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An Event on Feb 3 (3)2016.02.05

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 When I was a child, we threw dried beans to a person in a house who dressed like oni, or an evil, usually a father,  shouting " Evils out, fortunes in ". I'm not sure if this translation is correct. In some areas in Japan, they seem to shout " Evils in and fortunes in ".  Both in. 

Well, it was a pretty hard work to clean the room afterwards. And we ate the beans. So now I don't know if every family do this in their house ...

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This is the official site of the Echizen Washi Village. We would like to try to introduce Japanese Paper "Echizen Washi" as an attractive culuture to overseas.

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