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The lucky charm is Ritsuharu great blessing

I found the word "Ritsuharu great blessing". After Setsubun, the next day is Ritsuharu. Even though the cold is severe, spring begins on the calendar. Since ancient times, it is an auspicious word with the meaning of disaster elimination in the spring, the beginning of the New Year.

I don't see it very much in the city, but it is customary to stick a bill that says "Riharu great blessing" vertically on the entrance of a temple or on the eaves of a private house on the spring day.

All the letters "Riharu great blessing" are symmetrical. Whether you look at the front or the back, you can read Ritsuharu great blessing, so it is said that the demon misunderstands and does not enter the house.

They sow beans on the day of "Setsubun" and put on their bills with the hope that they will not come on the early spring day, the beginning of the new year.

The lucky charm is Ritsuharu great blessing

Kyowa confectionery with the name "Ritsuharu great blessing".
It is a lucky items-zukushi that expresses the joy of spring, such as Otafuku-san, dried sweets shaped like plums, and beans made by sama.

◆Torame Yara
Nihonbashi Takashimaya B1F “Japanese Taste” 100 Selections and famous confectionery 100 Selections Corner