Most viewed - Narita-san Setsubun Bean-Throwing Festival 成田山節分会・特別追儺豆まき式 |
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Musashimaru and Dejima947 views
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Actress Riho Makise throwing setsubun beans at Narita-san884 views
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Musashimaru throws setsubun beans at Narita-san770 views
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Musashimaru gets his setsubun beans at Narita-san.739 views
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Hikaru Nishida at center in red for Naritasan Setsubun in Feb. 2001.628 views
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Bag of beans. I caught this from Dejima. They throw little bags of beans instead of individual beans. Bean bags are much easier to catch and to clean up afterward.616 views
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Narita-san Setsubun bean throwers. Sumo wrestlers, Nishida Hikaru, Makise Riho, etc.563 views
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Narita-san temple's main hall.423 views
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Group photo of bean throwers. Sumo wrestlers at the top.412 views
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Cleanup.399 views
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Poster for Setsubun in Feb. 2001. The following photos are from Feb. 3, 2001.387 views
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Names of celebrity bean throwers in 2001. They include actresses Hikaru Nishida and sumo wrestlers Yokozuna Akebono, Musashimaru, Dejima, and Asashoryu.347 views
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Platform for bean throwers.301 views
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Platform for bean throwers.259 views
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Haruka Ayase is in the title role of Yae Niijima in this year's NHK Taiga Drama.229 views
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L-R: Haruka Ayase, Kotaro Koizumi (son of former Prime Minister Jun'ichiro Koizumi), and Hidetoshi Nishijima at Naritasan Shinshoji Setsubun festival on Feb. 3, 2013.227 views
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Actress Haruka Ayase (left) throws beans at Naritasan Shinshoji temple on Feb. 3, 2013.194 views
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The crowd try desperately to get a shot of Haruka Ayase. I was shooting blind as I raised my camera in the air to shoot. Narita-san Shinshoji temple Setsubun bean throwing.191 views
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Narita-san Shinshoji temple holds its Setsubun Bean-throwing Festival on Feb. 3. It was jam-packed on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. 183 views
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Baruto and Yokozuna Hakuho at Naritasan Shinshoji for Setsubun bean throwing on Feb. 3, 2013.178 views
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Ozeki Kisenosato and Okinoumi at Naritasan.171 views
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Baruto at Naritasan Shinshoji for Setsubun on Feb. 3, 2013.162 views
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Baruto and Yokozuna Hakuho.159 views
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People streaming into Narita-san Shinshoji temple's main hall.151 views
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Most people came to see the celebrities throwing the beans for mamemaki. They included sumo wrestlers Yokozuna Hakuho, Ozeki Kisenosato, Baruto, and Okinoumi. Also Haruka Ayase, Ayame Goriki, Kotaro Koizumi and other stars of the current NHK Taiga Drama.132 views
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The path to Shinshoji has sculptures of the oriental zodiac. 2013 is the year of the snake.130 views
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Niomon Gate.112 views
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After throwing beans the first session, the bean throwers started leaving. First the sumo wrrstlers, then the actresses/actors. Haruka Ayase is behind the wrestlers here.111 views
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Actress Haruka Ayase is in the center of this shot.111 views
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Baruto and Haruka Ayase proceed to their places.111 views
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There's a ceremony first inside the temple.110 views
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These are non-celebrities. They threw the beans for about a minute. Very short.110 views
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After throwing the beans, they clapped their hands.110 views
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People streaming to Shinshoji for the Setsubun bean throwing festival.109 views
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Since I came all the way out here, I decided to stay and see the second bean-throwing ceremony at 1:30 pm.109 views
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Actress Haruka Ayase comes out of the temple.109 views
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Gate to Shinshoji ahead.108 views
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The steps lead to Niomon Gate.108 views
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Finally, the celebrity bean throwers arrived again and first posed for a group photo before going inside the temple for the ceremony.108 views
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Normally, you can enter the temple up the steps straight from Niomon Gate, but it was blocked off and we had to use the steps on the right.107 views
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Passing through Niomon Gate.106 views
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Jam-packed since Feb. 3 fell on a Sunday this year in 2013.106 views
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The sumo wrestlers always stand at the top.106 views
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Crowd dispersing.106 views
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The mamemaki bean-throwing ceremony was held three times. The first time was at 11 am. I was way too far away from the bean throwers.105 views
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Most of use didn't get any beans. It was the first time I didn't get any beans from a Setsubun festival.105 views
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Inside the main hall, people pray and throw money. It must like this during New Year's too. Setsubun is actually like New Year's Eve.105 views
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This is how close you have to be to the platform to get any beans.104 views
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There she is at the center, actress Haruka Ayase who plays the title role of 2013's NHK Taiga Drama, "Yae no Sakura."104 views
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From the train station, the main path to Narita-san is lined with shops and restaurants. The buildings look more traditional as you get closer to the temple.103 views
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After the ceremony, the bean throwers came outside.103 views
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Meanwhile, I joined many others to worship inside the temple's main hall.103 views
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Finally in the central grounds of the temple. It was packed like a rush-hour Tokyo train.102 views
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Already, hordes of people stand and wait for the second bean-throwing session 2 hours later.102 views
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Celebrity bean throwers wave as they enter the temple for the Setsubun ceremony.102 views
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At left is Ayame Goriki, another actress, comes out of the temple.102 views
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Shinshoji's Somon Gate. Naritasan Shinshoji temple belongs to the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. 総門101 views
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I arrived just before 11 am which was too late to get close to the bean throwers.101 views
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This side was more crowded because that's where the celebrities would throw beans. Press cameramen were also on this side.101 views
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After the ceremony which took about 20 min., they came out of the temple and took their places for bean throwing. This is Baruto.101 views
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"Yae no Sakura" is about a woman warrior named Yae Niijima (1845-1932) from Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture...101 viewsAizu-Wakamatsu is famous for Tsurugajo Castle and as the site of a Boshin War battle between pro-Emperor forces and pro-shogun forces who lost. Yae was on the latter side. After the war, she fought for equality for women and mastered English well enough to help with the English typesetting of Kyoto's earliest English guidebooks (written by her brother and translated into English by a translator).
Her husband Joseph Hardy Neesima or Jo Niijima had studied in the US and founded a Christian school which became the prestigious Doshisha University in Kyoto.
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Bean-throwing platform.101 views
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People streaming into the temple's main hall.100 views
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I stood and waited for about 90 min. until 1:30 pm. Glad I brought lunch (riceballs).100 views
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My Youtube video of Narita-san Setsubun bean-throwing on Feb. 3, 2013.100 views
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Shinshoji's main hall is decorated with Buddhist colors and red and white.99 views
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The ceremony inside the temple had sutra chanting while there was a fire started by a priest and used to heat the bean boxes given to the bean throwers. They threw beans at the altar, not to any people.99 views
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They also start a fire inside the temple to which they expose the bean boxes to be used by the bean throwers.99 views
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Names of the celebrity bean throwers.98 views
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The people (no celebrities) participating in Kaiun mamemaki had a group photo taken. Anybody could join this by paying 10,000 yen.98 views
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The ceremony was broadcast outside so we could hear it. There was some chanting and announcement of the names of the bean throwers.98 views
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The crowds make their way into the main hall.98 views
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People line up for lucky beans.98 views
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Haruka Ayase posed for us for a while.97 views
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Haruka Ayase throwing beans. It ended in less than 90 sec. Ridiculously short.97 views
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After throwing bean, they clap their hands.97 views
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In-between the bean-throwing sessions, they held a different ceremony, called "Kaiun mamemaki" (開運豆まき), inside the main hall. They paraded into the temple at around 12:30 pm.96 views
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We all patiently waited. But things happened so it made the time go by faster. Fortunately, the weather was good.96 views
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They had this altar decoration with small branches from a tree in Tohoku. The bean throwing would also be about "throwing out hardship" in Tohoku. 特別追儺豆まき式96 views
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The police and security people were most fearful of people falling like dominos. They kept shouting to not push forward. And to not pick up beans on the ground. I agree that it's dangerous to pick up beans on the ground.96 views
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At around 3:30 pm, people started to gather for the day's third and final bean-throwing by ordinary folks.96 views
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Walking back to the train station.96 views
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Buy this 500-yen charm and 100 yen will be donated to the city of Rikuzen-Takada in Tohoku.95 views
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After passing through Somon Gate, a flight of steps ahead.93 views
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So much for the first bean-throwing ceremony. I was just too far away because I arrived late.93 views
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Inside the main hall. The altar area is behind a glass wall. Photography was not allowed inside. Impressive altar where they have a Goma prayer fire ritual every day.93 views
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The press cameramen who were on this platform were all gone after the 2nd bean-throwing session.93 views
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Office where you can apply to be a Kaiun mamemaki bean thrower for 10,000 yen.93 views
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Daruma dolls on a truck.93 views
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There is a small space between the platform and crowd.92 views
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Bean-throwing platform.92 views
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I was too tired to stick around for the last bean-throwing ceremony.89 views
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They had men from a security company to control the crowds. Except for one or two people who felt ill, there was no major incident.85 views
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