Today falls on Setsubun, the day before the beginning of spring and at the same time, beginning of a new year.  There is a long tradition or a custom that we playact throwing beans to the ogres (symbol of evil spirits) in order to chase away ill fortunes on the evening of this day.

One theory says “On this evening when years switch around, people entertain ogres that come to this world from the alien world through the crevice of “time” with feast (beans) and urge them to return to their world.”

Driven by the scattered beans/

Archipelago is full of ogres/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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今日は節分ですが、豆蒔きという習慣には、「１年が切り替わる節分の夜に、異界から「時」の裂け目を通ってやってくる鬼に、ご馳走（豆）をあげることで、棲家へと帰ってもらうという意味だ」との説もあります。

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