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<\/p>\nKnown locally as \u201cNarita-san,\u201d Naritasan Kurume Temple is famous for its towering Bodhisattva statue. On Setsubun, the temple holds a traditional bean-throwing ceremony (mamemaki) to pray for good fortune and protection from misfortune. After a ritual fire ceremony (Oogomagu) for purification and luck, men and women born in the current zodiac year toss around 20,000 bags of roasted soybeans to the crowd. Some bags contain lottery tickets for prizes.<\/p>\n
At Naritasan, only the phrase \u201cFuku wa uchi\u201d (\u201cGood fortune in\u201d) is shouted\u2014based on the belief that Fudo Myoo, the temple\u2019s principal deity, has the power to reform demons rather than drive them away.<\/p>\n
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\u2022 Setsubun events: Feb. 1, 2026 (Sun) Known locally as \u201cNarita-san,\u201d Naritasan Kurume Temple is famous for its towering Bodhisattva statue. On Setsubun, the temple holds a traditional bean-throwing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30291,"featured_media":159458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-175760","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kurume","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/175760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Mamemaki (bean throwing): 11:00~ (after o-goma-ku)
\n\u2022 How to participate in the bean-throwing event: Free entry
\n\u2022 Otafuku gate: There is one on-site
\n\u2022 Location: 1386-22 Kamitsu-machi, Kurume City, Fukuoka<\/a>
\n\u2022 Official website: https:\/\/www.kurume-naritasan.or.jp\/event\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"