Setsubun Ceremony at Zojoji Temple, Tokyo
Annual "Mamemaki" to invite good fortune
February 3rd, 2013 : Tokyo, Japan - Yonesuke Katsura, a Rakugo-ka, or a comic story teller, threw soybeans at Zoujouji Temple at Shiba Koen, Minato, Tokyo, Japan as one of the guest celebrities at Setsubun Tsuinashiki, or Bean-Throwing Festival, on February 3, 2013. On the day of every year, people threw soybeans while saying "Demons out, Luck in," to hope happiness. During this festival, packed-soybeans with some prizes inside were thrown, and the people tried to get the prizes. (Photo by Koichiro Suzuki/AFLO)