – 335 E 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Website: littletokyola.org/haunted

More information: The events of Haunted Little Tokyo’s annual Halloween celebration vary slightly from year to year but usually include decorated shops, spooky sounds, pumpkin patches, fun and games, and themed food and drink specials from local businesses such as Café Dulce and Wolf & Crane. The signature event is a Haunted Block Party on the last Saturday of October, featuring costume contest and DJ Music. It’s all fun, and any excuse to visit Little Tokyo is a good one.

Haunted Little Tokyo History

Presented by Go Little Tokyo (a community-led effort to promote cultural events and local businesses), Haunted Little Tokyo made its debut in Halloween 2017 as a month-long series of events including a pumpkin festival, scary movies, and a walking tour of haunted locations in the area. The free horror movie screenings took place every Friday in October, with an emphasis on Japanese films: Hausu (1977), Kiki’s Delivery Service, Dark Water (2002), Ju-On: The Grudge (2002). Wrapping up the celebration was The Haunted Little Tokyo Block Party on the last Saturday of October, followed by Trick-or-treating on October 31 in the afternoon and early evening.

Haunted Little Tokyo returned in 2018 and 2019. After the 2020 pandemic lockdown, the event returned in 2021 with a slightly scaled-down schedule, omitting film screenings and the haunted walking tour. The block party and the pumpkin patch returned, augmented by a new event, a haunted scavenger hunt. In 2022, Little Tokyo’s Halloween celebration was reduced to the Haunted Block Party. The Ghost Tour was resumed in 2023, along with a scavenger hunt.

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