Nine Members of PreCure All Stars Scatter 1 Ton of Beans in Front of 13,000 Friends

Setsubun ceremony at Ikegami Honmon-ji

Feb. 3 was Setsubun in Japan, a holiday on which beans are scattered to drive away evil spirits and misfortune and to invite in good fortune. The bean scattering was held in all parts of Japan with even famous celebrities taking part. At a Setsubun ceremony held at Ikegami Honmon-ji in Ota, Tokyo, characters that make children happy took part in the bean scattering. This included Pretty Cure All Stars Cure Black, Cure Bloom, Cure Dream, Cure Peach, Cure Blossom, Cure Melody, Cure Happy, Cure Heart, and Cure Lovely from the movie Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends. Among them, Cure Lovely can be seen in the anime HappinessCharge PreCure! which began broadcasting on Feb. 2. It was her first time participating in an event for the movie.

Beginning with the 2014 lucky man and lucky woman, 160 well-known people gathered at Ikegami Honmon-ji on the day of the ceremony. Mixed in with them were the nine PreCures who appeared on the temple’s grand balcony. They took up the challenge of bean scattering to bring happiness to all their friends as well as to wish for their movie’s success. In front of the 13,000 people who visited the temple, the PreCures scattered a total amount of 1 ton of beans. It was an event with PreCure-like power.

After the bean scattering, they had a meet and greet with the 200 children in attendance. They took photos with the children, and shook their hands in a vow of “eternal friendship.” A photo session was also held. It was the first bean scattering for the PreCure girls, so the crowd was really excited. In all, it was a fulfilling day. There is no doubt that their movie to release on March 15 will be a huge hit.

Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends is themed after a dream world and is the last chapter in the New Stage series. It is loaded with intriguing content for fans. Secrets will no doubt be revealed when the movie releases on March 15.

Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends Official Site

Source: animeanime

Setsubun ceremony at Ikegami Honmon-ji
Setsubun ceremony at Ikegami Honmon-ji
Setsubun ceremony at Ikegami Honmon-ji
Setsubun ceremony at Ikegami Honmon-ji

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