{"id":4353,"date":"2021-02-02T11:51:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T22:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/soba\/?p=4353"},"modified":"2021-02-03T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T22:52:04","slug":"4353","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/soba\/2021\/02\/4353\/","title":{"rendered":"Setsubun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is <em>Setsubun<\/em> today! \u4eca\u65e5\u306f\u7bc0\u5206<sub>[\u305b\u3064\u3076\u3093]<\/sub>\u3067\u3059!<\/p>\n<p id=\"ctKhyaf\">According to the Lunar Calendar, tomorrow, the 3rd of February, is the first day of Spring this year and this is called <em>Risshun<\/em> in Japanese. The day before <em>Risshun<\/em> is <em>Setsubun<\/em> and Japanese people have all sorts of rituals on <em>Setsubun <\/em>to welcome Spring .<\/p>\n<p>One of such rituals is <em>Mamemaki<\/em>, throwing beans. We do this saying &#8216;Devils out; fortune in!&#8217;. Many celebrities join a public<em> Mamemaki<\/em> event on the day of<em> Setsubun<\/em> in Japan but I am not sure if it goes ahead this year due to the COVID-19 situation. 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