Comments on: Celebrating Setsubun in New York http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/celebrating-setsubun-in-new-york/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/celebrating-setsubun-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-295150 The Overthinker Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:24:41 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8561#comment-295150 My local Jusco actually has a direction marker on the floor beside the sales area so you can check. My local Jusco actually has a direction marker on the floor beside the sales area so you can check.

]]> By: The Overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/celebrating-setsubun-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-295149 The Overthinker Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:23:15 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8561#comment-295149 Ishikawa follows Kansai in many ways - it's a lot closer, after all. Ishikawa follows Kansai in many ways – it’s a lot closer, after all.

]]> By: James http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/celebrating-setsubun-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-295119 James Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:30:02 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8561#comment-295119 Yep, that's what most people associate with it. I posted about that aspect for last year's Setsubun ( http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3713 ), but this year I thought I'd do a post about ehou-maki, which seems to be gaining in popularity lately. Yep, that’s what most people associate with it. I posted about that aspect for last year’s Setsubun ( http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3713 ), but this year I thought I’d do a post about ehou-maki, which seems to be gaining in popularity lately.

]]> By: ponta http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/celebrating-setsubun-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-295105 ponta Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:49:54 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8561#comment-295105 Right. I didn't know this custom until this year somebody gave me a futomaki at setsubun. I live in tokyo.　For me Setubun is the time when people call out, "oni wa soto and fuku wa uchi". <blockquote>1977年に大阪海苔問屋協同組合が道頓堀で行った海苔の販売促進行事などが契機となって、復活することとなった。・・・・ 商業的に売り上げの落ちる1月後半～2月初旬の販売イベントとして、主にコンビニエンスストアを中心として各地で展開。ファミリーマートが先駆けであり、1983年に大阪府と兵庫県で販売が開始された [2]。1989年には広島県のセブン-イレブンも販売を開始し、その後販売エリアを拡大し、1998年に全国展開をしたことで急速に普及した[3]</blockquote> http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/恵方巻 Right. I didn’t know this custom until this year somebody gave me a futomaki at setsubun. I live in tokyo.　For me Setubun is the time when people call out, “oni wa soto and fuku wa uchi”.

1977年に大阪海苔問屋協同組合が道頓堀で行った海苔の販売促進行事などが契機となって、復活することとなった。・・・・
商業的に売り上げの落ちる1月後半～2月初旬の販売イベントとして、主にコンビニエンスストアを中心として各地で展開。ファミリーマートが先駆けであり、1983年に大阪府と兵庫県で販売が開始された [2]。1989年には広島県のセブン-イレブンも販売を開始し、その後販売エリアを拡大し、1998年に全国展開をしたことで急速に普及した[3]

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/恵方巻

]]> By: Ken Y-N http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/celebrating-setsubun-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-295091 Ken Y-N Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:03:09 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8561#comment-295091 I didn't translate this survey: http://release.center.jp/2009/01/2702.html that shows about 70% in Kansai versus 30% in Kanto planning on eating it. I went to Hankyu in Umeda, Osaka last night after work to pick up some salad, and the queues at every stall selling ehou maki were horrendous, worse than Xmas Eve for strawberry shortcake! I didn’t translate this survey:

http://release.center.jp/2009/01/2702.html

that shows about 70% in Kansai versus 30% in Kanto planning on eating it.

I went to Hankyu in Umeda, Osaka last night after work to pick up some salad, and the queues at every stall selling ehou maki were horrendous, worse than Xmas Eve for strawberry shortcake!

]]> By: James http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/celebrating-setsubun-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-295058 James Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:22:59 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8561#comment-295058 It seems to me that supermarkets were aggressively marketing ehou-maki before the マスコミ made a big topic out of it. It seems to me that supermarkets were aggressively marketing ehou-maki before the マスコミ made a big topic out of it.

]]> By: joshing http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/celebrating-setsubun-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-295056 joshing Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:14:36 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8561#comment-295056 I do not want you to misunderstand it first of all. A lot of Japanese do not have such a tradition. It is only Osaka and a Kansai region. マスコミは嘘を撒き散らすなよ‥ ^^Not exactly true. Just check the sushi-ya's on Setsubun. If they are selling ehou-maki, that means people must be eating them. I'm in Tokyo and I ate one yesterday. My GF is from Ishikawa and she did too. But, yeah, its much more prevalent in Kansai. マスコミは嘘を撒き散らすなよ‥　＜－－当然です。＾＾ LF: The reaction of the guy with the knit cap in the video is ppppricelesss... roffle. I do not want you to misunderstand it first of all.
A lot of Japanese do not have such a tradition.
It is only Osaka and a Kansai region.
マスコミは嘘を撒き散らすなよ‥

^^Not exactly true. Just check the sushi-ya’s on Setsubun. If they are selling ehou-maki, that means people must be eating them. I’m in Tokyo and I ate one yesterday. My GF is from Ishikawa and she did too. But, yeah, its much more prevalent in Kansai.
マスコミは嘘を撒き散らすなよ‥　＜－－当然です。＾＾

LF: The reaction of the guy with the knit cap in the video is ppppricelesss… roffle.

]]> By: Watson Waterstone http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/celebrating-setsubun-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-294874 Watson Waterstone Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:21:24 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8561#comment-294874 And they say Americans eat too much... XD And they say Americans eat too much… XD

]]> By: yagi http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/celebrating-setsubun-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-294802 yagi Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:21:16 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8561#comment-294802 I do not want you to misunderstand it first of all. A lot of Japanese do not have such a tradition. It is only Osaka and a Kansai region. マスコミは嘘を撒き散らすなよ‥ I do not want you to misunderstand it first of all.
A lot of Japanese do not have such a tradition.
It is only Osaka and a Kansai region.
マスコミは嘘を撒き散らすなよ‥

]]> By: leitmotiv http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/celebrating-setsubun-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-294781 leitmotiv Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:21:26 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8561#comment-294781 GAIJIN DA!! GAIJIN DA!!

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