亀清旅館に鬼が来た!Kamesei Ryokan attacked by an Ogre!

February 4, 2011: 季節 Seasons

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


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