節分★豆まき

豆は、年の数だけ食べます。

暦の上では冬が終わり、春がやってきます。心の鬼をうって、立春大吉といきましょう。

Setsubun literally means “the day between two seasons”. People celebrate Setsubun on either the 3rd or 4th of February, the day before the first spring day on the present calendar.

Bean throwing called mamemaki is done at home on the night of Setsubun. People scatter roasted soy beans inside and outside their houses shouting, “Fortune in, devils out”.

Then they eat the same number of beans as their age and wish for good health. Bean is “mame” in Japanese which means good health.