Ozeki Chiyotaikai attends bean-tossing festival?

Ozeki Chiyotaikai attends bean-tossing festival?

NARITA, Japan - Ozeki Chiyotaikai (R) takes part in a traditional bean-throwing ceremony Feb. 3, the day marking the end of winter and the coming of spring by lunar calendar, at Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.?

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