節分ーfour seasons in japan

Soybeans instead of painful holly leaves and chili peppers and rattling bean hulls. What demons are not good at

  Setsubun, the day to ward off enemies and say goodbye to winter, refers to February 3rd of the lunar calendar.The day before the first day of spring is said to be Setsubun.

 The custom of bean-scattering, 

“Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi”, has been handed down in Japan since ancient times.