Events marking Setsubun, also known as the bean-throwing festival, were held across Japan on Sunday. Setsubun marks the day before the beginning of spring, according to the lunar calendar. The ...

This Sunday in Japan, beans will be thrown, demons will be chased, and lucky food will be eaten to welcome Spring, as is done every February 3rd on Setsubun. In the Chicago area, Mitsuwa in ...

During the ancient, annual festival the roasted soybeans are tossed during ceremonies known as mame maki that are held at shrines and temples throughout the country. "We throw the beans to kick ...

People try to catch lucky beans scattered by celebrities during the annual "Mame-maki," a ceremony marked in the hope of warding off evil spirits and inviting good luck, at the main hall of Zojoji ...

Demon Slayer isn’t just fighting and flair—it’s a crash course in Japanese myth, tradition, and history disguised as ...

As part of the Setsubun Festival at the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, geishas dance and throw ... within them be free and return home. Image Bean throwing at Rozanji Temple.

Happiness in. On Friday, Kudo and about 50 attendees packed into the Winona State University alumni house to celebrate the Japanese Setsubun, or bean-throwing festival, which represents the ...

An annual occurrence at Zojoji Temple, this bean-throwing festival marks the coming of spring and sees a group of celebrities born in the year of the current Chinese zodiac fling soy beans at the ...

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NARITA, Chiba -- Celebrities threw beans in a traditional ritual at a temple in this eastern Japan city on Feb ... who has participated in the temple's bean-throwing rituals for many years ...

While the chilly temperature and common sense may suggest otherwise, February 2 traditionally marks the start of spring in Japan ... Zojoji's bean-throwing festival sees a colourful bunch of ...