Last additions - Taga Taisha Setsubun Festival 多賀大社 節分祭 |
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The bean-throwers for 2021 pose for a group shot in front of Taga Taisha Shrine.Jan 26, 2022
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Setsubun beans I caught. Lots of good luck in 2021! The beans are in small paper bags. Less messy.Jan 26, 2022
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First the shrine priest had to shoot an arrow into the crowd, then the bean throwing began.Jan 26, 2022
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Setsubun always attracts a good crowd.Jan 26, 2022
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Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi! (鬼は外! 福は内!)Jan 26, 2022
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Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi! (鬼は外! 福は内!)Jan 26, 2022
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Video of Taga Taisha Shrine celebrating Setsubun on Feb. 3.Jan 08, 2017
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The bean-throwers for 2009 pose for a group shot with the shrine priests.Feb 15, 2009
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The soybeans were thrown in little paper bags, so we could still pick them up and eat them even if they fell to the ground.Feb 15, 2009
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The bean-throwing was fun, but potentially dangerous with people pushing you around. Taking pictures is pretty risky as well. One mochi hit my camera lens. Fortunately, no damage.Feb 15, 2009
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The bean-throwers for 2009 pose for a group shot in front of Taga Taisha Shrine.Feb 15, 2009
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I also got hit on the shoulder while taking pictures. You should always look up and see where the mochi and beans are flying.Feb 15, 2009
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There were no celebrity bean-throwers like at famous shrines/temples.Feb 15, 2009
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Throwing mochi. The mochi was bare and dry, hard as a rock. Feb 15, 2009
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All the while, the PA system screamed, Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi! (鬼は外! 福は内!)Feb 15, 2009
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A large crowd was on hand to catch the beans and mochi. The bean-throwing is called mame-maki. They held two mame-maki sessions that day, at 11 am and 2 pm. This was at 2 pm.Feb 15, 2009
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Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi! (鬼は外! 福は内!)Feb 15, 2009
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Next, were 124 bean throwers who were born in the year of the bull. They wore a red cap.Feb 15, 2009
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Everyone got into position as they held a wooden box full of mochi and beans.Feb 15, 2009
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The shrine priests continued their bean attack on the oni.Feb 15, 2009
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First the shrine priest had to shoot an arrow into the crowd, then the bean throwing began.Feb 15, 2009
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The paper streamers seemed like demon repellant. Feb 15, 2009
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On stage, the oni was rained upon with paper streamers.Feb 15, 2009
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The oni costumes were gorgeous and impressive.Feb 15, 2009
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The good guys, in the form of shrine priests, then appeared and started throwing roasted soybeans at the oni demons.Feb 15, 2009
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The oni went back on stage.Feb 15, 2009
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The oni first appeared amid smoke on the Kaguraden stage and danced menacingly. They were from a dance troupe called Inbara Kaguradan in Shimane Prefecture. 鬼の舞は、島根県石見地方の因原(いんばら)神楽団が奉納。Taga Taisha had impressive ogre (called oni in Japanese) dancers from Shimane Prefecture to act as the demons to chase away during the festival.Feb 15, 2009
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Taga Taisha Shrine's Setsubun bean throwing on Feb. 3 (at 10:30 am and 1:30 pm) is perhaps Shiga's most prominent with three impressive demons (called oni) on stage acting as the evil oni to be chased away with soybeans.Feb. 3 is the Setsubun Festival at many temples and shrines in Japan. It marks the beginning of spring according to the lunar calendar. So they throw beans at ogre to eliminate the evil of the previous year and bring in good fortune.Feb 15, 2009
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Then the oni ran on the elevated hanamichi making threats to an amused crowd. MAPFeb 15, 2009
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