therovingroninr...
February 2nd, while Americans watch groundhogs and their shdows, Japanese, or at least those in Kyoto, watch Geisha perform the Japanese version of Groundhog Day known as Setsubun. Setsubun is a spring ritual in which Japanese throw beans to ward off invisible evils and hasten the end of winter. At many temples and shrines they do a bean throwing ceremony known as mami-maki.
At Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto some of the bean throwers are geisha or rather maiko - geisha apprentices. Geisha are known as geiko in the Kansai dialect.
I got a packet of beans and ate them (also a Setsubun tradtion) washed down with Kirin Beer (a RoninDave tradtion)
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