Zoujouji at setsubun
Blog: Temples and More
Date: February 4th 2009
Video is of a tradition called setsubun. In Pre-meiji Japan setsubun (2/3) marked the beginning of the new year. Both large scale temples and households do mame-make; I got to do both. I went with the family to Zoujouji, a large temple in the middle of Tokyo, one of the most well known of the Tokyo temples. They did this mame-make 3 times, throwing bags of soybeans out to the gathered people. ... read more
Date: February 4th 2009
Video is of a tradition called setsubun. In Pre-meiji Japan setsubun (2/3) marked the beginning of the new year. Both large scale temples and households do mame-make; I got to do both. I went with the family to Zoujouji, a large temple in the middle of Tokyo, one of the most well known of the Tokyo temples. They did this mame-make 3 times, throwing bags of soybeans out to the gathered people. ... read more
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