Ehomaki: Find out some of the ways in which Japanese celebrate Setsbun, the solar calendar date which marks the end of winter and the beginning of...
Setsubun was originally observed in individual homes to invite in good luck for the coming year. This year Tokyo is under a state of emergency, but...
“Every time Setsubun is observed, a band of ghosts would appear,” says Kesako Matsui, a Naoki Literary Prize-winning writer. What Matsui refers to as...