Bean-throwing event held on top of Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Governor Toru Hashimoto (R) joins others in a bean-throwing event at the top of Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower, a symbol of the western Japanese city, on Feb. 1, 2010, before the Feb. 3 ''Setsubun,'' the day before the beginning of spring according to the lunar calendar. While scattering the peanuts, they called to drive out evil and invite good luck.

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