Bean-throwing event held at Osaka's Tsutenkaku tower

Bean-throwing event held at Osaka's Tsutenkaku tower

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shibajaku (C in front row) join others in an annual bean-throwing ceremony at Tsutenkaku tower in Osaka on Feb. 1, 2016. In the ceremony known as "setsubun" (seasonal division) marking the start of spring under the Japanese lunar calendar, people in Japan throw beans to drive away demons and welcome good luck in early February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bean-throwing event held at Osaka's Tsutenkaku tower

Bean-throwing event held at Osaka's Tsutenkaku tower

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shibajaku (C in front row) join others in an annual bean-throwing ceremony at Tsutenkaku tower in Osaka on Feb. 1, 2016. In the ceremony known as "setsubun" (seasonal division) marking the start of spring under the Japanese lunar calendar, people in Japan throw beans to drive away demons and welcome good luck in early February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shibajaku to become Nakamura Jakuemon V

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shibajaku to become Nakamura Jakuemon V

Nakamura Shibajaku, a Kabuki actor who impersonates women, attends a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 24, 2015, to express his feelings about assuming the name Nakamura Jakuemon V in spring 2016. Shibajaku, 59, the second son of Nakamura Jakuemon IV, a former "Living National Treasure" who died aged 91 in 2012, said he will devote more effort to the theater. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shibajaku to become Nakamura Jakuemon V

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shibajaku to become Nakamura Jakuemon V

Nakamura Shibajaku, a Kabuki actor who impersonates women, stands beside a picture of himself during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 24, 2015, held to express his feelings about assuming the name Nakamura Jakuemon V in spring 2016. Shibajaku, 59, the second son of Nakamura Jakuemon IV, a former "Living National Treasure" who died aged 91 in 2012, said he will devote more effort to the theater. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shibajaku to become Nakamura Jakuemon V

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shibajaku to become Nakamura Jakuemon V

Nakamura Shibajaku, a Kabuki actor who impersonates women, attends a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 24, 2015, to express his feelings about assuming the name Nakamura Jakuemon V in spring 2016. Shibajaku, 59, the second son of Nakamura Jakuemon IV, a former "Living National Treasure" who died aged 91 in 2012, said he will devote more effort to the theater. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo