Setsubun 2025. The setsubun celebrated by the japanese people nowadays means, as noted above, the transition from winter to spring. Kasuga taisha shrine in nara hosts its famous setsubun mantoro lantern festival on february 2, 2025.

The shrine dates back to the year 768 ad and is surrounded. During this custom, roasted soybeans (fukumame) are thrown while chanting “oni wa.