大相撲力士ら「福は内」　成田山新勝寺で豆まき

　節分の日の３日、千葉県成田市の成田山新勝寺で恒例の「節分会（せつぶんえ）」が行われた。大相撲力士やＮＨＫ大河ドラマ「麒麟（きりん）がくる」の出演者らが「福は内、福は内」の掛け声とともに豆をまき、万民豊楽（ばんみんぶらく）や五穀豊穣（ごこくほうじょう）を祈った。

　参加者は赤や緑、紫、ピンクの鮮やかなかみしも姿で大本堂前に登場。横綱白鵬、大河主演俳優の長谷川博己さん、歌舞伎俳優の市川海老蔵さんらが豪快に豆をまいた。集まった参拝者は歓声を上げ一斉に手を伸ばした。（2020/02/03-11:57）

An annual bean-throwing event was held at Naritasan Shinshoji, a major Buddhist temple in the city of Narita, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Monday, which was this year's "Setsubun," or the day before the start of spring according to Japan's old calendar.
   Wearing colorful "kamishimo" traditional clothing and chanting "fuku wa uchi (luck in)" to pray for affluent lives for the people and rich harvests, yokozuna Hakuho and other professional sumo wrestlers, cast members of the "Kirin ga Kuru" ongoing yearlong historical drama series of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), including lead actor Hiroki Hasegawa, and other celebrities, such as kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo XI, threw soybeans and shelled peanuts to a crowd who gathered to see the stars and try to catch the beans.
   For the event, 860 kilograms of soybeans and 400 kilograms of shelled peanuts were prepared.
   On the day of Setsubun, people traditionally throw soybeans, chanting "oni wa soto (demons out)," as well as fuku wa uchi.
   At the annual event at Naritasan Shinshoji, however, bean throwers say only fuku wa uchi, not oni wa soto, because the Fudo Myoo deity at the temple is believed to be able to eliminate the evil of demons.