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Charm burning ritual at eastern Japan temple

A monk throws charms and amulets onto a fire in appreciation for the granting of worshippers' wishes during a year-end "otakiage" ritual at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2025.

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Charm burning ritual at eastern Japan temple

A monk throws charms and amulets onto a fire in appreciation for the granting of worshippers' wishes during a year-end "otakiage" ritual at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2025.

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Charm burning ritual at eastern Japan temple

A monk throws charms and amulets onto a fire in appreciation for the granting of worshippers' wishes during a year-end "otakiage" ritual at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2025.

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Yokozuna Kisenosato attends traditional bean-throwing event

NARITA, Japan, Feb. 3 Kyodo - New yokozuna Kisenosato scatters roasted beans during a Japanese traditional annual event to drive away demons at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2017.

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Old charms burned in ceremony at Buddhist temple

NARITA, Japan - Buddhist priests put old charms on the fire as a token of thanks for worshippers' health and other wishes in the past year in an annual "Otakiage" ceremony at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple on Dec. 28, 2014.

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Staff members clean up Japan temple prior to new year

NARITA, Japan - Staff members of Shinshoji Temple in the central Japan city of Narita, near Tokyo, clean up the temple on Dec. 13, 2014, before the start of a new year.

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Actor Matsuyama throws beans at temple

NARITA, Japan - Japanese actor Kenichi Matsuyama (C) scatters beans during the annual Bean-Throwing Festival marking the lunar calendar start of spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2012. People in Japan customarily throw beans to drive away demons and welcome good luck at traditional ''setsubun'' events in early February.

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Sumo wrestlers throw beans at temple

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) and Estonian ozeki Baruto scatter beans during the annual Bean-Throwing Festival marking the lunar calendar start of spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2012. People in Japan customarily throw beans to drive away demons and welcome good luck at traditional ''setsubun'' events in early February.

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Sumo wrestlers throw beans amid scandal

NARITA, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto (R) and sekiwake Kisenosato scatter beans during the annual Bean-Throwing Festival marking the lunar calendar start of spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2011, drawing some 35,000 worshippers. Baruto commented on the sumo match-fixing scandal which broke the previous day, saying that he was ''startled'' after watching the news on TV.

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Year-end amulets burnt at temple

NARITA, Japan - A monk clad as a mountain priest throws amulets onto a fire during the year's final burning of amulets in an event called ''Osame Fuda Otakiage'' at the Naritasan Shinshoji, a Buddhist temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2010.

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Year-end amulets burnt at temple

NARITA, Japan - A monk clad as a mountain priest throws amulets onto a fire during the year's final burning of amulets in an event called ''Osame Fuda Otakiage'' at the Naritasan Shinshoji, a Buddhist temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2010.

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Locals promote Narita airport to tourists

NARITA, Japan - A member of ''Kuentai'' (L) communicates with foreign tourists as he gives out goodie bags at a shopping district near the Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on July 30, 2010. Ten volunteers have formed a group to promote the city of Narita, home of the international airport.

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Kabuki actor, wife visit temple

NARITA, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo (back R) and his wife (back L), television personality Mao Kobayashi, visit Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on July 9, 2010.

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Kabuki actor, wife visit temple

NARITA, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo (center R) and his wife (center L), television personality Mao Kobayashi, visit Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on July 9, 2010.

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Passengers suffer flight disruption

CHIBA, Japan - Tourists try local food at a shop near Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on April 19, 2010. The local government organized outings for people stuck at nearby Narita airport as cancellations continued for flights linking Japan and Europe due to a volcanic eruption in Iceland.

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Baruto throws beans for luck at Narita temple

NARITA, Japan - Estonian sekiwake Baruto invites good fortune by throwing bags of beans during the annual ''setsubun'' festival marking the lunar calendar start of spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 3, 2010. Grand champion Asashoryu, who had been invited to the event, declined to participate due to a swirling controversy involving reports he was involved in a drunken rampage in January.

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Wooden charms burned at Narita event

NARITA, Japan - Priests toss wooden charms onto a fire during the annual Osamefuda Otakiage event at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2009. A total of 50,000 talismans, dedicated to the temple this year, were burned in the event to thank the temple's Buddhist icon for help.

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Wooden charms burned at Narita event

NARITA, Japan - Priests toss wooden charms onto a fire during the annual Osamefuda Otakiage event at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2009. A total of 50,000 talismans, dedicated to the temple this year, were burned in the event to thank the temple's Buddhist icon for help.

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Popular actor, actress throw beans for luck in temple festival

NARITA, Japan - Popular actor Satoshi Tsumabuki (L) and popular actress Takako Tokiwa throw packets of beans during the annual ''setsubun'' Bean-Throwing Festival marking the start of spring according to the lunar calendar at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 3. Tsumabuki and Tokiwa invited good fortune by throwing the beans to visitors.

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Yokozuna Asashoryu, Hakuho take part in bean-throwing festival

NARITA, Japan - Asashoryu (L) and Hakuho (R), two Mongolian sumo yokozuna (grand champions), scatter beans during the annual Bean-Throwing Festival marking the lunar calendar start of spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 3.

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Two yokozuna take part in bean-throwing festival

NARITA, Japan - Two Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (R) and Hakuho (C) scatter beans during the annual Bean-Throwing Festival marking the lunar calendar start of the spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 3.

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Asashoryu joins 'setsubun' event at Shinshoji Temple

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian sumo champion Asashoryu casts beans in an event celebrating the day before the arrival of spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 3.

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Asashoryu joins 'setsubun' event at Shinshoji Temple

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian sumo champion Asashoryu casts beans in an event celebrating the day before the arrival of spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 3.

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Talisman-burning rites held in Shinshoji Temple

NARITA, Japan - The annual talisman-burning rites are held at the Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, where wooden talisman tablets are burned as a sign of gratitude for the protection accorded by the Japanese Buddhist deity Fudo in the past year. On Dec. 28, about 50,000 talisman tablets were burned in a ceremonial bonfire in the courts of Shinshoji Temple attended by some 20 Buddhist priests chanting Sutra.

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Sumo wrestler Asashoryu scatters beans to bring good luck

NARITA, Japan - Grand sumo champion Asashoryu scatters beans in a traditional Japanese bean-scattering event to bring good luck at Narita-san Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 3, heralding the arrival of spring.

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Asashoryu scatters beans in traditional ceremony

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (R) scatters beans at Shinshoji Temple in Narita, east of Tokyo, in a traditional ceremony to dispel demons on Feb. 3.

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Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu at 'setsubun' festival

NARITA, Japan - Sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu of Mongolia, clad in traditional costume, throws beans in an annual ''setsubun'' festival to ward off evil sprits and invite good luck at the Naritasan-Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 3.

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New Yokozuna Asashoryu joins bean-tossing festival

NARITA, Japan - Sumo's new yokozuna Asashoryu (L) takes part in a traditional bean-throwing ceremony Feb. 3, the day marking the end of winter and the coming of spring according to the lunar calendar, at Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.

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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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New ozeki Chiyotaikai joins bean-throwing

Chiyotaikai, newly promoted to ozeki after capturing his first Emperor's Cup in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, joins in an annual bean-throwing ceremony Wednesday Feb. 3 at Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, to wish for good luck and good health throughout the year. The bean-throwing rite, or ''mamemaki'' in Japanese, is observed each year on either Feb. 3 or 4 at temples and shrines across the country.

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Charm burning ritual at eastern Japan temple

A year-end "otakiage" ritual, in which monks throw charms onto a temple fire in appreciation for the granting of worshippers' wishes, is held at Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2021.

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Charm burning ritual at eastern Japan temple

A year-end "otakiage" ritual, in which monks throw charms onto a temple fire in appreciation for the granting of worshippers' wishes, is held at Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2021.

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Year-end cleanup at Japanese temple

People sweep away dust during year-end cleaning at Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, near Tokyo, on Dec. 13, 2021.

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Year-end cleanup at Japanese temple

People sweep away dust during year-end cleaning at Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, near Tokyo, on Dec. 13, 2021.

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Asashoryu scatters beans in traditional ceremony

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (R) scatters beans at Shinshoji Temple in Narita, east of Tokyo, in a traditional ceremony to dispel demons on Feb. 3. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Hakuho attends traditional bean-throwing event

Sumo grand champion Hakuho scatters dried beans, a Japanese tradition to shoo away demons, at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Hakuho attends traditional bean-throwing event

Sumo grand champion Hakuho scatters dried beans, a Japanese tradition to shoo away demons, at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bean-throwing festival in Japan

Sumo grand champion Hakuho (R back) and maegashira Endo (L back) participate in an annual bean-throwing festival, marking the start of spring according to the lunar calendar, at Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bean-throwing event at Japanese temple

Visitors reach out for beans thrown by men during a traditional Japanese bean-throwing event at Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2021. The event was scaled down amid the coronavirus pandemic without celebrities who have boosted the annual event for decades.

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Bean-throwing event at Japanese temple

Men throw beans during a traditional Japanese bean-throwing event at Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2021. The event was scaled down amid the coronavirus pandemic without celebrities who have boosted the annual event for decades.

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Locals promote Narita airport to tourists

NARITA, Japan - A member of ''Kuentai'' (L) communicates with foreign tourists as he gives out goodie bags at a shopping district near the Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on July 30, 2010. Ten volunteers have formed a group to promote the city of Narita, home of the international airport. (Kyodo)

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Kabuki actor, wife visit temple

NARITA, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo (center R) and his wife (center L), television personality Mao Kobayashi, visit Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on July 9, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Kabuki actor, wife visit temple

NARITA, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo (back R) and his wife (back L), television personality Mao Kobayashi, visit Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on July 9, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Popular actor, actress throw beans for luck in temple festival

NARITA, Japan - Popular actor Satoshi Tsumabuki (L) and popular actress Takako Tokiwa throw packets of beans during the annual ''setsubun'' Bean-Throwing Festival marking the start of spring according to the lunar calendar at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 3. Tsumabuki and Tokiwa invited good fortune by throwing the beans to visitors. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Asashoryu, Hakuho take part in bean-throwing festival

NARITA, Japan - Asashoryu (L) and Hakuho (R), two Mongolian sumo yokozuna (grand champions), scatter beans during the annual Bean-Throwing Festival marking the lunar calendar start of spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 3. (Kyodo)

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Two yokozuna take part in bean-throwing festival

NARITA, Japan - Two Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (R) and Hakuho (C) scatter beans during the annual Bean-Throwing Festival marking the lunar calendar start of the spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 3. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu joins 'setsubun' event at Shinshoji Temple

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian sumo champion Asashoryu casts beans in an event celebrating the day before the arrival of spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 3. (Kyodo)

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Sumo wrestler Asashoryu scatters beans to bring good luck

NARITA, Japan - Grand sumo champion Asashoryu scatters beans in a traditional Japanese bean-scattering event to bring good luck at Narita-san Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 3, heralding the arrival of spring. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu joins 'setsubun' event at Shinshoji Temple

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian sumo champion Asashoryu casts beans in an event celebrating the day before the arrival of spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 3. (Kyodo)

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Talisman-burning rites held in Shinshoji Temple

NARITA, Japan - The annual talisman-burning rites are held at the Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, where wooden talisman tablets are burned as a sign of gratitude for the protection accorded by the Japanese Buddhist deity Fudo in the past year. On Dec. 28, about 50,000 talisman tablets were burned in a ceremonial bonfire in the courts of Shinshoji Temple attended by some 20 Buddhist priests chanting Sutra. (Kyodo)