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A Setsubun festival in Shimokitazawa, this event includes a parade where participants dressed as tengu throw beans for good luck through the local shopping streets.

The Setsubun festival at Asakusa’s Sensoji temple includes a unique bean-throwing chant and a performance of the Dance of the Seven Deities of Good Fortune.

The Setsubun festival in Narita features sumo wrestlers and actors throwing roasted soybeans from stages at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple to mark the start of spring.