“Demons out! Luck in!” That’s what people across Japan were chanting on February 3 as they hurled roasted soybeans all over the place to celebrate Setsubun (節分). Setsubun is the first day of spring according to the old lunar calendar in Japan and on it’s the day to make a fresh start and banish any […]
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Lanterns for lost souls
posted by Claire Usmar
Mitama Festival at a Shinto shrine in Tsu, Mie Prefecture.