Beware the Oni
昨日は大騒ぎでした。亀清旅館のロビーに鬼が入ってきました。保育園バスが寄ってから、玄関ドアから鬼が攻めてきました。
あっ、良く見たら、娘の美咲ちゃんだった！
節分は忙しい一日ですよね。お昼は戸倉上山田温泉の上のお寺さんに行き、豆負けに参加したり、夜は恵方巻きを食べたり、色々あります。（今回は南南東でした。誰がこういうのを決めるでしょう？グラウンドホグ？）
皆さんはちゃんと「鬼は外、福は内！」をちゃんとやりましたか？
Yesterday an Oni (ogre) attacked Kamesei Ryokan. Right after the Preschool bus showed up, an oni walked right into our lobby.
Wait a minute, that's just our daughter Misaki wearing an oni mask!
It's all in honor of Setsubun, the day that marks the changing of the seasons between winter and spring. In the afternoon, I took some guests up to the temple at the top of the hill behind town to participate in the celebrity bean throwing event. At night our family all ate Ehou-maki sushi rolls. "Ehou" means 'fortunate direction', and you eat the rolls facing a certain compass direction for good luck. This year it was South-Southeast. (Who decides these things -- the groundhog?)
All in all, it was a busy Setsubun.
'Twas a beautiful day for bean throwing
