Junior geisha girls throw beans for luck in Kyoto festival

Junior geisha girls throw beans for luck in Kyoto festival

KYOTO, Japan - Four kimono-clad junior ''geisha'' entertainers, known as ''maiko'' in Kyoto, throw beans to the crowd at a festival at Yasaka Shrine in the ancient Japanese city on Feb. 2. At the ''setsubun'' festival which heralds the arrival of spring, the maiko called for the expulsion of evil and invited good fortune by scattering ''good luck'' beans to visitors reaching out to catch them.

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