Bean-throwing festival in Japan

Bean-throwing festival in Japan

Tetsuji Tamayama (R), leading actor of a Japanese television drama series, and his cast mate, American actress Charlotte Kate Fox, participate in an annual bean-throwing festival, marking the start of spring according to the lunar calendar, at a temple in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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