-富士山と一緒に人々を幸せにする宿-

2014.2.3

fuji-san sengen Shrine,february  3rd, “setubun”  Festival.

How do you say, “Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi,” in English? Why do you roast and eat beans at setsubun?

Setsubun literally means “division of seasons.”

It is used to mark the end of winter and summer, and is derived from the old lunar calendar.

However, “setsubun” has now come to mean the day before the first day of spring only. It usually occurs around February 3rd.

On this day, in a custom called mame-maki, people throw and scatter roasted soy beans inside and outside their houses while saying, “Get goblins out of the house! Invite happiness into the home!”

Some people believe that mame comes from the word mametsu which means drive away evil matter, in Kanji.

After throwing the beans, people customarily eat one roasted soy bean, mame, for each year of their age, and pray for happiness throughout the year.

There is another reason why people roast and eat these beans; It is said that the bean contains the evil of the previous year, and so it is roasted to prevent evil from sprouting.

People in some regions scatter peanuts and eat them, because peanuts are easier to clean and pick up. Some people eat rolled sushi, ehomaki, while facing the year’s “lucky” direction.  

こんにちは、ゲストハウスときわDAISUKEです。２月３日節分でございます。冬の終わり春の訪れ、少しづつ春の足跡が聞こえてきますね。

外国の方にもわかるように節分（豆まき）を英語で表しました。

ゲストハウスときわでは外国の方も安心して泊まれる準備をしております。

I we have a room ready foreign visitors in peace The guesthouse Tokiwa.

Guest house which (that) brings Mt. Fuji, people and the city together. Our guest house brings Mt. Fuji, people and the city together.

ゲストハウスときわは富士山と街と人々を繋ぐ宿。

富士宮の街と四季折々神々が宿る日本の中心富士山と共に心からお待ちしております！富士宮に初のゲストハウス、格安宿でございます。

GUEST HOUSE TOKIWA 宿主DAISUKE