Divers posing as "oni" demons appear at western Japan aquarium on bean-throwing day

Divers posing as "oni" demons appear at western Japan aquarium on bean-throwing day

Divers wearing "oni" demon masks wave to visitors from inside a fish tank at Kaiyukan aquarium in Osaka on Feb. 2, 2021, a day when a traditional bean-throwing ritual is held in Japan with people shouting "devils out, fortune in" to symbolically purify the home by throwing roasted soybeans at a family member posing as "oni."

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