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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Spilling the beans

(Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Actor Eita, center, actress Keiko Kitagawa, second from right, and others toss dried soybeans into the crowd to mark setsubun, the last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar. The annual bean- throwing ceremony, held to pray for abundant crops and other glad tidings, took place on Saturday at Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture.

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