seitsebun. [or something like that].

to celebrate "seitsebun" our sensei took us on a fieldtrip last friday. she described it to us as a japanese mardi gras. but i think that was kind of misleading. im still unclear on what the holiday is about, but it involved going to a temple and having monks throw soybeans and candy [and tangerines] into a crowd of people. it had something to do with warding off evil spirits by throwing beans, but that would make us, the crowd, the "devil," and okada-san promised us that wasn't the case.