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Setsubun at Sensoji Temple
High crowdKantoTokyo, Tokyo
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Date
February 3
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Region
Kanto
About this festival
Bean-throwing ceremony marking the start of spring. Actors and celebrities scatter roasted soybeans and lucky charms from the main hall. 'Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi' — demons out, fortune in.
Highlights
- ✓Celebrity bean-throwing
- ✓Historic Asakusa setting
- ✓Free lucky charms
- ✓Warm sake stalls
Getting There
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Asakusa Station (Ginza Line / Toei Asakusa Line) — 5 min walk
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