一日の画像 - Picture of the Day: Setsubun 2015

Seen here is this year's beautiful Nisei Queen Sara Kuniko Hutter poses for our camera at this year's Setsubun Ceremony at the Los Angeles Koyasan Temple in Little Tokyo. Totoro fans might note there is a Soot Sprite on her sash. She did a double take when we had a little fun pointing that out to her.

New Video from the Tsubaki Grand Shrine

Tsubaki Grand Shrine - Setsubun 2015 from Alex Williams on Vimeo.

For those of you who have never attended a Shinto Ceremony especially in this country, you will find this video taken this last Setsubun will give you a sense of how ceremonies take place at the Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America located in Granite Falls just one hour's drive north of Seattle. We haven't been able to go up there in the last three years but we at American Mishima highly recommend visiting. Please Enjoy!

To learn more please visit: Tsubaki Grand Shrine

Setsubun 2015

Another year has come bringing a new Setsubun - Hoshimatsuri to Little Tokyo. Commonly known as the bean throwing ceremony, Setsubun is the time to cleanse one of evil spirits coinciding with the Lunar New Years. This year former Sumo Wrestling Champion Yamamotoyama Ryūta and 2015 Nisei Queen Tori Angela Nishinaka-Leon joined the festivities throwing soy beans at the "Oni" demon played by our dear friend and long time Koyasan Temple member & Taiko Drummer Brandon Paris.

Yamamotoyama Ryūta and 2015 Nisei Queen Tori Angela Nishinaka-Leon.

Koyasan Betsuin 2015.