Visitors scramble to collect beans during a Setsubun festival at

Download this stock image: Visitors scramble to collect beans during a Setsubun festival at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple on February 3, 2016, in Chiba, Japan. Setsubun is an annual Japanese festival celebrated on February 3rd and marks the day before the beginning of Spring. Celebrations involve throwing soybeans (known as mamemaki) out of the house to protect against evil spirits and into the house to invite good fortune. In many Japanese families one member will wear an ogre mask whilst others throw beans at him or her. The celebration at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is one of the biggest in Japan and organizers this year - FDYPM0 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

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