本日は節分だそうで。先週の土曜日の日本語学校で、豆まきをしました。先生が写真をとって送ってくださったのがこれ。今までも、バージニアの日本語学校で豆まきをしたことがありましたが、鬼の役はお面をかぶるくらいがいいとこ。今回は、もろ肌出して棍棒を持った本格的な鬼だぞぅ。校長先生だそうです。Today is a Setsubun Day. We have a custom that we throw dried soybeans around, and afterward you pick beans by the number of your age and eat them. You throw beans at Oni (see the red faced demon?) wishing he goes away from the house and good luck comes in the house instead. Last Saturday, they celebrated this tradition at the Japanese School. Wow, that Oni is the most professional looking one that I have ever seen! (It's the principal, I heard.)
