“Oni wa soto!” Devils out!
Today, February third, is Setsubun, which literally means the dividing of the seasons day in Japan. This is the day before traditional “spring” begins on the Japanese lunar calendar. Now it’s a just a fun holiday for children at school and home the festivities were a male teacher or father wears an Oni (devil) mask, representing a demon, evil and bad luck, and everybody else throws roasted soybeans at the devil to drive out bad luck and evil shouting “Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!” (”Out with the demons! In with good luck!”)
Let’s all fling parched soybeans at Tokyo’s foreign-devil hating Govenor Shintaro Ishihara and shout….
“Oni wa soto. Fuku wa uchi.”
CAPTION: Full of beans, Tokyo Govenor Shintaro Ishihara celebrates Setsubun, 節分（ã›ã¤ã¶ã‚“）. 
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