Donโt panic, this is not what you think and I can explain.
Remember the last time I shared an experience where praying, burning and bean throwing is involved in Japan? Well, I thought Iโd come back to finish what I started, the burning part.
As Setsubun signifies the beginning of a year (end of winter and beginning of spring), itโs customary for people to drive away the evils and wish for good luck for the coming year. Here at the UNESCO heritage site of Shimogamo-Jinja (ไธ้ดจ็ฅ็คพ), offerings and amulets are sent, along with the flames, to the great power above, in the chanting of priests.
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