Last Year’s Setsubun
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
On February 3rd I celebrated the Japanese holiday of Setsubun with Misako’s family. Setsubun is a very old celebration that takes place at the change of lunar seasons. Long ago this was the Japanese New Year’s Eve. Like most Japanese holidays, there is a certain amount of ritual involved. And like most Japanese holidays it seems very strange to non-Japanese.