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The Japanese bean throwing festival is celebrated every year on 3rd February and marks the beginning of spring.
Traditionally, people count out the number of beans to correspond with their age, then throw them out their door shouting “Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!” (“Demons out! Luck in!”).
鬼は外! 福は内!