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Driving Out Demons: Chichibu Shrine Believers Prepare for Setsubun

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

14:57 JST, January 30, 2026

About 20 believers and others dressed in demon masks and costumes gather at Chichibu Shrine in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on Wednesday ahead of the annual setsubun festival to be held there on Feb. 3. Practicing for the annual ritual of “oniyarai” (“driving out demons”) they shouted and ran aroun...

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