Maki, an intern at our kids’ Japanese immersion school, has been living with us for about 4 months. Last night she made us traditional maki rolls to celebrate Setsubon. Meaning, “seasonal division”, Setsubon is a Japanese Spring Festival.
We made an oni – a demon – from scraps and then played a game of trying to throw beans in its mouth. That we just made up. Not traditional at all.
What is traditional is to kick demons out of the house by throwing beans at them and shouting: ”Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!” ”Demons out! Luck in!”
I was a demon pelted with beans.
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