{"id":80794,"date":"2015-02-01T09:49:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T00:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=58490"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:47:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:47:30","slug":"setsubun-no-hi-and-eho-maki","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/setsubun-no-hi-and-eho-maki\/","title":{"rendered":"Setsubun No Hi &#038; Eho Maki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 3, Setsubun no Hi, marks the beginning of spring in the Japanese lunar calendar. On this day, it\u2019s custom to throw beans around the house to drive away evil spirits, yelling \u201coniwasoto, fukuwauchi,\u201d meaning \u201cevil out, happiness in!\u201d In recent years, it\u2019s become increasingly popular to eat eho maki &#8211; fortune sushi rolls that are eaten without cutting it into pieces. Cutting them is believed to cut off your luck! Department stores around Fukuoka this year have begun selling unique eho-maki, with the aim that more foreigners will celebrate setsubun no hi. Mitsukoshi: Fugu Roll \u00a52,700, Fruits of the Sea\u2019 Roll \u00a52,160, Korean Beef Roll: \u00a5691, Sweet Roll \u00a5864 And at Hankyu: Whole Lobster Roll \u00a57,560, Crab Roll: \u00a53,780, Luxury Seafood Roll: \u00a52,980<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58491\" alt=\"maki\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maki.jpg?resize=490%2C450\" width=\"490\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maki.jpg?w=490&amp;ssl=1 490w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maki.jpg?resize=300%2C275&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 3, Setsubun no Hi, marks the beginning of spring in the Japanese lunar calendar. On this day, it\u2019s custom to throw beans around the house to drive away evil spirits, yelling \u201coniwasoto, fukuwauchi,\u201d meaning \u201cevil out, happiness in!\u201d In recent years, it\u2019s become increasingly popular to eat eho maki &#8211; fortune sushi rolls that are eaten without cutting it into pieces. Cutting them is believed to cut off your luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-80794","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/80794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}