Ahead of Setsubun on February 3rd, an event has begun at an aquarium in Osaka where a diver dressed as a demon appears in a tank.
Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward holds an event every year around this time where a diver dressed as a demon appears in an aquarium.
On the 29th, two divers who normally clean the tank appeared dressed as a red demon and a blue demon in a huge aquarium filled with approximately 1,500 fish, including whale sharks and manta rays, and waved to customers for about 40 minutes. and posing.
A 10-year-old boy who came from Hyogo Prefecture with his family said, ``It was fun. I want to keep the photo I took with the demon diver as a souvenir.''
A 40-year-old woman from Ise City, Mie Prefecture, said, ``I was scared and watched from a distance, but I was glad to see that they were having fun.I was happy because it had been a long time since I had gone out.''
Ai Matsumoto from the Kaiyukan public relations team said, ``It's hard to see demons in aquariums anywhere else, so I hope people come and enjoy Setsubun in a Kaiyukan-style way.''
This event continues until February 4th, the day after Setsubun.