Beans for Setsubun

My friend gave me a couple of beans packs for ‘Setsubun’ with 2 kinds of small masks such as Oni (a devil) and Otafuku (women’s face).

‘Setsubun’ is the day before the beginning of Spring in Japan.
It is usually February 3rd. Bean throwing, called ‘mamemaki’, is done at home on the day of ‘Setsubun’.

One bean is ‘sukeroku-mame(beans)’ that is salty taste.
Some dried laver seaweeds are put around the beans.

Other bean is ‘goshiki(5 kinds of colors)-mame(beans)’that is sweet taste.
The beans are beautifully covered by colored sugars.

I am not going to throw them, but I am going to eat all of them.

Tenpyoan
goshiki mame (5 colored sugar beans) – Wikipedia (Japanese)
Setsubun – Wikipedia

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Curling Marine Coat from Paul & Joe Sister

I got a curling marine navy wool swing coat with a Peter Pan collar from Paul & Joe Sister.

The coat is leopard print lined and also features a gathered front and rear yoke and concealed side seam pockets.
I’d love to wear the coat everyday.

Paul & Joe Sister (Japanese)

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REFECTOIRE

My best bakery is “Le Petitmec” in Shinjuku recently, that came from Kyoto.
The bakery produced sandwiches cafe in Jingumae. I’m interested in their special deer burger, but unfortunately it was sold out in that time.

So, we had shrimp tartar-sauce sandwich and roast-beef sandwich.
Of course these were good, but we need to go there again soon and try deer burger!

REFECTOIRE – Tabelog (Japanese)
Le Petitmec (REFECTOIRE) (Japanese)

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Pretty Nylon Medium Tote from Marc by Marc Jacobs

This is a pretty nylon tate red tote from Marc by Marc Jacobs.

Signature letter stitching defines this roomy tote.
The two slip pockets and the zip pocket inside this bag is great for mobile gadgets.

Marc by Marc Jacobs

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