Beans for Setsubun A Japanese sweets shop prepares for 'Setsubun', one of Japanese traditional festival, which will come soon in Feburuary. On this day, people scatter parched beans to drive out evil spirits and summon good luck. Masahide Kanzaki 2004-01-20 640 480 374,151 555,351 Oni-gonomi Sukeroku mame Parched beans (mame) are packed in a mask that represents an evil spirit (oni). 113,144 346,327 Another kind of mame pack A little smaller beans pack might be less poweful ? 259,347 353,405 Traditional catch phrase says 'Come in good luck, and go away evil spirits'. 261,55 526,126 More sweets Many traditional Japanese sweets (or not sweet?) found in other show cases