On the third day of Setsubun, parishioners dressed as demons appeared at a bean-throwing event held at a shrine in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, surprising the children.
At the bean-throwing event held at Chichibu Shrine in Chichibu City, about 30 parishioners dressed as demons appeared and performed a dance.
After this, the men and women of this year threw beans and chanted "Oni wa Soto" and "Lucky is Uchi", and the crowd of people who had filled the shrine grounds reached out with both hands and grabbed the beans. .
After the bean-throwing, parishioners dressed as demons held the children in their arms and took pictures with them, but some of the children were so surprised by the sight of demons that they burst into tears.
A man in his 40s who visited said, ``I want to get rid of all the bad luck and spend time with my family in good health.''