Demon get out!

The front row is the bean team, the back row is the demon team.

This year Setsubun was on February 2nd instead of February 3rd. When Setsubun is on a weekday, we usually celebrate at NEO by having the students throw beans at me while I wear a very scary demon mask. This year February 2nd was on a Sunday, so I just quietly celebrated at home with my family by eating some ehomaki and facing the lucky direction of west southwest.

I usually get an ebi-fry maki for my ehomaki, because it is the best! I am facing West Southwest in this picture.

On Tuesday some of NEO’s adult students came to their lesson with paper demon masks and beans, so I got out my scary demon mask and we took some pictures. I did eat the roasted soybeans after that, but the official Setsubun was already over, so I’m not sure if I will get the good luck or not…

Simulating a bean throw at Dave. “Demon get out! Good luck come in!”