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Setsubun in SouganJi Temple (Kazo City) Takes place at SoganJi temple on February 3. Setsubun is a ritual which takes place on the day before the beginning of spring on calendar, that is the bean-scattering ceremony celebrating the coming of spring. On this day, demons of red, blue and black carry big torches and run around the corridor of Fudou-Dou (a hall dedicated to the Buddhist god Fudo-Myo-Ou) in Souganji temple. Men and women of the year (based on the Chinese zodiac) throw beans at them shouting the spell "Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi." (which means "Demons go out, luck come in".) Kazo City Tourist Association 0480-62-1111