THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 3, 2020 at 18:52 JST
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo, center, tosses beans at a Setsubun festival at Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 3. (Takuya Tanabe)
NARITA, Chiba Prefecture--Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo, yokozuna Hakuho and other Japanese celebrities were on hand to throw beans during the Setsubun festival at Naritasan Shinshoji temple here on Feb. 3 to pray for a bumper crop and peace. [Read More]
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