Even without their clubs, oni are powerful, so having a metal club makes them invincible. It is a good thing that humans have figured out that oni are weak against soybeans, or we wouldn't stand a chance! Why do we throw beans at oni? The beans are thought to symbolically purify the home by driving away the evil spirits that bring misfortune and bad health with them. Then, as part of bringing luck in, it is customary to eat roasted soybeans, one for each year of one's life (kazoedoshi), plus one more for bringing good luck for the year. Read More...
When Candace Cameron Bure left Hallmark for the Great American Family, people were surprised since she had been with the network for so many years. Bure signed a lucrative deal with her new network, and that meant that she would no longer appear in the Hallmark Christmas movies she is famous for. Bure also appeared in the Aurora Teegarden franchise about an amateur sleuth who always cracks cases in her small town. Read More...