'Devils' Are Chased -- Wearing eerie masks and costumes there "devils" vigorously go through their act of being chased out of the Chichibu Shrine near Tokyo (Feb. 3) after ten gallons of beans were hurled at them by the shrine priests. The occasion was the traditional bean-throwing ceremony on Setsubun, the day, according to Japan's lunar calendar, when spring begins. February 07, 1954. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).