Setsubun and bean throwing ceremony at Misaki-jinja Shrine

This is Misaki-jinja Shrine, a guardian god of Misaki-cho area including Hotel Niwa Tokyo.

Today, not only children but a lot of people gathered to the shrine to catch on to the lucky fortune! 

Today is "Setsubun" , the day before beggining of spring according to the lunar calender, literally means "the day between two seasons".

Setsubun is very popular annual event in Japan and the most important ceremony on Setsubun is a bean throwing and catching.

The shrine's priest throw beans hoping for a good fortune and drive away an evil spirit.

Under the shrine building, many people reaches thier hand to catch those beans which are thier lucky fortune and happiness for this year.

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