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Setsubun-sai at Gokoku-jinja
February 3 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free
After a cleansing ritual to ward off evil spirits and bring in good luck performed in the shrine building which includes a little bit of bean throwing, the action moves outside and a shrine priest shoots arrows at a big image of an oni demon head.
Finally, there is quite a battle to grab bags of lucky beans thrown from the top of a tower erected in the shrine precinct. Some of the bags of beans have lucky tickets attached to them which you can exchange for prizes.
15:30 Shinto Ceremony
16:00 Ritual Archery
In 2023 there will be no throwing of beans and pressies from the tower. They will handed out in an orderly fashion.
Read more about Setsubun in Hiroshima here and see photos from the Gokoku-jinja Shrine event here.
